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...
Recent Stories
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10/26/16 -This article discusses how in the Downeast town of Machias, there’s a new program bringing hope to single mothers caught in poverty. The program helps those mothers go to college...
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10/25/16 - UNH Research Finds U.S. School Districts Don’t Have Enough CounselorsLess than 20 percent of school districts in the U.S. meet the recommended student-to-school counselor ratio of 250:1 or lower, according to new research from the Carsey School of... Read More
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10/21/16 -A national survey of Americans looks at their views on climate change and the Arctic, and how they line up with their political views. Lawrence C. Hamilton,Ìýa sociologist at the...
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10/19/16 - NH Listens, NAACP, and NH Association of Chiefs of Police Partner to Encourage Conversations StatewideÌýNH Listens, a civic engagement initiative of the Carsey School of Public Policy at the Âé¶¹app, is launching “NH Blue and You: Strengthening Community Through... Read More
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10/11/16 - UNH Research Finds Trump and Clinton Supporters Differ on ScienceDonald Trump supporters are less likely than Hillary Clinton supporters to trust scientists for information about climate change, to think that climate change is causing problems... Read More
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10/08/16 -A recent Âé¶¹app Carsey School of Public Policy study looked at statewide data from 2010 to 2014 and found that male students, students qualifying for free and...
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10/06/16 - UNH Research Finds Rural Immigrants Twice as Likely to Be Poor than Workers Born in the U.S.Rural immigrants are more likely to be of working age (18-64), are more racially and ethnically diverse, are less educated and are more likely to have children than the rural... Read More
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09/26/16 -The New Hampshire Women’s Foundation hosted a summit on Paid Family and Medical Leave on Sept. 21, where Carsey researcher Kristin Smith presented her findings.ÌýSmith’s modeling...
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09/21/16 -Four out of five New Hampshire residents support a paid family and medical leave insurance law, a Âé¶¹app Survey Center poll has found. The results of the poll...
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09/21/16 -Democratic lawmakers are pushing legislation to create a statewide paid family and medical leave program.ÌýToday in Manchester, more than a dozen lawmakers attended a conference on...