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Project: PACE: Policy, Advocacy, and Communication Enhanced for Population and Reproductive Health

Short Videos Highlight Important FGM/C Data

(2017) The videos aim to expand understanding of key data issues in FGM/C research, including the importance of looking beyond national prevalence to identify hotspots or areas within a country where FGM/C is widely practiced, analyzing change over time by comparing older and younger cohorts rather than changes in overall prevalence, and understanding the various questions and data gaps that are raised by newly available data in Indonesia.

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2020 Census Self-Response Rates Are Lagging in Neighborhoods at Risk of Undercounting Young Children

Self-response rates are lowest in neighborhoods with high concentrations of racial and ethnic minorities in the young child population, which could mean fewer dollars for communities that need funds the most.

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Project: Demography and Economics of Aging and Alzheimer’s Disease

New Evidence on Sleep’s Role in Aging and Chronic Disease

(Issue 38) Sleep may be as important to health in old age as diet and exercise. Numerous studies have shown that sleeping too much or too little is associated with mortality among older adults.

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Cities No Longer Lead Fertility Decline in Sub-Saharan Africa, New Research Reveals

Why would the shift to smaller families slow or stop in sub-Saharan African cities, where fertility remains so much higher than in other parts of the world?

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PRB Discuss Online: Marriage Is Good for Your Health

(2009) Mounting research shows that married people are healthier and live longer than unmarried people.

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Caribbean Countries Pay for Successfully Addressing Population Issues

(2002) In a move that marks the Caribbean's success in various spheres of socioeconomic activity, international funding agencies are reducing their financial support for the region's sexual and reproductive health programs.

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Empowering Women, Developing Society: Female Education in the Middle East and North Africa

(2003) Education is a key part of strategies to improve individuals' well-being and societies' economic and social development.

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