National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, Committee on Population, Bradford Chaney
Worsening mortality among working-age adults is a significant concern in the United States. Because rising mortality is an indicator of deteriorating population health among adults, it is important to investigate the underlying causes and their impl...Lasīt vairāk
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, Committee on Population, Board on Environmental Change and Society, Committee on Managed Retreat in the U.S.
Between 1980 and mid-2023, 232 billion-dollar disasters occurred in the U.S. Gulf Coast region, with the number of disasters doubling annually since 2018. The variety and frequency of storms have exacerbated historic inequalities and led to cycles o...Lasīt vairāk
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, Board on Behavioral, Cognitive, and Sensory Sciences, Committee on Population, Linda Casola
Although much research has been conducted on community-level factors related to the risk of dementia in general, less is known about the factors that affect the ability of older adults with dementia to age in place successfully. Additional research...Lasīt vairāk
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, Committee on Population, Erin Hammers Forstag
In September 2023, the Committee on Population at the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine held a workshop, Developing an Agenda for Population Aging and Social Research in Low- and Middle-Income Countries (LMICs). The explicit...Lasīt vairāk
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, Health and Medicine Division, Committee on Population, Board on Health Sciences Policy, Committee on the U
Genetic and genomic information has become far more accessible, and research using human genetic data has grown exponentially over the past decade. Genetics and genomics research is now being conducted by a wide range of investigators across discipl...Lasīt vairāk
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, Committee on National Statistics, Committee on Population, Committee on Understanding the Aging Workforce and
The aging population of the United States has significant implications for the workforce - challenging what it means to work and to retire in the U.S. In fact, by 2030, one-fifth of the population will be over age 65. This shift has significant repe...Lasīt vairāk
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, Committee on Population, Linda Casola
Structural racism refers to the public and private policies, institutional practices, norms, and cultural representations that inherently create unequal freedom, opportunity, value, resources, advantage, restrictions, constraints, or disadvantage fo...Lasīt vairāk
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, Committee on National Statistics, Committee on Population, Erin Hammers Forstag
Since around 1980, fewer Americans than before are doing better than their parents had that is, more are experiencing downward social and economic mobility in terms of occupational status and income. This trend in downward mobility is occurring am...Lasīt vairāk
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, Committee on National Statistics, Committee on Population, Committee on Rising Midlife Mortality Rates and So
The past century has witnessed remarkable advances in life expectancy in the United States and throughout the world. In 2010, however, progress in life expectancy in the United States began to stall, despite continuing to increase in other high-inco...Lasīt vairāk
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, Committee on Population, Caroline Sferrazza
Over the past several decades, fertility rates have fallen substantially in low- and middle-income countries, and efforts to limit fertility, primarily through the implementation of family planning programs, have become increasingly widespread. Alth...Lasīt vairāk
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, Committee on Population, Committee on Understanding the Well-Being of Sexual and Gender Diverse Populations
The increase in prevalence and visibility of sexually gender diverse (SGD) populations illuminates the need for greater understanding of the ways in which current laws, systems, and programs affect their well-being. Individuals who identify as lesbi...Lasīt vairāk
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, Committee on Population, Committee on National Statistics, Jordyn White
Human trafficking has many names and can take many forms - pimp control, commercial sex, exploitation, forced labor, modern slavery, child labor, and several others - and the definitions vary greatly across countries and cultures, as well as among r...Lasīt vairāk
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, Committee on Population, Malay K. Majmundar, Steve Olson
In 2018, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees estimated 70.8 million people could be considered forced migrants, which is nearly double their estimation just one decade ago. This includes internally displaced persons, refugees, asylum s...Lasīt vairāk
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, Committee on Population, Panel on the Integration of Immigrants into American Society, Marisa Gerstein Pineau, Mary C. Waters
The United States prides itself on being a nation of immigrants, and the country has a long history of successfully absorbing people from across the globe. The integration of immigrants and their children contributes to our economic vitality and our...Lasīt vairāk
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, Committee on Population, Alexandra Beatty
Fertility rates and population growth influence economic development. The marked declines in fertility seen in some developing nations have been accompanied by slowing population growth, which in turn provided a window of opportunity for rapid econo...Lasīt vairāk
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, Committee on Population, Alexandra Beatty
Note: This is the French translation of Recent Fertility Trends in Sub-Saharan Africa. Fertility rates and population growth influence economic development. The marked declines in fertility seen in some developing nations have...Lasīt vairāk
National Research Council, Institute of Medicine, Board on Health Care Services, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, Committee on Population, Holly G. Rhodes
Measuring the Risks and Causes of Premature Death is the summary of two workshops conducted by The Committee on Population of the National Research Council at the National Academies to address the data sources, science and future research needs to u...Lasīt vairāk
National Research Council, Division on Earth and Life Studies, Board on Life Sciences, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, Committee on Population, Board on Environmental Change and Society, Maureen Mellody
The Earths population, currently 7.2 billion, is expected to rise at a rapid rate over the next 40 years. Current projections state that the Earth will need to support 9.6 billion people by the year 2050, a figure that climbs to nearly 11 billion b...Lasīt vairāk
Panel on Understanding Cross-National Health Differences Among High-Income Countries, Committee on Population, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice
(Izdošanas datums: 12-Mar-2013, Hardback, Izdevniecība: National Academies Press, ISBN-13: 9780309387798)
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The United States is among the wealthiest nations in the world, but it is far from the healthiest. Although life expectancy and survival rates in the United States have improved dramatically over the past century, Americans live shorter lives...Lasīt vairāk
National Research Council, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, Committee on Population, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences, Board on Mathematical Sciences and Their Applications, Committee o
The United States is in the midst of a major demographic shift. In the coming decades, people aged 65 and over will make up an increasingly large percentage of the population: The ratio of people aged 65+ to people aged 20-64 will rise by 80. This...Lasīt vairāk
Among the poorest and least developed regions in the world, sub-Saharan Africa has long faced a heavy burden of disease, with malaria, tuberculosis, and, more recently, HIV being among the most prominent contributors to that burden. Yet in most part...Lasīt vairāk
Panel on Policy Research and Data Needs to Meet the Challenge of Aging in Asia, Committee on Population, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, James P. Smith, Malay Majmundar
The population of Asia is growing both larger and older. Demographically the most important continent on the world, Asias population, currently estimated to be 4.2 billion, is expected to increase to about 5.9 billion by 2050. Rapid declines in fer...Lasīt vairāk
Panel on Statistical Methods for Measuring the Group Quarters Population in the American Community Survey, Committee on National Statistics, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council
The National Research Councils Panel on Statistical Methods for Measuring the Group Quarters Population in the American Community Survey was convened at the request of the US Census Bureau to review the statistical methodology for measuring the grou...Lasīt vairāk
National Research Council, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, Committee on Population, Panel on Understanding Divergent Trends in Longevity in High-Income Countries, Barney Cohen, Samuel H. Preston, Eileen M. Crimmins
The divergence in life expectancy under study in this volume is not between individual people, but between countries, and the problem is that life expectancy has been rising more slowly in the US than in some other high-income countries, and the gap...Lasīt vairāk
National Research Council, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, Committee on Population, Panel on Understanding Divergent Trends in Longevity in High-Income Countries, Barney Cohen, Samuel H. Preston, Eileen M. Crimmins
The National Research Councils Committee on Population convened a Panel on Understanding Divergent Trends in Longevity in High-Income Countries to examine trends in longevity at older ages across high-income countries, requested by the National Inst...Lasīt vairāk
National Research Council, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, Committee on National Statistics, Panel on Statistical Methods for Measuring the Group Quarters Population in the American Community Survey
Following several years of testing and evaluation, the American Community Survey (ACS) was launched in 2005 as a replacement for the census long form, used to collect detailed social, economic, and housing data from a sample of the U.S. population...Lasīt vairāk
National Research Council, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, Committee on Population, Committee on National Statistics, Gooloo S. Wunderlich
Improving the Measurement of Late-Life Disability in Population Surveys summarizes a workshop organized to draw upon recent advances to improve the measurement of physical and cognitive disability in population surveys of the elderly population. The...Lasīt vairāk
Committee on Advances in Collecting and Utilizing Biological Indicators and Genetic Information in Social Science Surveys, Committee on Population, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Cou
(Izdošanas datums: 06-Dec-2007, Hardback, Izdevniecība: National Academies Press, ISBN-13: 9780309385961)
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Biosocial Surveys analyzes the latest research on the increasing number of multipurpose household surveys that collect biological data along with the more familiar interviewera respondent information. This book serves as a follow-up to the 200...Lasīt vairāk
National Research Council, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, Committee on Population, Division on Earth and Life Studies, Board on Earth Sciences and Resources, Committee on the Effective Use of Data
Worldwide, millions of people are displaced annually because of natural or industrial disasters or social upheaval. This book reviews various methods and tools for making estimates of subnational populations and makes several recommendations to impr...Lasīt vairāk
In sub-Saharan Africa, older people make up a relatively small fraction of the total population and are supported primarily by family and other kinship networks. They have traditionally been viewed as repositories of information and wisdom, and are...Lasīt vairāk
