The Current Population Survey
Author: United States. Bureau of the Census
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Published: 1978
Total Pages: 190
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Published: 1978
Total Pages: 190
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: National Research Council
Publisher: National Academies Press
Published: 2001-08-14
Total Pages: 98
ISBN-13: 0309170656
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Each year the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) must estimate the number of people who are eligible to participate in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC). These USDA estimates have come under critical scrutiny in part because the number of infants and postpartum women who have actually enrolled in the program has exceeded the number estimated to be eligible by as much as 20 to 30 percent. These high "coverage rates" have led some members of Congress to conclude that some people who participate are truly ineligible, and that funding could be reduced somewhat and still meet the needs of truly eligible persons who wish to participate. But some advocates and state WIC agencies believe that the estimates of the number of eligible persons are too low and more people who are eligible and want to participate could do so. In response to these concerns, the Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) of the USDA asked the Committee on National Statistics of the National Research Council to convene a panel of experts to review the methods used to estimate the number of people nationwide who are eligible and likely to participate in the WIC program. The panel's charge is to review currently used and alternative data and methods for estimating income eligibility, adjunctive eligibility from participation in other public assistance programs, nutritional risk, and participation if the program is fully funded.
Author: United States. Bureau of Labor Statistics
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Published: 1967
Total Pages: 24
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Frank Donnelly
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Published: 2019-10-07
Total Pages: 364
ISBN-13: 1544355432
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Exploring the U.S. Census gives social science students and researchers alike the tools to understand, extract, process, and analyze data from the decennial census, the American Community Survey, and other data collected by the U.S. Census Bureau. Donnelly′s text provides a thorough background on the data collection methods, structures, and potential pitfalls of the census for unfamiliar researchers, collecting information previously available only in widely disparate sources into one handy guide. Hands-on, applied exercises at the end of the chapters help readers dive into the data. Along the way, the author shows how best to analyze census data with open-source software and tools. Readers can freely evaluate the data on their own computers, in keeping with the free and open data provided by the Census Bureau. By placing the census in the context of the open data movement, this text makes the history and practice of the census relevant so readers can understand what a crucial resource the census is for research and knowledge.
Author: Roger Tourangeau
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2014-08-28
Total Pages: 675
ISBN-13: 1107031354
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Examines the different populations and settings that can make surveys hard to conduct and discusses methods to meet these challenges.
Author: Margo J. Anderson
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 2015-08-25
Total Pages: 343
ISBN-13: 0300216963
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This book is the first social history of the census from its origins to the present and has become the standard history of the population census in the United States. The second edition has been updated to trace census developments since 1980, including the undercount controversies, the arrival of the American Community Survey, and innovations of the digital age. Margo J. Anderson’s scholarly text effectively bridges the fields of history and public policy, demonstrating how the census both reflects the country’s extraordinary demographic character and constitutes an influential tool for policy making. Her book is essential reading for all those who use census data, historical or current, in their studies or work.
Author: United States. Bureau of the Census
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Published: 1997
Total Pages: 48
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: National Research Council
Publisher: National Academies Press
Published: 1994-02-01
Total Pages: 479
ISBN-13: 0309051827
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The U.S. census, conducted every 10 years since 1790, faces dramatic new challenges as the country begins its third century. Critics of the 1990 census cited problems of increasingly high costs, continued racial differences in counting the population, and declining public confidence. This volume provides a major review of the traditional U.S. census. Starting from the most basic questions of how data are used and whether they are needed, the volume examines the data that future censuses should provide. It evaluates several radical proposals that have been made for changing the census, as well as other proposals for redesigning the year 2000 census. The book also considers in detail the much-criticized long form, the role of race and ethnic data, and the need for and ways to obtain small-area data between censuses.
Author: United States. Bureau of the Census
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Published: 2000
Total Pages: 258
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