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Scientific Publications
America's Children in Brief, Key National Indicators of Well-Being, 2008
This scientific report describes the latest statistics about the health, education, and well-being of America's children.
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Demographic and Behavioral Sciences Branch, NICHD, Report to the NACHHD Council, September 2007
This scientific report outlines the research initiatives and results of research supported by the NICHD Demographic and Behavioral Sciences Branch as of 2007.
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America's Children: Key National Indicators of Well-Being 2007
This scientific report describes the latest statistics on American children about topics related to health, education, and well-being.
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Demographic and Behavioral Sciences (DBS) Branch Long-Range Planning 2006-2007: Highlights from a Panel Discussion
The DBS Branch is conducting a long-range planning process to establish its future goals and research directions. This document highlights the discussion of research experts, who were assembled to provide guidance on possible future Branch research.
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Division of Epidemiology, Statistics, and Prevention Research (DESPR), NICHD, Report to the NACHHD Council, September 2005
This scientific report describes the research and research training conducted by the NICHD Division of Epidemiology, Statistics, and Prevention Research (DESPR) as of 2005.
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Review of the Population Research Infrastructure Program (PRIP) 2004
This report summarizes the results of an initial evaluation of the Population Research Infrastructure Program (PRIP) of the Demographic and Behavioral Sciences Branch (DBSB), NICHD.
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Data Security Workshop Summary
This document summarizes the results of the second of two workshops convened by the NICHD Demographic and Behavioral Sciences Branch to facilitate discussion of data sharing and data security practices among population researchers.
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Demographic and Behavioral Sciences Branch (DBSB), NICHD, Report to the NACHHD Council 2003
This scientific report outlines the research initiatives and results of research supported by the NICHD Demographic and Behavioral Sciences Branch as of 2003.
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Today's Issues #13: Increased Cohabitation Changing Children's Family Settings
This single-page scientific piece describes demographic research data related to parents who cohabitate, rather than marry, and the impact of the living situation on children.
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Data Access and Archiving: Options for the Demographic and Behavioral Sciences Branch (DBSB)
The NICHD Demographic and Behavioral Sciences Branch convened a panel of expert data collectors, archivers, marketers, and users in fall 2001 to discuss experiences and challenges associated with sustaining current successful data collection efforts, supporting innovative new surveys, and seeking and enabling
implementation of new ways to increase access to data collected with NICHD support.
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Demographic and Behavioral Sciences Branch (DBSB), NICHD: Goals and Opportunities 2002-2006
This scientific report describes the overall research plan for the NICHD Demographic and Behavioral Sciences Branch between 2002 and 2006.
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Today's Issues #12: New Legal Immigrants' Background, Skills, and Impact on U.S. Society
This single-page scientific piece describes demographic research data related to legal immigrants to the United States.
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Diverse Voices: Inclusion of Language-Minority Populations in National Studies
This scientific report describes efforts to include those who do not speak English well or as their primary language in research studies supported by the federal government.
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Division of Epidemiology, Statistics, and Prevention Research (DESPR), NICHD: Report to the NACHHD Council, 2001
This scientific report outlines the research initiatives and results of research conducted by the NICHD Division of Epidemiology, Statistics, and Prevention Research as of 2001. Please note that the information in this document is no longer current and is for reference only. For this reason, the report is available online only.
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Biobehavioral Development Strategic Plan
This scientific report outlines the overall plan for research supported by the NICHD related to biobehavioral development.
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