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Preliminary Data for the 2006 Mali DHS Available

Kiet Bang — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 12:53:03 +0000

Preliminary datasets are now available for the 2006 Mali Demographic and Health Survey. PRI researchers may request it from the Data Archivist.

China reconsiders one-child policy

Tara Murray — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 13:19:55 +0000

The New York Times reports that China is considering a move away from its one-child-per-couple policy, though any changes would be gradual and would not mean an end to family planning policies. China’s fertility rate is now very low, and the nation faces an aging population, especially in urban areas.

US abortions decline

Tara Murray — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 15:16:39 +0000

The number of abortions performed in the US has fallen to the lowest number since 1976, according to statistics from the Guttmacher Institute (Washington Post). A report by Rachel K. Jones of the Guttmacher Institute is scheduled to appear in the March issue of Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health, and a news release with a link to the study is available on the Guttmacher Web site.

New DHS working papers: Peru, Kenya, Sub-Saharan Africa

Tara Murray — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 14:07:31 +0000

DHS has published 3 new working papers:

Internal Migration and the Use of Reproductive and Child Health Services in Peru (Lekha Subaiya)
Trends in Primary and Secondary Abstinence among Kenya Youth (Chi Chiao & Vinod Mishra)
Spousal Agreement on Waiting Time to Next Birth in Sub-Saharan Africa (Tesfayi Gebreselassie & Vinod Mishra)

Teen births rise

Tara Murray — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 01:49:44 +0000

After 14 years of decline, the teen birth rate increased significantly between 2005 and 2006, according to the National Center for Health Statistics (Washington Post).Â The statistics are included in a new NCHS report, Births: Preliminary Data for 2006.

Preliminary Data for the 2006 Niger DHS Available

Kiet Bang — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 12:25:59 +0000

Preliminary datasets are now available for the 2006 Niger Demographic and Health Survey. PRI researchers may request it from the Data Archivist.

Data for the Nepal DHS 2006 Now Available

Kiet Bang — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 14:45:26 +0000

Data for the 2006 Nepal Demographic and Health Survey are now available. PRI researchers may request it from the Data Archivist

Population Issues in the 21st Century: The Role of the World Bank

Tara Murray — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 19:33:19 +0000

Population Issues in the 21st Century: The Role of the World Bank (PDF) was produced by the Health, Nutrition, and Population Family (HNP) of the World Bank’s Human Development Network. The paper discusses “some obstacles and opportunities presented by opulation processes in order to prioritize areas for investment and analytical work as background nformation for the 2007 HNP Sector Strategy.”

New Report on the Status of Women’s Health in Tanzania

Kiet Bang — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 13:42:34 +0000

The Demographic and Health Survey has released a new report titled “Womenâ€™s Health in Tanzania: Key Findings from the 2004-05 Tanzania Demographic and Health Survey and the 2003-04 Tanzania HIV/AIDS Indicator Survey”. The report smmarizes the major survey findings about womenâ€™s education, status, fertility, health and other significant measures. Click here to view and download a free copy of the report in pdf format.

Fertility and exchange rates

Tara Murray — Mon, 30 Jul 2007 13:36:09 +0000

A new working paper from the National Bureau for Economic Research (NBER) examines the link between a country’s fertility rate and the real effective exchange rate, confirming the theory that a country with declining fertility “can be expected to have higher savings, lower investment, a current account surplus, and accordingly a real depreciation.” (Fertility and the Real Exchange Rate, by Andrew K. Rose & Saktiandi Supaat)