http://info.pop.psu.edu Mon, 23 Nov 2009 19:38:49 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en "Lower fertility is changing the world for the better," according to an article in The Economist. http://info.pop.psu.edu/2009/11/09/the-economist-on-lower-fertility/ A preliminary 2008-2009 Demographic and Health Surveys report shows that Kenya's fertility rate has decline slightly, from 4.9 births per woman in 2003 to 4.6, according to an article from the Daily Nation (Kenya). Data from the 2008-2009 survey is not yet available. http://info.pop.psu.edu/2009/11/06/new-dhs-report-shows-kenyas-fertility-rate-has-declined/ The National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy has released a new survey of Latino teens and adults about teen pregnancy and related issues, Toward a Common Future. http://info.pop.psu.edu/2009/05/20/new-survey-of-latinos-about-teen-pregnancy-released/ Changing patterns of nonmarital childbearing in the United States, released Monday by the National Center for Health Statistics, reports that childbearing by unmarried women has risen, and the increase has come from women in their 20s and older. The report uses data from the Natality Data File and the National ... http://info.pop.psu.edu/2009/05/20/nchs-data-brief-changing-patterns-of-nonmarital-childbearing-in-the-us/ "Did America's moms and dads and potential parents see the meltdown coming before the economists?" asks an AP news story. According to Census data, the rate of growth in the baby population dropped between 2007 and 2008. http://info.pop.psu.edu/2009/05/20/baby-population-growth-slowed-just-before-recession/ The National Study of Fertility Barriers is a nationally representative telephone survey of women age 25-45. The focus of the survey is biomedical fertility barriers including subfecundity, repeated miscarriages, health conditions that preclude childbearing, and sterilization regret. The data is available to all researchers but registration is required before data ... http://info.pop.psu.edu/2009/05/05/nsfb-data-available-on-sodapop/ The US had a record 4,317,000 births in 2007, according to data from the National Center for Health Statistics (Births, Preliminary Data for 2007 [PDF]). As reported in the New York Times, other significant data points include: teen births rose for the second straight year births to unmarried women reached a record high ... http://info.pop.psu.edu/2009/03/20/record-us-births-in-2007/ What would it take to accelerate fertility decline in the least developed countries? (PDF) is the first in a new series of policy briefs from the United Nations Population Division. The Policy Brief focuses on current fertility levels in the world's least developed countries - a group of 49 countries designated ... http://info.pop.psu.edu/2009/03/17/what-would-it-take-to-accelerate-fertility-decline-in-the-least-developed-countries/ According to new federal data, the US birth rate increased, and teen births increased for the first time since 1991 (USA Today). Citation: Martin, J.A., et al. (2008). Births: Final data for 2006. National Vital Statistics Reports, 57(7). Available online (PDF) http://info.pop.psu.edu/2009/01/07/teen-births-up/ Though their numbers remain small, straight men are increasingly turning to surrogates to have children, as reported on CNN.com. http://info.pop.psu.edu/2009/01/06/single-men-increasingly-use-surrogates-to-become-fathers/