Located at the University of Maryland, MPRC gathers scholars of diverse disciplines to support, produce, and promote excellent population-related research.
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Faculty Associate Monica Caudillo finds that spikes in homicide in Mexico were associated with a short-term increase in suicide, particularly within six months of exposure to high homicide levels.
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Faculty Associate Julia Steinberg & colleagues identify 4 patterns of parental sexual socialization among Black adolescent girls & young women in the U.S. They examine how these patterns relate to contraceptive behaviors at first & most recent intercourse. link.springer.com/article/10…
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📣 Call for Papers, Sessions & Workshops: 2027 Applied Demography Conference
Submit your papers, sessions, and workshops for the PAA 2027 Applied Demography Conference, Feb. 17–18 in Washington, DC.
🗓️ Submission deadline: November 7
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Our first upcoming Virtual Workshop Series! 💻️ This 2 parter: Population and Environment Research will be Oct. 6 and Oct. 13, covering the Three Applications of Public Population Data, and Linking Gridded Environmental Data to Public Population Data. buff.ly/tzmT2pl
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Quickly approaching: #PAA2027 Submission Deadline buff.ly/lAVnyNy
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Join us on Wednesday, Sept. 16 at 12pm PT for our next Brown Bag talk.
Joshua Goldstein (UC Berkeley) and Niklas van der Wagt (UC Berkeley) will present, "Population Momentum of Replacement-level Migration."
Attend in-person or via Zoom.
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The Fall 2026 MPRC newsletter features updates on the Center’s recent research, outreach, and scholar development efforts. Read the latest issue here: popcenter.umd.edu/sites/mprc…
Sangeetha Madhavan & her team have publicly released survey data from the JAMO project, a longitudinal mixed-methods study of kinship, marriage, & child development in informal settlements in Nairobi, Kenya. Select survey data is now available from ICPSR: icpsr.umich.edu/sites/icpsr/…
New research led by MPRC Faculty Associate Julia Steinberg finds no evidence that medication or procedural abortion increases mental health medication use, using Danish health registry data from 2000–2018. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam…
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Ahead of #WorldPopulationDay, PRB asked leading thinkers big demography questions.
First: When a population shrinks, what holds a community together? PRB's Toshiko Kaneda & guest author Yuko Hara (@UMD_MPRC) explore kankei jinkou, part of Japan's answer: prb.org/news/beyond-resident…
MPRC Director Michael Rendall, External Affiliate Lori Zehr, and colleague Narayan Sastry examine Black-White disparities in long-term displacement after Hurricane Katrina, highlighting the entrenchment of pre-Katrina residential racial stratification.
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We invite proposal submissions to conduct workshops at #PAA2026. Workshops topics could include (but not limited to): statistical methods, data set usage, data visualization, research communication, and professional development. Deadline Nov. 3: buff.ly/sEkwgbM
In the Handbook of Social Psychology, Faculty Associate Rashawn Ray and colleague Deonté Hughes write a chapter that highlights how social psychologists engage with race, ethnicity, & racism as part of a social process.
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Submit your work to #PAA2026! The submission site is now open. Deadline is Sunday, October 5. ow.ly/2TgO50WHC9X
Faculty Associate Katharine Abraham, who was the former BLS Commissioner from 1993-2001, joins CBS news' "The Takeout" with Major Garrett to respond to claims of rigged employment reports: "the commissioner has no control at all over what the numbers are." cbsnews.com/video/former-lab…
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Call for Workshops! Submit workshop proposal for #PAA2026, topics include statistical methods, data visualization, professional development, data set usage, research communication and more. Deadline: Nov 3. ow.ly/JOCg50WITVU
Amir Sapkota & colleagues assessed heat-related mortality in Ahmedabad using the single exposure maximum temperature vs. Universal Thermal Climate Index (UTCI max). Results highlight the need to include indices like UTCI max for better risk evaluation. link.springer.com/article/10…
NBER working paper by Faculty Associate Sebastian Galiani and colleague Sebastian Calónico reviews key hierarchical methods, compares their statistical properties & trade-offs, and discusses implications for applied empirical research.
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Couldn't make #PAA2025 this year? We've got you covered—check out our recap, featuring emerging research from @UMD_MPRC, @MaxwellSU, @UNCPopCenter + more! bit.ly/44AOuTh
A study by MPRC Director Michael Rendall and colleagues finds support for male-predominant fertility patterns in exogamous unions, where fertility aligns more with the man's racial and ethnic group than the woman's.
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