Jennifer Van Hook, Mara Getz Sheftel; The Growth and Diversity of Older Undocumented Immigrants in the United States. Demography 2025; 12253766. doi: https://doi.org/10.1215/00703370-12253766

Despite caregiving making up a considerable portion of how individuals and governments spend their time and money, its impacts on caregivers' well-being are not well understood. In this article, we i....

Seems like nobody's drinking plain water these days. Electrolyte packets or colorful sports drinks are everywhere. But do you need them?

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans...

Remittances constitute a major way in which migrants contribute to their family’s well-being and stability. Almost 2 million people of Guatemalan-orig…

High schools have long been recognized for shaping students’ futures. According to a new study by researchers from Penn State, the University of Texas, the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the Univ...

In this week’s episode, BPC Senior Advisor Theresa Cardinal Brown sits down with Robert Warren from the Center for Migration Studies, Jeffrey Passel from the Pew Research Center, and Jennifer Van…

AbstractObjectives. Migration accelerates population aging in high-outmigration contexts. Older adults who remain in high-outmigration contexts are at high

Megatrends met migration patterns as we launched the all-new PopTalks conversation series, hosted by Columbia’s own Thoai Ngo and featuring Brian Thiede of the Population Research Institute (PRI) at…

Drug overdose deaths in the United States increasingly include the use of multiple drugs, known as polysubstance use. These include opioids, cocaine, methamphetamine, tranquilizers, and sedatives. Pol...

The Migration Policy Institute (MPI) recently released its latest estimates of the size of the U.S. unauthorized immigrant population, finding that between 2019 and 2023, the unauthorized immigrant…

This article was originally written for The Conversation by Jennifer Van Hook, PRI Director & Distinguished Professor of Sociology and Demography.

New research suggests that local cooperation in federal immigration enforcement erodes rather than enhances public safety.1 An examination of three leading forms of federal–local law enforcement…

PRI Climate & Health Workshop Come join us for our 2-day Climate and Health Workshop. January 30th 9:00am - 5:00pm in 202 Welch Building &  January 31st 9:00am - 12:00pm in 314 Welch Building External experts will be sharing their research.

Past symposia have focused on issues such as: emerging methods in family research, African American families, diverging destinies of families in an era of increasing inequality, transitions to adulthood, and Hispanic children in immigrant families.

Orfeu Buxton, Elizabeth Susman Professor of Biobehavioral Health at Penn State, will present the 2025 Pattishall Research Lecture, “Sleep Health Across the Life Span.”

SSRI's Population Research Institute (PRI) anticipates openings for two T32 Postdoctoral Scholars, one NICHD-funded trainee in Social Environments and Population Health, and another NIA-funded…