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Population Today: 2001

 
Population Today: November/December 2001 (PDF: 425KB)
New Index Tracks Children's Well-Being • Warm Welcome, Cool Welcome: Mapping Receptivity Toward Immigrants in the U.S. • Quebec's Alternative to Pronatalism • Response to Hunger Tests New Priorities • 2001 Annual Index • Speaking Graphically: Pregnant Women and Newborns at Risk • Spotlight Statistic: Afghanistan is 2nd Largest Source of Refugees • Web Sitings
 
 
Population Today: October 2001 (PDF: 201KB)
Urbanization Takes on New Dimensions in Asia's Population Giants • Debate Over Male Circumcision and HIV Prompts More Research • One in Five U.S. Households Struggle to Afford Rent, Mortgage Payments • Pondering the Prospects for Lower Fertility in High-Fertility Countries • Speaking Graphically: World TFR Will Continue to Rise • Spotlight Statistic: Loneliest Places in the U.S. • Web Sitings
 
 
Population Today: August/September 2001 (PDF: 715KB)
Contraceptive Shortages Loom in Less Developed Countries • Charter Schools Catching On • Low Fertility Not Politically Sustainable • PRB Undertakes Internet Initiative • Around the Globe, Women Outlive Men • Emerging Trends in Disability • Speaking Graphically: Gender Difference in Life Expectancy at Birth, United States, Selected Years, 1900-1999 • Spotlight Statistic: Unmarried Partnerships • Web Sitings
 
 
Population Today: July 2001 (PDF: 196KB)
U.S. Diversity Visas Are Attracting Africa's Best and Brightest • The Rise — and Fall? — of Single-Parent Families • World Population Gap Widens • Treating a Triple Threat in Haiti • Speaking Graphically: Regional Shares of World Energy Consumption, 1999 and 2020 • Spotlight Statistic: Smokers a Dwindling Share of U.S. Population • Web Sitings.
 
 
Population Today: May/June 2001 (PDF: 554KB)
2001 Census Results Mixed for India's Women and Girls • Migration to the South Brings U.S. Blacks Full Circle • Reinventing USAID? • Russia's Modest Migration Gains Unlikely to Stop Population Decline • Childhood Asthma: A Growing Epidemic in the United States • Speaking Graphically: Gross National Income, Selected Countries • Spotlight Statistic: The Five 'Oldest' Countries in 2050 • Web Sitings.
 
 
Population Today: April 2001 (PDF: 196KB)
Final Peace in the Middle East Hinges on Refugee Population • Domestic Partner Benefits Won’t Break the Bank • Changes in Child Care Could Reduce Job Options for Eastern German Mothers • Speaking Graphically: New Estimates of HIV/AIDS’ Impact on Life Expectancy in Nine African Countries, 2000-2005 • Spotlight Statistic: Median Net Worth of U.S. Households, by Race and Ethnicity • Web Sitings.
 
 
Population Today: February/March 2001 (PDF: 266KB)
U.S. Population Up 13 Percent, Largest 10-Year Increase Ever • Cervical Cancer: A Regional Threat • Declaring War on POPs (Persistent Organic Pollutants) • Americans Living Longer, Not Necessarily Healthier Lives • A Demographic Perspective on Replacing the Electoral College • Has Welfare Reform Reduced Nonmarital Births? • More Than Ethnicity Behind Fiji's Unrest • Speaking Graphically: Youth Population Exploding in California • Spotlight Statistic: Record-High U.S. Educational Attainment • Web Sitings.
 
 
Population Today: January 2001 (PDF: 198KB)
Canada's Immigration Mandate • What Children Learn From Divorce • Pinpointing Poverty • India’s Health Slowly Improves • Speaking Graphically: Breastfeeding in the United States in 1998, by Race and Ethnicity • Spotlight Statistic: Longer Life, Higher Death Rate • Web Sitings.
 
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