Despite Challenges, Ending Early Marriage in Ethiopia Is Possible

Early marriage remains a deeply rooted tradition in Ethiopian communities, perpetuated by poverty, a lack of education and economic opportunities, and social customs that limit the rights of women and girls.

The demographic strength of Egypt is undeniable, not just in absolute numbers but in its age distribution. Egypt is experiencing a "youth bulge": One in five Egyptians is between ages 15 and 24, and one-half of the population is below age 25, a powerful engine of renewal for the country.

Feb. 6, 2011, marks the ninth International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting. Increasingly, media, NGOs, and community leaders are speaking out against this harmful traditional practice. The flow of information is critical to this effort.

The percentage of Americans who smoke tobacco has fallen dramatically over the past 50 years. But smoking is not declining very fast, especially among less-educated, rural, and lower-income Americans.

(January 2011) American families have changed dramatically in recent years. As part of PRB’s Policy Seminar series, professor of social work and public affairs at Columbia University Jane Waldfogel described four major types of work-family policies: parental leave; other types of paid leave; f…

American families have changed dramatically with profound implications for the role of work-family policies in promoting child well-being. As part of PRB's Policy Seminar series Jane Waldfogel described major types of work-family policies and assessed the adequacy of current U.S. policies.

While women may delay marriage and children to pursue a degree, women with at least a bachelor's degree are actually more likely to get married than women with less education and are more likely to wait until marriage to start a family.

The link between formal marriage and childbearing has greatly weakened worldwide. The sharp rise in births outside of marriage in most developed countries is a recent social phenomenon.

During a PRB Discuss Online, Greg Duncan, professor of education at the University of California, Irvine, answered questions from participants about the effects of childhood poverty in the United States on later attainment and health.

In this interview, Lynda Laughlin, a family demographer with the U.S. Census Bureau and author of the report "Who's Minding the Kids?", discusses trends in child care over the past 20 years, how families deal with increasing facility-based care costs, and how extended families still play an integral…

The Population Association of America sponsored a presentation on recession, recovery, and families in the United States.

This PRB policy brief presents an analysis of the 2005 and 2008 Egypt Demographic and Health Surveys and the latest research on spousal violence conducted in the Alexandria Governorate by the Suzanne Mubarak Regional Centre for Women's Health and Development. These studies reveal that violence again…