Health
Boston 25 News: Covid ‘baby bust’ Expected with Half a Million Fewer Births Next Year
Kenneth Johnson, senior demographer with the Carsey School, says birth rates had been drifting down for years and then went off a cliff during the Great Recession more than a decade ago. “In fact, because birth rates are so low and there’s been so little natural increase in the United States, the... Read MoreAlso in UNH Today...
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07/31/20Daily Mail: The Covid Baby Bust
Ken Johnson, senior demographer at the Carsey School, was recently interviewed by The Daily Mail regarding the diminishing U.S. birth rate. "Survey... -
06/30/20NH Business Review: Political Divide Could Complicate NH's Pandemic Response
According to research conducted earlier this year by Lawrence Hamilton, professor and senior fellow at the Carsey School, Granite Staters are more ... -
06/28/20CIBBR Announces New Grants
The UNH Center for Integrated Biomedical and Bioengineering Research (CIBBR) recently announced funding for research studying important human... -
06/17/20Pine River Times: Poverty Rates Affect Census Reporting
According to a report published by the Carsey School, studies over the past 50 years have shown that higher poverty rates in rural areas are linked...
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