Register for March 19 Webinar on ‘Children of Incarcerated Parents’

(March 2015) Register now for a webinar on Thursday, March 19, 2015, from 1 2 p.m. (EDT), on “Children of Incarcerated Parents.” The United States has more than 2 million people behind bars, and 45 percent were living with their children before they were imprisoned. U.S. children of inca…

PRB's Center for Public Information on Population Research, with funding from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, provided a webinar on "Children of Incarcerated Parents."

In 2013, U.S. working families headed by racial/ethnic minorities were twice as likely to be poor or low-income (47 percent) compared with non-Hispanic whites (23 percent) according to a new report from the Working Poor Families Project in collaboration with PRB.

U.S. children of incarcerated parents are an extremely vulnerable group.

This Population Bulletin investigates the intersection between demography and inequality in the United States, with a focus on regional patterns and differences by age, race/ethnicity, gender, and family structure.

Across the globe, many countries have made significant progress in reducing child mortality.

(Oct. 11, 2014) Two years ago, the United Nations inaugurated the International Day of the Girl, commemorated on Oct. 11, to put girls’ rights at the center of development efforts with a focus on ending child marriage. Last year, the UN and partnering organizations promoted girls’ educat…

In India, almost 62 million children (48 percent) across all income groups are stunted.

Burkina Faso has made enormous progress in education since 1960, when the country gained independence.

The Annie E. Casey Foundation has released a special 25th edition of the KIDS COUNT Data Book.

Jean-Fran ois Kobian and Moussa Bougma discuss the relationships between family structure, poverty, and child labor in Africa.

This infographic highlights how family planning contributes to improving child survival around the world.