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Carsey School of Public Policy
UNH Research Shows Number of Childless Women in the U.S. Continues to Rise
Research from the Â鶹app reports that in 2024 there were 5.7 million more childless women of prime child-bearing age than expected given prior patterns — a significant jump from 2.1 million in 2016 and 4.7 million in 2022. This shift in fertility patterns has contributed to 11.... Read More
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09/15/25Building a Better Childcare System in New Hampshire
A Carsey School expert breaks down the complicated landscape of childcare in New Hampshire. -
05/22/25In an Associated Press article about immigrants keeping the largest urban counties in the U. S. growing in 2024,Ěýthe Carsey School's Senior...
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05/22/25CBS News’ 60 Minutes Overtime interviewed the Carsey School’s Senior Demographer Kenneth Johnson to find out what’s happening with American women...
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05/21/25In this Newsweek article, U.S. News Reporter Jordan King interviews experts to examine the reason Americans are moving to low-tax states. Kenneth...
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09/17/18 -Carsey School report shows relatives continue to bear parenting responsibilities four years after the opioid crisis took flight.
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09/14/18 -Carsey School's Senior Demographer Ken Johnson reports ten years after the Great Recession began, U.S. birth rate is at record low.Ěý
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09/14/18 -Professor Kenneth Johnson discusses the decline in births since the recession.
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09/14/18 -All Things Considered host Peter Biello speaks with Ken Johnson on new census data showing N.H. continues to gain population from domestic migration.
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09/13/18 -As Kenneth Johnson puts it, “migration is the wild card, the big unknown” for New Hampshire’s population growth.
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09/13/18 -Kenneth Johnson explains how in the decade since the recession, American women had 4.8 million fewer babies thanĚýdemographers were expecting.
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08/29/18 - UNH Research Finds Child Care Expenses Make the Middle Class Hard to ReachAbout nine percent of working families with children under the age of six are pushed out of the middle class as a result of their child care expenses, according to new research... Read More