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Stafford, Schoeni, and Chen find many Americans making little headway against debt
Wightman and Schoeni find most young adults helped financially by parents
Johnston says decline in perceived risk contributes to rise in marijuana use among teens
Patrick calls increase in newborns undergoing drug withdrawal a public health epidemic
Danziger discusses use of IRS data in trend analyses of income distribution
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Research Professor position in international family demography, PSC/SRC
Pamela Smock elected president of the Association of Population Centers
Elisha Renne awarded Guggenheim Fellowship for African studies
Bob Groves leaving Census Bureau for Georgetown University
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The Population Studies Center maintains a rich portfolio of individual research projects funded by NICHD, NIA, other NIH institutes, NSF, and major foundations. As the world has changed in the five decades since the founding of the Population Studies Center, our research has moved into new and exciting areas. The Center is also a leader in the collection of data for population research and in the creation of new data collection and analysis methods. Center faculty and students conduct population research in every region of the world.
Today, the Center's interdisciplinary group of researchers is at the forefront of studies in the research areas below.
Families, Fertility, and ChildrenCulture, Values, and Attitudes Marriage, Divorce, Cohabitation Fertility, Contraception, Sexual Behavior Household Structure, Intergenerational Dynamics Life Course Transition: Child, Adolescent, and Adult Race and Gender Issues Male Fertility Issues Health, Disability, and MortalityMental Health Health Disparities by Race, Gender, Context, SES Health Conditions, Disability Reproductive Health, Menstruation, STDs HIV/AIDS Morbidity and Mortality across the Life Course Health Insurance, Health Economics, Public Health Lifestyles, Health Risk Behaviors Human Capital, Labor and WealthSchool, Returns to Education Labor Force Participation, Occupations Transitions from School to Work, Work to Retirement Income Inequality and Poverty Race and Gender Issues | AgingFamily Support, Elderly Care, Living Arrangements Social and Economic Support, Well-being Frailties, Disabilities, Health Conditions Race and Gender Issues in Aging Population DynamicsPopulation and the Environment Immigration and Internal Migration in the US Urbanization, Segregation, Suburbs, Cities Modeling Demographic Processes Inequality and Group DisparitiesRace, Ethnicity, Nationality Gender Bio-genetics Contextual Effects MethodologyData Collection and Measurement Analysis and Modeling Confidentiality and Data Disclosure Data Use - Training, interfaces, etc International Studies |