The PAA and APC Executive Committees formally adopted and signed a resolution on March 19, 2025. The resolution urges Congress and the Administration take several steps to redress recent policies and actions that are adversely affecting the population sciences, researchers, and students. The...
PAA APC resolution for Advocacy Day 2025 SIGS.pdf
As the presidents of the Population Association of America and the Association of Population Centers , we are writing to express our alarm about recent events in which federal agencies have been purging scientific and statistical data from publicly available portals and websites. ...
FINAL PAA APC statement on federal data purge 2-25.pdf
As the principal scientific societies representing the population sciences and federally supported U.S. population research centers, the Population Association of America (PAA) and Association of Population Centers (APC) are alarmed by funding and policy proposals embedded in the House Fiscal...
PAA APC statement on House CJS bill 7-24 FINAL.pdf
PAA APC statement on House Labor HHS bill 7-24.pdf
As the principal professional societies representing the population sciences, the Population Association of America and Association of Population Centers wish to express their strong opposition to a proposal introduced on April 19, 2023, in the U.S. House of Representatives that would...
PAA APC statement on House debt ceiling and spending cut proposal 4-23.pdf
The Population Association of America and Association of Population Centers have not issued an official position on the legal, ethical, or moral implications of abortion. However, as scientists, we encourage policymakers to consider the strong evidence revealed by decades of research, which...
Population scientists, including demographers, economists, and sociologists, rely on data collected and disseminated by the U.S. Census Bureau to inform their scientific and applied research and research training activities on a wide range of topics, including mortality, fertility, social...
PAA APC statement re PES results 5-22 FINAL.pdf
On behalf of the organizations we lead, the Population Association of America and Association of Population Centers, we thank Dr. William Riley, Director, National Institutes of Health (NIH) Office of Behavioral and Social Science Research (OBSSR), for his dedicated service to the agency and...
On behalf of the organizations we lead, the Population Association of America and Association of Population Centers, we thank Dr. Francis Collins, Director, National Institutes of Health (NIH), for his many years of dedication and committed public service. NIH is the primary source of...