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Recently released data from the 2010 US census shows significant growth in the nation’s Hispanic population. And nowhere has that growth been more dramatic than in the southwestern state of Texas, the state with the biggest overall population increase during the past decade. As VOA’s Greg Flakus reports from Houston, Texas, experts say the demographic shifts pose a challenge for the state and that its future prosperity will depend on how Texas meets that challenge.
Question: What demographics of the population is most likely against the drinking age of 21 and want it lowered to 18?
and why?
Some people absoluty hate the drinking age and keep complaining about it on these online message boards. Who are these people?
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Answer by D.R.
Not sure how it breaks down.
What I can say though is that if you are old enough to serve in the military, and risk your life…
Let him have a beer!
Beginning in September 2008, the Center for Global Development is sponsoring a new look at Demographics and Development in the 21st Century. The role of demographics promises to be fundamental in shaping the coming world. In this series, leading scholars explore how demographic changes may affect prospects for global development. Dr. Joel E. Cohen, renowned demographer and a student of global demographic trends for nearly 40 years, will launch the series with an overview of global demographic trends. Cohens talk will set the stage for the later sessions that will explore specific demographic shifts now underway and how they may affect development-related outcomes, including poverty reduction, climate change and the financial health of emerging market economies.
Demography can be a complicated and confusing subject. The media can discuss population issues based on false assumptions and interpretations without realizing it and statistics can be misrepresented to pursue individual points of view. In this video, PRB senior demographer Carl Haub addresses common population myths: Myth 1: There was no population growth problem in the 1960s and 1970s. Myth 2: The world’s population is not growing and today’s problem is low birth rates. Myth 3: Europe will be predominately Muslim by 2050.
Population pyramids give us a snapshot of a countrys demographic profile, showing age ranges by sex, but what do they tell us about a countrys past and future? This episode of Distilled Demographics shows how demographic trends have major social and economic ramifications.
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