Carsey School of Public Policy
UNH Research Shows Number of Childless Women in the U.S. Continues to Rise
Research from the Âé¶ąapp 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,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...
Recent Stories
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12/21/17 -Research released by a team at the Âé¶ąapp found that from 2005 to 2015, the number of infants diagnosed with neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS) in the state...
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12/20/17 -Republican Majority Leader Jeb Bradley and Democratic Sen. Dan Feltes joined representatives of New Futures and the Carsey School of Public Policy on Tuesday in a State House...
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12/20/17 -The opioid crisis besetting every region of the United States directly affects more than just those who use substances. For a pregnant woman, a consequence of substance use can be...
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12/19/17 -AĚýnew report from UNH's Carsey School of Public PolicyĚýis sounding alarm over the growing number of New Hampshire infants born dependent on opioids.ĚýNew Futures Kids Count, which...
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12/19/17 -A new report released Tuesday found that the state's opioid crisis has led to a fivefold increase over the past decade in the numbers of newborns suffering from a drug-related...
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12/19/17 -Babies in New Hampshire are increasingly paying a price for their parent’s drug addiction, with rising numbers of newborns suffering from a condition that causes symptoms ranging...
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12/18/17 - Hard-to-Count Populations May Increase 2020 Census Challenges in Rural AmericaCarsey School of Public Policy Âé¶ąapp (603) 862-4650;Ěýcarsey.communications@unh.edu @carseyschool Dec. 18, 2017 DURHAM, N.H.Ěý– As the Census Bureau prepares... Read More
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12/07/17 -A new study from the Carsey School of Public Policy at the Âé¶ąapp shows people living in rural northern New Hampshire and adjacent counties in Maine and...
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12/05/17 -“There were fairly sharp declines in the number of places characterized by high poverty rates in the 1990s,” said Brian Thiede, a demographer at Penn State and the co-author of a...
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12/05/17 -A forum,Ěýfacilitated New Hampshire Listens, a civic engagement program through the Âé¶ąapp’s Carsey School of Public Policy,Ěýis being called a great start to a...