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Population Research Center, University of Texas at Austin

  • Debra Umberson, Director
  • Kelly Raley, Associate Director

The mission of the Population Research Center (PRC) is to provide the resources and culture that are necessary to facilitate the highest level of population related research and training activities through the submission of federal and foundation grants, the production and publication of population-related knowledge, and the dissemination of this work through scholarly meetings, presentations, workshops, teaching, media outlets, and the web. The PRC is an NICHD-funded center.

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Childhood Trauma Has Lifelong Health Consequences for Women

Trauma and adversity in childhood raise the risk of numerous health problems such as diabetes, heart disease, cancer, and mental illness in adulthood.1 Several recent studies found that women who experienced childhood adversity are more likely to have their first child early or outside of marriage and face a higher risk of cancer than men….

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Women With Children and a Male Partner Do More Housework Than Single Moms

Women with children and a heterosexual male partner do the most housework—more even than single moms, according to an analysis of time-use data.1 Specifically, married and cohabiting mothers report more housework than never-married or divorced/separated mothers, but all mothers report about the same amount of child-care time, find Joanna Pepin of the University of Texas…

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Population Research Center, UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN

This list includes articles appearing in PubMed as of October 4, 2019 with publisher dates between January 1, 2018 and September 30, 2019 that reference P2C, R24, or T32 grant support from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute for Child Health and Human Development and oversight by Population Dynamics Branch Program Officials. Recent Articles Appearing in PubMed Paine EA,…

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PRB Discuss Online: The Increasing Importance of Education for Longevity in the United States

Many people know that individuals with higher levels of education tend to live longer and healthier lives than individuals with low levels of education. In a recent study, Robert Hummer and colleagues built on this knowledge by demonstrating new important characteristics of the relationship between education and adult mortality in the United States. Among their…

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This website was prepared by the Center for Public Information on Population Research (CPIPR) at the Population Reference Bureau (PRB) for the Population Dynamics Research Centers. This website is made possible by the generous support of the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD).