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PRB Discuss Online: The Tsunami, Six Years Later: Results of a Large-Scale Longitudinal Study in Aceh, Indonesia

Dec. 26, 2010, will mark the sixth anniversary of the earthquake that spawned a tsunami on the coastlines of countries bordering the Indian Ocean. In collaboration with the Indonesian NGO…

PRB Discuss Online: The Long-Term Effects of Childhood Poverty in the United States

Most poor children achieve less, exhibit more problem behaviors, and are less healthy than children raised in more-affluent families. Looking beyond these well-known correlations between poverty and negative outcomes in…

PRB Discuss Online: How Is Immigration Changing the United States?

Immigration is a volatile issue for Americans, who must grapple with the tradeoff between the strain of incorporating new populations and the desire for immigrants’ labor. The United States receives…

PRB Discuss Online: Racial and Ethnic Intermarriage in the United States

Transcript of Questions and Answers Ezer R. May May: 1.- What is the type of intermarriage that get (has) the major trends in the United States? 2.- Why this type…

PRB Discuss Online: How Do Americans Balance Work and Family?

Transcript of Questions and Answers Michelle Sparkman Renz: What industries are you observing women juggling? Do you have information about the educational attainment of Women and Men and their balance?…

PRB Discuss Online: How Are the Children of Single Mothers Faring? Evidence From the Fragile Families Study

The percentage of U.S. children born outside marriage has increased dramatically over several decades, growing from 6 percent of all births in 1960 to nearly 40 percent of births today….