The Maryland Population Research Center draws together leading scholars from diverse disciplines to support, produce and promote population-related research of the highest scientific merit.

The Center's research focuses on four key areas:

(1) Family and Fertility,

(2) Social and Economic Inequality,

(3) Health Processes and Aging, and

(4) Data and Methods for Population Research.

Our Mission

The Center strives to develop young scholars and to encourage scholars from allied fields to engage in population-related research through research support, training, and mentoring. Our proximity to Federal statistical agencies allows scholars access to under-utilized or restricted-use government data for their research. This university-government partnership allows MPRC faculty members to conduct innovative academic research while contributing to the improvement of data collection at the Federal statistical agencies, thereby enhancing the public infrastructure for population research. The Center's proximity to Washington, D.C. also strongly positions its faculty to provide non-partisan, scientific evidence on population-related issues of importance to policy makers.

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