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

Social Support, Networks, and Happiness

As Americans live longer, researchers have begun to investigate how people can move into old age not just healthier, but also happier.

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Ending Child Marriage in Egypt

(2016) Every year, millions of girls in developing countries marry before their 18th birthday. In Egypt, it is one in six girls.

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Population Trends and Challenges in the Middle East and North Africa

(2001) The people of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) have long played an integral, if sometimes volatile, role in the history of human civilization. MENA is one of the cradles of civilization and of urban culture. Three of the world's major religions originated in the region — Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Universities existed in MENA long before they did in Europe.

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

Data in New Wallchart Show Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting Declining in Many Countries

Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting: Data and Trends Update 2017, produced with support from the U.S. Agency for International Development, provides the latest data on the practice in 29 developing countries with representative and comparable data—although FGM/C occurs worldwide.

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

PACE Presents a New Youth Leaders Module for the Policy Communication Toolkit

A new Youth Leaders module in the Policy Communication Toolkit provides youth-led and youth-serving advocacy and accountability organizations a curriculum that meaningfully engages youth to develop their policy communication knowledge and skills.

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PRB Discuss Online: What Are the Financial Implications of Aging in the United States?

(2008) The U.S. population is aging: The ratio of elderly to the working-age population in the United States will roughly double over the next few decades, straining the finances of the U.S. Social Security system and other government programs.

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A Decade of International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting

(2013) Feb. 6, 2013, marks a decade since the first International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation was commemorated. An estimated 100 million to 140 million girls and women worldwide have undergone female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C), and more than 3 million girls are at risk for cutting each year on the African continent alone.

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Project: Center for Public Information on Population Research (CPIPR)

Family Life Is More Complicated Than Ever

(2020) The coronavirus pandemic—coupled with ongoing demographic trends—is making family life even more complicated for Americans. Millions of families are at increased risk of falling into poverty due to pandemic-related job losses, and social distancing protocols are separating some children from their parents who live in a different household.

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Today, Young Women in the United States Are More Likely to Die Than at Any Point Since the 1960s. Why?

The first in a series of three blogs on our new "Losing More Ground" report, published November 30.

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Tracking Trends in Low Fertility Countries: An Uptick in Europe?

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