Mapping Supplies: Are Contraceptives Going Where They’re Most Needed? is a new report in Population Action International’s Research Commentaries series. The report compares the countries with the highest unmet need for family planning with those receiving the highest value of donated contraceptives.

The EDFIN site now has two searchable data tools. The Peer Search Tool allows comparisons of the finances of school districts with its peers based on the latest available fiscal data. Peers can be selected manually, or automatically based on total students, student/teacher ratio, percent children in poverty, district type, and locale code. The new Finance Longitudinal Data Tool allows comparisons of fiscal and nonfiscal school district data over time from 1989-90 to 1999-2000.

A MEASURE DHS press release relates key findings from the 2004-05 Tanzania Demographic and Health Survey.

Where to Start is a guide for new faculty seeking research grants from the Chronicle of Higher Education. The column covers such things as where to get help at your institution, seed grants, and proposal writing.

The Population Research Institute maintains a list of grants resources in addition to the searchable Grant and Funding Opportunities database. PRI’s Administrative Core also maintains proposal preparation guidelines for PRI affiliates.

A new report from the Brookings Institution, Diversity Spreads Out: Metropolitan Shifts in Hispanic, Asian, and Black Populations Since 2000, analyzes Census Bureau population estimates of the distribution of racial and ethnic groups across US metropolitan areas.

Abigail Trafford reports from the annual conference of the National Council on the Aging and the American Society on Aging in her March 21, 2006 Washington Post column.

The prison inmate population is aging rapidly, but prisons have not yet adapted to the physical and mental needs of geriatric prisoners, according to a study conducted by researchers at the San Francisco VA Medical Center. Read the full press release on Science Blog.

BBC News reports on the Nigerian census:

Update: Nigeria census officials attacked (March 23, 2006)

Nigeria press on census disarray (March 22, 2006)

Nigeria’s counting controversy (March 21, 2006)

Three new datasets have been added to the Laboratory Component of the NHANES 2003-2004: Lab 03 - Human Immunodeficieny Virus, Lab 11 CRP/BAP/PTH (C-reactive Protein, Bone Alkaline Phosphatase, and Parathyroid Hormone), and Lab 11 PSA (Prostate Specific Antigen).

The data and documentation have been added to the PRI NHANES PopNet UNIX collection, and will soon be made available via SodaPop. 

The PRI Library has received an announcement from The Minnesota Population Center for their IPUMS Summer Workshop.