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Demography Links

Jan 11, 2014

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in China, Demography, Generations, Health and Medicine, History, Links – Demography, Public Policy, Race, Social Media, Sociology, Trends: Economic, Trends: Social

1. New York Times: Why Are Americans Staying Put? … “This decline in migration has been going on for a long time now, through all sorts of ups and downs in the housing market,” said Greg Kaplan of Princeton University, who, along with Sam Schulhofer-Wohl of the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, has studied the…

Charting the Life Expectancies of the World’s Countries

Jan 8, 2014

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Atlantic Cities: Charting the Life Expectancies of the World's Countries What's the best nation in the world to live in if you enjoy, ya know, staying alive? That would be Monaco, where a person born in 2013 can expect to live on average up to age 90. Conversely, the worst place to be born last…

7 Deadly Sins Map — How Does Your State Stack Up?

Dec 17, 2013

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in Demography, Sociology

Upworthy: 7 Deadly Sins Map — How Does Your State Stack Up? These maps are four years old, but Upworthy decided to resurrect them for some reason. Interesting stuff. And it is from my graduate alma mater Kansas State University. One of the things I noticed was a strong streak of morality running from the…

Economics Links

Dec 6, 2013

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in Capitalism and Markets, Demography, Economics, Gender and Sex, Health and Medicine, Human Progress, Links – Economics, Poverty, Public Policy, Sociology, Technology, Trends: Economic, Trends: Social, Wealth and Income, Weatlh and Income Distribution

1. Poor and Middle Class Incomes Have Increased Significantly "… Using this more sophisticated cost-of-living adjustment, which is preferred by the Congressional Budget Office and Federal Reserve Board, the increase in median household income was not 5 percent but 16 percent from 1979 to 2012. In 2007, like 1979 a peak in the business cycle,…

Demography Links

Dec 2, 2013

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in Demography, Links – Demography, Public Policy, Race, Sociology, Trends: Economic, Trends: Social

1. American ethnicity map shows melting pot of ethnicities that make up the USA today. 2. Test your geography knowledge of European countries. I got a perfect score with some lucky guesses about the Balkan countries: Europe: countries quiz 3. This Map Shows How Americans Speak 24 Different English Dialects 4. The 25 Most Segregated…

How Republicans And Democrats Ended Up Living Apart

Nov 29, 2013

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in Culture, Demography, Politics, Sociology

NPR: How Republicans And Democrats Ended Up Living Apart … It remains to be found out how many people, if you asked them, would say that they had moved or wanted to move because of politics. Liberals threaten to every four years if the Republican presidential candidate wins, but few actually make good on it.…

The World If There Were Only 100 People

Nov 26, 2013

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in Demography, Sociology

Life Hack: The World If There Were Only 100 People

Great Short Video on Declining Fertility Rates

Nov 22, 2013

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in Asia, China, Demography, Trends: Social

This short video gives a wonderful presentation of declining fertility rates over the past fifty years and explains what falling fertility rates mean for the world. Go to the website here: The Baby Bust

Social Science and Culture Links

Nov 19, 2013

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in Demography, Education, History, Links – Social Science and Culture, Politics, Public Policy, Religion, Sociology

1. 7 Cool Political Maps That Show How Old Historical Events Still Haunt The World Today One example from Poland: The orange regions are the Powiats (counties) won by the socialist Civic Platform, while the blue are the Powiats won by the conservative Law and Justice platform: …overlay this map of the old border of…

Hans Rosling: How much do you know about the world? [Video]

Nov 11, 2013

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in Demography, Economic Development, Education, Gender and Sex, Health and Medicine, Human Progress, Poverty, Trends: Economic, Trends: Social, Wealth and Income

BBC: Hans Rosling: How much do you know about the world? Be sure to click through to the article and see the 2.5 minute video. Many people don't know about the enormous progress most countries have made in recent decades – or maybe the media hasn't told them. But with the following five facts everyone…

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