Category: Demography

Animated Graph of U.S. Population Distribution by Age, 1900 through 2060 – Calculated Risk

Aug 14, 2013

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mwkruse

in Demography, Trends: Social

Calculated Risk: Animated Graph on U.S. Population Distribution by Age, 1900 through 2060 Click on the graph to start the animation.
Saturday Links

Aug 3, 2013

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in Demography, Ecclesia, Generations, Health and Medicine, India, Links – Saturday, Race, Religion, Sociology, Technology (Energy), Trends: Social

1. Meaning Is Healthier Than Happiness People who are happy but have little-to-no sense of meaning in their lives have the same gene expression patterns as people who are enduring chronic adversity. 2. Blacks, Hispanics more optimistic than whites … After years of economic attitudes among whites, blacks and Hispanics following similar patterns, whites' confidence…
Saturday Links

Jul 20, 2013

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in Africa, Business, Capitalism and Markets, Crime, Demography, Economic Development, Education, History, Kansas City, Links – Saturday, Microenterprise, Politics, Public Policy, Race, Religion, Social Media, Sociology, Technology (Digital, Telecom, & Internet), Technology (Energy), Trends: Economic, Trends: Social

1. Public Religion Research Institute: Survey | Do Americans Believe Capitalism and Government are Working?: Religious Left, Religious Right and the Future of the Economic Debate 2. Gallup reports Sub-Saharan Africa Is Wildly Optimistic About Its Future 3. U.S. could lead world oil production by 2017, study says Domestic shale oil production could shoot up…
Saturday Links

Jul 13, 2013

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in Business, Capitalism and Markets, Crime, Demography, Ecclesia, Economics, Gender and Sex, Globalization, Health and Medicine, History, Human Progress, Immigration, International Affairs, Links – Saturday, Politics, Public Policy, Religion, Sociology, Technology, Technology (Digital, Telecom, & Internet), Technology (Manufacturing & Construction)), Trends: Economic, Trends: Social, Wealth and Income

I skipped Saturday Links last week due to the holiday weekend. I'm catching up this week. 1. Faith in the Free Market "… Selke, now 36, is part of a vanguard of young Christians who believe that God uses not only the church and formal ministry but every sphere of society, including business and free…
The Rise of Single Fathers

Jul 3, 2013

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mwkruse

in Demography, Sociology

Pew Research: The Rise of Single Fathers
Saturday Links

Jun 22, 2013

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1. Climate change: A cooling consensus … Mr Cohn does his best to affirm that the urgent necessity of acting to retard warming has not abated, as does Brad Plumer of the Washington Post, as does this newspaper. But there's no way around the fact that this reprieve for the planet is bad news for proponents of policies,…
Saturday Links

Jun 15, 2013

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in Business, Central America, China, Demography, Ecclesia, Economic Development, Education, Environment, Food and Drink, Gender and Sex, Generations, Health and Medicine, History, Links – Saturday, Politics, Poverty, Public Policy, Race, Sociology, Technology (Energy), Trends: Economic, Trends: Social

1. More deaths than births among whites Last year, more people who are white and not Hispanic died than were born, the Census Bureau reported Thursday. That group is still the USA’s largest but its share of the total has been shrinking for years. 2. Human Population Growth Creeps Back Up Earth's human population is…
U.N.: World population to reach 8.1B in 2025

Jun 13, 2013

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mwkruse

in China, Demography, India, Trends: Social

USA Today: U.N.: World population to reach 8.1B in 2025 UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations forecast Thursday that the world's population will increase from 7.2 billion today to 8.1 billion in 2025, with most growth in developing countries and more than half in Africa. By 2050, it will reach 9.6 billion. India's population…
The Geography of Hunger in America

Jun 13, 2013

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mwkruse

in Demography, Health and Medicine, Poverty, Public Policy

Atlantic Cities: The Geography of Hunger in America "The U.S. Department of Agriculture defines food-insecure homes as those households that don't regularly have access to enough to eat for an active, healthy life, and the problem is more pervasive in rural America than in cities. …" Food Insecurity Rates
Leading Causes of Death in the 20th Century

Jun 10, 2013

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mwkruse

in Demography, Health and Medicine

As the disclaimer says at the bottom of the chart, this data is imprecise, but it gives us some idea. (Source)