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Illegal immigration slows, economy may be cause

Tara Murray — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 12:27:36 +0000

A new report from the Pew Hispanic Center says that the inflow of illegal immigration to the US has slowed, dropping below the rate of legal immigration. While the report does not try to identify reasons for the decline, some researchers, including William Frey of the Brookings Institution, point to the country’s economic downturn (Associated Press).

Citation: Passel, J. & Cohn, D. (2008). Trends in Unauthorized Immigration: Undocumented Inflow Now Trails Legal Inflow. Washington, DC: Pew Hispanic Center.

Latinobarometro available to Penn State Researchers

Kiet Bang — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 19:53:09 +0000

Penn State has been able to purchase a one year subscription to Latinobarometro Latinobarometro is an annual public opinion survey that involves some 19,000 interviews in 18 Latin American countries, representing more than 400 million inhabitants. Penn State researchers interested in the survey can Click here for more information and access the survey.

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)

English Usage Among Hispanics in the US

Tara Murray — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 13:11:12 +0000

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.

Report examines Latino immigrants’ attachment to home country

Tara Murray — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 15:06:47 +0000

The majority of Latino immigrants are moderately attached to their home country, and levels of attachment are related to length of time in the US, whether the individual migrated as an adult or a child, and the country of origin, according to a new report from the Pew Hispanic Center. The report is based on new analyses of the Center’s 2006 National Survey of Latinos.

Citation: Roger Waldinger (2007, October 25). Between Here and There: How Attached are Latino Immigrants to their Native Country? Washington, DC: Pew Hispanic Center.

Global Theme Issue on Poverty and Human Development

Tara Murray — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 15:09:41 +0000

The Council of Science Editors organized a Global Theme Issue on Poverty and Human Development, in which science journals throughout the world simultaneously publish articles on this topic on October 22. 235 journals from developed and developing countries participated in the theme issue, including American Journal of Public Health, Health Education and Behavior, Journal of Adolescence, Reproductive Health Matters, and Science.

Penn State users can use the University Libraries Citation Linker to retrieve copies of individual articles.

Global spending on education

Tara Murray — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 13:10:27 +0000

The education budget of a single country like France, Germany, Italy or the United Kingdom outweighs education spending across the entire sub-Saharan African region, according to a new report from the UNESCO Institute for Statistics. The Global Education Digest 2007 focuses on financing of education and includes the latest statistics on primary to tertiary education from more than 200 countries.

UN Millennium Development Goals Report 2007

Tara Murray — Mon, 30 Jul 2007 13:20:01 +0000

The UN Millennium Development Goals Report 2007 (PDF) says that, halfway to the 2015 deadline, progress has been made toward the goals but there is still much work to be done.

Migrants bring HIV to Mexico

Tara Murray — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 13:30:53 +0000

Many in the US assume that migrants bring HIV to the US, but research has shown that migrants are frequently exposed to HIV while in the US and then bring it back to their rural Mexican communities (New York Times).

Marital sex biggest HIV risk for women

Tara Murray — Tue, 08 May 2007 15:01:33 +0000

Marital sex is the biggest risk for HIV infection for women because male infidelity is culturally ingrained, according to a study in rural Mexico to be published in the American Journal of Public Health. Studies in Nigeria and Papua New Guinea (also to appear in AJPH) found similar results. Additional studies are underway in Uganda and Vietnam (press release on Science Blog).