http://info.pop.psu.edu Mon, 23 Nov 2009 19:38:49 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en In 1 out of 6 counties in the US, minority kids outnumber white kids, and their numbers will continue to grow, according to a USA Today story. Reporter Haya El Nasser interviews demographers Kenneth Johnson and Daniel Lichter about the trend. http://info.pop.psu.edu/2009/06/24/minority-kids-growing-to-majority/ 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/ Educational Attainment in the United States: 2007 (PDF, from the Census Bureau's Current Population Reports) uses data from the American Community Survey and the Current Population Survey. Among the findings: A larger proportion of women than men had completed high school or more education. A larger proportion of men had received ... http://info.pop.psu.edu/2009/02/13/educational-attainment-in-the-united-states-2007/ Hudson, Robert B. (2009). Boomer bust? Economic and political issues of the graying society. Westport, CT: Praeger. Vinea, Ana. (2007). Creating families across boundaries: A case study of Romanian/Egyptian mixed marriages. American University in Cair Press. Le Houerou, Fabienne.  (2006). Forced migrants and host societies in Egypt and Sudan. Cairo: American University ... http://info.pop.psu.edu/2009/02/09/new-books-of-interest-at-penn-states-social-sciences-library/ Results from the 2007 Latino Health Survey conducted by the Pew Hispanic Center are available in a new report, Hispanics and Health Care in the United States: Access, Information and Knowledge. http://info.pop.psu.edu/2008/08/13/hispanics-and-health-care-in-the-united-states/ The Pew Hispanic Center has released a new fact sheet, Hispanic Women in the United States, 2007, containing statistics from the Current Population Survey and American Community Survey. http://info.pop.psu.edu/2008/05/12/hispanic-women-in-the-us/ Widening gaps in educational attainment threaten economic mobility for the poor, according to a report from the Pew Charitable Trusts’ Economic Mobility Project (Chronicle of Higher Education News Blog). See also: New York Times article,  Getting Ahead or Losing Ground: Economic Mobility in America (Economic Mobility Project report) http://info.pop.psu.edu/2008/02/20/educational-gaps-threaten-economic-mobility/ More high school students are taking and scoring well on Advanced Placement tests, but underserved groups are not gaining at the same rate, according to the 4th Annual AP Report to the Nation from the College Board. See also: Chronicle of Higher Education article (Note: The Chronicle article is available online ... http://info.pop.psu.edu/2008/02/14/more-ap-successes-but-racial-gaps-persist/ 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. http://info.pop.psu.edu/2007/11/30/english-usage-among-hispanics-in-the-us/ Race, Ethnicity, and the Criminal Justice System (PDF) is a new research brief from the American Sociological Association's series on institutional aspects of race, racism, and ace relations. http://info.pop.psu.edu/2007/10/29/asa-report-on-race-and-ethnicity-in-the-criminal-justice-system/