Effectiveness of long-acting reversible contraception
2012 study published in The New England Journal of Medicine on a range of long-lasting contraceptive options and their failure rates.
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Building a better America — one wealth quintile at a time
2011 study by the Harvard Business School and Duke University on U.S. residents’ perceptions of wealth inequality in the United States.
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Alternative policies to increase recycling of plastic water bottles in the United States
2012 study from Duke and Vanderbilt based on survey data to examine the effects of different recycling regimes on the recycling rates for plastic water bottles.
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Political polarization on Twitter
Study by the Center for Complex Networks and Systems Research at Indiana University, Bloomington on Twitter user behavior before the 2010 U.S. midterm elections.
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Achievement growth: International and U.S. state trends in student performance
2012 report from the Harvard Kennedy School on how the performance of U.S. public-school students compares domestically and internationally.
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Impact of race, ethnicity and immigration status on political participation
2012 study from Harvard, Brown and the University of Missouri on the factors that influence voting behavior in minority communities.
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HIV/AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa: Research roundup
2012 literature review of research studies relating to HIV/AIDS in Africa and its prevention and treatment.
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“Sexting” by high school students: An exploratory and descriptive study
2012 study in Archives of Sexual Behavior looking at the extent of the phenomenon among young people of texting revealing images to each other.
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Drought in the United States: Policy implications and research findings
2012 report from the Congressional Research Bureau on the history and current severity of U.S. national and regional droughts, including policy responses.
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The state of the nation’s housing, 2012
2012 report by the Joint Center for Housing Studies at Harvard University on housing trends after the United States financial crisis.
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