Carsey School of Public Policy
UNH Research Shows Number of Childless Women in the U.S. Continues to Rise
Research from the Âé¶¹app 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-
09/15/25
Building 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,Ìýthe 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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01/02/18 -This year also brought alarming findings about the incidence of infants born with symptoms of opioid addiction known as neonatal abstinence syndrome. The University of New...
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12/31/17 -From 2005 to 2015 the number of infants diagnosed with neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS) withdrawal symptoms in the Granite State increased fivefold, from 52 to 269, according to...
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12/29/17 -New Hampshire tends to receive talented, well-educated people in its migration stream, said Ken Johnson, senior demographer at the Âé¶¹app’s Carsey School, so...
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12/28/17 -Kenneth Johnson, a senior demographer at the Âé¶¹app’s Carsey School, estimates that the Great Recession resulted in 4 million fewer births than what otherwise...
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12/27/17 -New Hampshire tends to receive talented, well-educated people in its migration stream, said Ken Johnson, senior demographer at the Âé¶¹app's Carsey School, so...
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12/27/17 -New Hampshire tends to receive talented, well-educated people in its migration stream, said Ken Johnson, senior demographer at the Âé¶¹app’s Carsey School, so...
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12/27/17 -Kenneth Johnson, a senior demographer at the Âé¶¹app’s Carsey School, estimates that the Great Recession resulted in 4 million fewer births than what otherwise...
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12/21/17 -Kristin Smith, a family demographer at the Carsey School, speaks to a recent report released by UNH and New Futures Kids Count.
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12/21/17 -Census officials have long had difficulty in counting Americans in rural areas, but the challenge could be exacerbated in 2020 by a new focus on getting Americans to respond to...
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12/21/17 -Kenneth Johnson, professor of sociology and senior demographer at the Âé¶¹app, has devoted a lot of his time to researchingÌýfertility trends over the period...