Teen Births Continue to Decline in U.S.

Births to U.S. teenage girls ages 15 to 17 have decreased by 63 percent over the past 20 years, according to the latest statistics released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

This PRB ENGAGE Snapshot illustrates how family planning can improve child survival through healthy timing and spacing of pregnancy and achieving health nutrition for mothers and infants.

Contact with family, friends, and acquaintances influences when couples become first-time parents and their ideal family size.

Marissa Pine Yeakey, senior policy analyst at PRB, presented an overview of PRB's ENGAGE Presentation "The Family Planning Ripple Effect: Children Survive and Nations Thrive."

The Annie E. Casey Foundation recently launched its Race for Results Index, a new collection of data developed by demographers at the Population Reference Bureau.

The U.S. baby-boom generation is the largest generation in American history. And given that 33 percent of these baby boomers are single, they may face disadvantages because they aren't married.

Up to 20 percent of Australian fathers worked 55 or more hours per week, and were more likely to have young sons with a higher level of aggressive behavior, compared with boys whose dads worked fewer hours, said a new study.

U.S. working mothers have had a hard time in recent years: Between 2007 and 2012, the share of female-headed working families that are low-income increased from 54 percent to 58 percent.

(January 2014) PRB is joining with FHI 360, on behalf of USAID’s Interagency Youth Working Group, Pathfinder International, and the Youth Health and Rights Coalition, to host an online forum, “Following Through on the 2013 ICFP: Youth, SRHR, and Policy Change.” The forum will be he…

Some good news has finally arrived about the fight to eradicate malaria: A new vaccine may soon be available from British pharmaceutical GlaxoSmithKline.

A new report about the well-being of girls in America, The State of Girls: Unfinished Business, was recently published by the Girl Scouts Research Institute in collaboration with the Population Reference Bureau.

Christelle Kwizera, an activist from Rwanda, spoke at the High-Level Ministry Meeting at the 2013 International Conference on Family Planning, to provide a youth view on policy for family planning and reproductive health.