Most Hispanic adults born to immigrants in the US report they are fluent in English, but only a small minority of their parents say they speak English well, according to a new report from the Pew Hispanic Center.

After a quarter century of increases, obesity prevalence has not measurably increased in the past few years but levels are still high –- at 34 percent of US adults aged 20 and over, according to a new study released today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

The report, Obesity Among Adults in the United States — No Change Since 2003-2004 (PDF) is the latest analysis based on the National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys (NHANES), conducted by CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics.

The following grant announcements are new this week on the Population Research Institute Funding Announcements web page.

Dissertation Fellowship Program in Retirement Research - Center for Retirement Research at Boston College (CCR)

Expert Panel on Contextual Relationships - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

Human and Social Dynamics: Competition for FY 2008 (HSD) - National Science Foundation (NSF)

Joyce Brenner Women’s Health Research Award - Foundation for Women’s Wellness

National Study of Disability Trends and Dynamics (U01) - National Institute on Aging (NIA)

Research on HIV/AIDS and Drug Use in the Multicenter AIDS Cohort Study (MACS) (R03) - National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) - National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)

Sloan Work-Family Career Development Grant Program - Sloan Foundation

Steven H. Sandell Grant Programor Junior Scholars in Retirement Research - Center for Retirement Research at Boston College (CCR)

The PRI Library has received an announcement from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development for a Health Science Administrator.

NCHS has released the following new and updated NHANES data:

2003-2004 Data
- Biochemistry Profile - Lab 40 (updated)
- Vitamin A, E and Carotenoids - Lab 45 (new)
- Early Childhood Questionnaire (updated)

2001-2002 Data
- Vitamin A, E and Carotenoids - Lab 45 (new)
- Early Childhood Questionnaire (updated)

PRI researchers may request the above data from the Data Archivist.

The PRI Library has received job announcements from Princeton University Office of Population Research for the Following positions:

• Postdoctoral Researcher
  
• NIH Postdoctoral Fellowship

The PRI Library has received announcement from the University of Iowa for the following positions with the Department of Geography:

• Assistant Professor of Environmental Geography
• Post-Doctoral Position

The PRI Library will be closed on Friday, November 23. Anyone who has after-hours access to Oswald Tower and the library will still be able to access the collections.

Tara will be on vacation November 16-23. Please send any requests to library@pop.psu.edu, and staff will assist you.

The federal government is considering a common form for research progress reports, and the NSF is heading up the effort by soliciting comments on a draft form. See Federal Register notice and Chronicle of Higher Education News Blog for more information.

The number of South Africans living on less than $1 a day doubled between 1996 and 2005, according to a survey by the South African Institute of Race Relations (BBC News).