Author: United States. Bureau of the Census
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Category : Demographic surveys
Languages : en
Pages : 190

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Author: National Research Council
Publisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309170656
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 98

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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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Category : Labor
Languages : en
Pages : 24

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Category : CPS (United States. Bureau of the Census)
Languages : en
Pages : 36

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Author: National Research Council
Publisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309051827
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 479

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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: Frank Donnelly
Publisher: SAGE Publications
ISBN: 1544355432
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 364

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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: United States. Bureau of the Census
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Category : Demographic surveys
Languages : en
Pages : 258

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Category : Government questionnaires
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Author: United States. Bureau of Labor Statistics
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Category : Employment forecasting
Languages : en
Pages : 740

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Author: Robert B. Pearl
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Category : Measurement
Languages : en
Pages : 16

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