<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss encoding="UTF-8" version="2.0"><channel><title>demography_news</title><generator>Interwoven LiveSite</generator><link>http://www.soton.ac.uk/demography/news/latest.page</link><description>News from Social Statistics &amp; Demography</description><item><title>Head of Social Sciences comments on how contraceptive pill changed Britain</title><link>http://www.soton.ac.uk/demography/news/2011/12/contraception_pill.page</link><description>The contraceptive pill has now been available for 50 years and the BBC have explored what impact it has had.</description><guid>http://www.soton.ac.uk/demography/news/2011/12/contraception_pill.page</guid><pubDate>Wed, 07 Dec 2011 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Social Sciences hosts national debate on world population at 7-billion</title><link>http://www.soton.ac.uk/demography/news/2011/10/7billionpopulationdebate.page</link><description>Social scientists at the University of Southampton are bringing together academics, policy-makers, teachers, young adults and other members of the public to debate what the birth of the 7-billionth person will mean for the world and the challenges ahead as the global population continues to grow.</description><guid>http://www.soton.ac.uk/demography/news/2011/10/7billionpopulationdebate.page</guid><pubDate>Wed, 26 Oct 2011 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate></item><item><title>Variety now the spice of mid-life</title><link>http://socsci.soton.ac.uk/news/2011/09/variety_new_spice_of_mid_life.page</link><description>The characteristics of mid-life have seen big changes over recent decades, according to our leading research, revealed in the final edition of Population Trends, a journal published by the Office for National Statistics (ONS).
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