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Data Snapshot: Ten Years After the Great Recession Began, U.S. Birth Rate Is at Record Low

Author Ken Johnson estimates that in 2017, there were 700,000 fewer births in the United States than would have been expected had pre-recessionary birth rates continued among current women of childbearing age.
Data Snapshot: Declines in Child Poverty Continue in 2017

Authors Jessica Carson, Andrew Schaefer, and Marybeth Mattingly report child poverty declined by 1.1 percentage points between 2016 and 2017, according to analyses of the latest American Community Survey data.
Working Families’ Access to Early Childhood Education

Author Jessica Carson reports that 96 percent of Upper Valley New Hampshire and Vermont parents surveyed said child care is necessary in order for them to work.
Child Care Expenses Make Middle-Class Incomes Hard to Reach

Authors Robert Paul Hartley, Marybeth Mattingly, and Christopher Wimer present estimates of the number of families that cannot maintain a middle-class income as a result of child care expenses.
The Opioid Crisis in Rural and Small Town America

In this brief, authors Shannon Monnat and Khary Rigg examine rural versus urban differences in opioid mortality and identify challenges for dealing with the opioid crisis in rural areas

Academics

September 25	Public Service Graduate Degrees Information Session 12:45 pm - Horton Hall, Room 115, Durham
September 27	Public Service Graduate Degrees Information Session 12:45 pm - Horton Hall, Room 107, Durham
October 2	Public Service Graduate Degrees Information Session 12:45 pm - McConnell Hall, Room 110, Durham

September 17, 2018

September 14, 2018