More U.S. Children Raised by Grandparents

Growing numbers of children in the United States are living with a grandparent. In 2010, about one in 14 U.S. children (7 percent) lived in a household headed by a grandparent—for a total of 5.4 million children, up from 4.7 million in 2005.

The Egypt Youth Data Sheet: Selected Data From SYPE 2009, a collaboration between the Population Reference Bureau and the Population Council, has measures of status and well-being for this burgeoning young population.

The STATE Child Well-Being Index—developed for the Foundation for Child Development by demographers William O'Hare of the Annie E. Casey Foundation and Mark Mather and Genevieve Dupuis of the Population Reference Bureau—provides the most-comprehensive measure of children's quality-o…

This e-newsletter provides an overview of the demographic characteristics of older grandparent caregivers and examines recent research supported by the National Institute on Aging and others on their health and well-being.

The U.S. Great Recession (2007 to 2009) resulted in a broad-based decline in America's economic well-being and security. This Population Bulletin Update provides new data and analysis on the ongoing impact of the recession in the United States.

PRB and the Hopkins Population Center sponsored its 5th Annual Symposium on Policy and Health: "The Effects of Military Deployment on Family Health."

(October 2011) Extended involvement of the United States military in Iraq and Afghanistan has led to new realities for military personnel and their families. On Oct. 28, 2011, the Population Reference Bureau and the Hopkins Population Center sponsored its 5th Annual Symposium on Policy and Health: &…

Deaths related to these chronic diseases are increasing, especially in low- and middle-income countries. Over half of deaths are associated with behaviors that begin or are reinforced during adolescence, including tobacco and alcohol use, poor eating habits, and lack of exercise.

More young adults—especially men—are delaying marriage and staying in their parents' homes. Between 2007 and 2011, the number of young adults living at home rose from 4.7 million to 5.9 million—contributing to an increase in "doubled-up" households since the onset of the recession.…

 There is a global epidemic of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs). And the four primary risk factors for these chronic diseases—tobacco, alcohol, lack of exercise, and poor nutrition—are typically initiated during adolescence or young adulthood, setting the stage for later disease.

Johns Hopkins University professor Andrew Cherlin's  covers trends in marriage and cohabitation, divorce, fertility, children's living arrangements, and aging. In a PRB Discuss Online, Cherlin answered questions from participants about family life in the United States over the past decade.

In a PRB Discuss Online, Roli Mahajan, International Year of Youth Journalist for Advocates for Youth, answered questions from participants about how to mobilize and engage youth in the development process. Read a transcript of the questions and answers.