PRC Research Brief Series
Welcome to the PRC Research Brief Series, an ongoing selection of research briefs based on PRC publications of special interest to policymakers. The PRC Research Brief Series is organized and edited by Kristine Hopkins. Contact her with research brief ideas, questions or comments.
Recent Submissions
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Twenty Years of Evidence Shows Continuing Racial Disparities in Academic Achievement
(University of Texas at Austin Population Research Center, 2018-07) -
Why Are the Courses You Take in High School Important for Your Health at Midlife?
(University of Texas at Austin Population Research Center, 2018-07) -
Same-sex Couples Devote More Attention to End-of-Life Plans than Heterosexual Couples
(University of Texas at Austin Population Research Center, 2018-06) -
Transgender Youth Allowed to Use Their Chosen Name Have Fewer Mental Health Problems
(University of Texas at Austin Population Research Center, 2018-06) -
Who Goes to Jail for Child Support Debt?
(University of Texas at Austin Population Research Center, 2018-05) -
Community College Students Want to Use More Effective Birth Control Methods But Can’t Always Get What They Want
(University of Texas at Austin Population Research Center, 2018-04) -
New Measures of Teacher Turnover Can Reveal Underlying Chronic Staffing Problems in Schools
(University of Texas at Austin Population Research Center, 2018-03) -
Is Dropping out of High School More Likely after Stressful Life Events?
(University of Texas at Austin Population Research Center, 2018-03) -
The Impact of Information about Abortion Safety on Texas Voters’ Opinions about Restrictive Laws
(University of Texas at Austin Population Research Center, 2018-02) -
Black Deaths Matter: A Conceptual Framework for Understanding Racial Disparities in Relationship Loss and Health
(University of Texas at Austin Population Research Center, 2018-01) -
Perceptions of Shared Power, Gender Conformity, and Marital Quality in Same- and Different-Sex Marriages
(University of Texas at Austin Population Research Center, 2017-12-12) -
Parenting Patterns, Racial Discrimination, and African American Adolescents’ Psychological and Academic Outcomes
(University of Texas at Austin Population Research Center, 2017-11) -
Women’s Empowerment and Contraceptive Method Use in Egypt
(University of Texas at Austin Population Research Center, 2017-10) -
Adolescent E-Cigarette Users’ Perceptions of the Harm and Addictiveness of Conventional Cigarette Smoking
(University of Texas at Austin Population Research Center, 2017-10) -
The Impact of the Zika Epidemic on Women’s Reproductive Intentions and Behaviors in Brazil
(University of Texas at Austin Population Research Center, 2017-10) -
The Emergence of Big Data Policing
(University of Texas at Austin Population Research Center, 2017-08) -
What are the Effects of Mothers’ and Fathers’ Depression and Thoughts of Death on Their Children’s Level of Parental Connectedness?
(University of Texas at Austin Population Research Center, 2017-08) -
Improving Women’s Education Improves Maternal Health: Evidence from Peru
(University of Texas at Austin Population Research Center, 2017-07) -
Race Gaps in School Trust: Where They Come from and How to Resolve Them
(University of Texas at Austin Population Research Center, 2017-06) -
The Parenthood “Happiness Penalty”: The Effects of Social Policies in 22 Countries
(University of Texas at Austin Population Research Center, 2017-05)
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