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Abuse - Domestic and Sexual
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Children &
Domestic Violence - great resource from the
Family Violence Prevention
Fund
Child Abuse: Statistics, Research, and
Resources - by Jim Hopper, Ph.D.
Child Victimizers: Violent
Offenders and Their Victims - Bureau of Justice Statistics, 3/96.
Domestic and Sexual Violence Data
Collection - A Report to Congress under the Violence Against Women Act by the Justice
Research and Statistics Association. The studies reported here were mandated by Sections
40292 and 40509 of Title IV, the Violence Against Women Act, of the Violent Crime Control
and Law Enforcement Act of 1994.
New Family Violence Study - A study released by the U.S. Department of
Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics on June 12th, 2005, finds that
declines in family violence continue, along with overall declines in violent
crime.
Many Low-Income Victims of Violence Not Receiving Work Waiver - report
by the General Accountability Office dated October 2005.
Domestic Violence
& the workplace: The Facts!
- Women are at risk for violence at home, in the community and in the
workplace. An estimated 52.3 million women are physically assaulted and 17.7
million women are raped or sexually assaulted at least once in their
lifetimes.
Domestic Violence - Intimate Partner Fact Sheet
- Report from the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control.
Violence
Against Women - Information and facts provided by
the Office of Women's Health, HHS.
Reports & Information on Families & Children - Index of all topics at
the Department of Health & Human Services.
Female Victims of Violent
Crime - Bureau of Justice Statistics, 12/96. This 3-page report includes 1992-94 data
for rape/sexual assault, robbery, and assault from the redesigned National Crime
Victimization Survey (NCVS), victimization trend data for 1973-94 adjusted for the
redesign, and homicide data from the 1995 FBI Uniform Crime Reports. It summarizes the
latest published data on both fatal and nonfatal violence between intimates (present or
former spouse, boyfriend, or girlfriend) as opposed to relatives, friends or
acquaintances, and strangers.
Child Welfare Information
Gateway - Protecting children and Stregthening Families. You can find great
information on many topics. You can also access the
statistics & reports section.
National Victim Center - -
Offers free
reports and studies that you can download.
Sex Offenses and Offenders
- Bureau of Justice Statistics, Jan 1997. Draws on more than two dozen statistical
datasets maintained by the Bureau of Justice Statistics and on data from the Uniform Crime
Reporting (UCR) Program of the FBI to provide a comprehensive overview of current
knowledge about the incidence and prevalence of violent victimization by sexual assault,
the response of the criminal justice system to such crimes, and the characteristics of
those who commit sexual assault or rape.
Sexual Abuse of Males: Prevalence, Lasting
Effects, and Resources - by Jim Hopper, Ph.D. - psychologist - participated in therapy
and research with men and women subjected to unwanted sexual experiences and other forms
of abuse in childhood.
Sexual Abuse Statistics -
from Pandora's Box: The Secrecy of
Child Sexual Abuse Child Sexual Abuse - Disclosures, Allegations, Substantiated Child
Victims Impact of Child Sexual Abuse Sex Offenders Increase in Child Abuse & Neglect.
Stalking in America - findings
from the National Violence Against Women Survey, Apr 1998.
Survey Shows Dramatic
Increase in Child Abuse and Neglect, 1986-1993 - from the Department of Health and
Human Services.
Violence Against Women
- This BJS Special Report is the first release of the 1992-93 estimates of violence
against women after an extended effort to improve the victimization survey's ability to
measure violence against women. The survey now asks more explicit and direct questions
about sexual assaults and other victimizations perpetrated by known offenders. Data
include annual number of violent victimizations, rapes, and sexual assaults against women;
number perpetrated by intimates (including husbands, ex-husbands, boyfriends, and
ex-boyfriends); rates for violence by intimates for women versus rates for men; rates for
violence and sexual assaults by strangers; age and family income of female victims of
violence; and rates of injury.
Violence by Intimates -
March 1998 - This report is a compilation of statistical data maintained by the Bureau of
Justice Statistics and the FBI on violence between people who have an intimate
relationship -- spouses, exspouses, boyfriends, girlfriends, and former boyfriends and
girlfriends. The data is based on information gathered from victims, law enforcement
agencies, hospital emergency departments, and those convicted of crimes against intimates.
The violent offenses encompass crimes such as murder, rape, sexual assault, and simple
assault. Intimate violence predominantly affects women as victims.
Violence-Related Injuries
Treated in Hospital Emergency Departments - Presents findings from a study of
violence-related injuries treated in hospital emergency departments in 1994 conducted
using the Consumer Product Safety Commission's National Electronic Injury Surveillance
System (NEISS) program. The study found that 1.4 million persons were treated in hospital
emergency departments in 1994 for injuries inflicted in confirmed or suspected
interpersonal violence. Of these, 243,000 were inflicted by someone with whom the victim
had an intimate relationship (spouse, ex-spouse, or current or former boyfriend or
girlfriend), an estimate 4 times higher than the equivalent estimate from the National
Crime Victimization Survey. 8/97 NCJ 156921 (can download report)
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Children and Youth
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| Administration For Children and Families - Children's Bureau - is located within the
United States Department of Health and Human Services' Administration for Children and
Families, Administration on Children, Youth and Families. It is responsible for assisting
States in the delivery of child welfare services - services designed to protect children
and strengthen families. The agency provides grants to States, Tribes and communities to
operate a range of child welfare services including child protective services (child abuse
and neglect) family preservation and support, foster care, adoption and independent
living. In addition, the agency makes major investments in staff training, technology and
innovative programs. Children's Bureau Programs How to Report Suspected Abuse Interested
in becoming a Foster or Adoptive Parent? The Scope and Problem of Child Maltreatment
Current Initiatives and Special Events Foster Care and Adoption Statistics
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| Child Trends Inc - dedicated to studying
children, youth, and families through research, data collection, and data analyses. Facts
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| Child Welfare League of America - the nation's
oldest and largest organization devoted entirely to the well-being of America's vulnerable
children and their families. Children '97:
Facts & Figures Action Alerts |
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Children's Defense Fund - strong voice
for all the children of America with particular attention to the needs of poor and
minority children and those with disabilities. Issues - News & Reports - The Black
Community Crusade for Children - Stand for Children - Child Care - Publications Children in the states: 1998 data
- a range of carefully chosen key indicators that measure critical aspects of children's
lives (select U.S. or individual state) |
| ChildStats.gov - the official web site of the
Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics. |
| CYFERNet - the Cooperative Extension System's
children, youth and family information service. Provides educational outreach programs at
land grant universities in all states in conjunction with county governments and USDA's Cooperative State Research Education and Extension Service
Provides hundreds of complete on-line publications featuring practical, research based,
Children, Youth, and Family information. |
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Kids Count - a project of the Annie E. Casey Foundation
, is a national and state-by-state effort to track the status of children in
the United States. Large selection of statistics including: Child Death
Rate, Juvenile Violent Crime Arrest Rate, Rate of Teen Deaths by Accident,
Homicide, and Suicide. Economic, percent of children in poverty, education,
teen births.
Visit related databases, |
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National Center For Children In
Poverty - mission is to identify and promote strategies that reduce the number of
young children living in poverty in the United States, and that improve the life chances
of the millions of children under six who are growing up poor. Center projects concentrate
on early childhood care and education; child and family health; family and community
support; cross-cutting, multistate policy analyses; demographic and evaluation research;
and communications. News Releases and Reports Child Poverty News & Issues State
Reports Young Children in Poverty: Statistical Update/March 1998 Edition |
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Progress of Nations 1998 - This year's
report highlights successes attained and challenges remaining in efforts to register each
child at birth, to immunize every child on earth and to help adolescents, particularly
girls, as they set out on the path towards adulthood. Civil Rights, Health, Women,
Industrialized Countries, Statistical Tables, Videos, PDF Files |
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Teen Birth Data - The
National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) inaugurated a new statistical series designed
to provide more timely release of national and state-level birth statistics. |
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Teen Pregnancy Facts, Figures, and Statistics
- The DCR Report (Data, Charts, Research) provides in depth answers to some
critical questions about unplanned pregnancy. At present, the report is
divided into three sections, unplanned pregnancy among all women, unplanned
pregnancy among unmarried 20-somethings, and resolution of unplanned
pregnancy. New sections with be added to the DCR Report from time to time
and readers are encouraged to check back often on this ever-evolving set of
data. You can also
visit the CDC for information and related statistics
or the
National Vital
Statistics site for information related to births.. |
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Trends in the Well-Being of
America's Children and Youth: 1996 - download in PDF format |
| United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) - News,
child rights, forum, publications, statistics, search. The State of the World's Children
The Progress of Nations - assesses not only such basic social conditions as health,
nutrition, education and water and sanitation, but also progress and disparity in areas
that are more difficult to measure but also have a profound impact on children's lives,
such as violence against girls and women and special protections for children. Statistical Data - Quantitative data on children
and women selectable by country or region, data coloured world maps. Research &
Evaluation |
| Youth Info - developed by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to
provide provide latest information about America's adolescents. Includes: statistical
profile of America's teenagers; latest reports and publications about adolescents;
information for parents of teens, links. |
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Youth Risk Behavior National
Survey - Youth Risk Behavior
Surveillance System - summaries of national data - Unintentional Injuries; Intentional
Injuries; School-Related Violence; Tobacco Use; Alcohol Use; Marijuana and Other Drug Use;
Initiation of Tobacco, Alcohol, and Other Drug Use; Tobacco, Alcohol, and other Drug Use
on School Property; Sexual Behaviors that Contribute to Unintended Pregnancy and STD,
including HIV Infection; Dietary Behaviors; Physical Activity |
Clearinghouses |
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Data on the Net - University of California
San Diego. Search or browse a collection of 788 Internet sites of numeric Social Science
statistical data, data catalogs, data libraries, social science gateways, addresses and
more. |
| Fedstats - The Federal Interagency Council on
Statistical Policy maintains this site to provide easy access to the full range of
statistics and information. Search capabilities from 14 Federal agencies. A to Z Index Fast Facts Programs - Agencies Regional Statistics
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Government Information Sharing
Project - Oregon State University. Demographics, Education, Economics |
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Survey Research
Center - Princeton University - a resource for students, faculty, and administration.
Survey method applied to the study of social issues, consumer research, policy analysis -
intent is to provide everything useful on the web for the practice of survey research. Poll
and Survey Findings and Data - primary locations and places to begin. Research
Resources Research Practice - data collection, survey analysis, report prep,
plus a few realities like FEDEX and Purdue's Reference Desk. Survey Research Centers
- academic and nonprofit. Diverse content and presentation. Market Research -
companies, facilities, information. The Establishment - associations and societies,
for survey research, related disciplines. |
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United Nations
CyberSchoolBus Resource Source - Global Trends - population, food, health,
education, literacy etc. InfoNation - database on 185 different countries - from
population to the level of carbon emission, from the average temperature to the GDP. Country
at a Glance - see the flags of all UN member states and their vital stats. Classroom
Resources - Guide to the UN - Gallery of Pictures from Around the World - City Profiles -
Parade of Nations |
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WWW Virtual Library: Statistics
- Data Sources Statistical Reference Datasets (StRD) Events Departments, Divisions and
Schools of Statistics Statistical Research Groups, Institutes, and Associations
Statistical Services Statistical Archives and Resources Statistical Journals Mailing List
Archives Statistics Related News Groups |
Crime |
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Bureau of Justice Statistics -
International Justice Statistics - United Nations - The United Nations (UN) is
the principal source of justice statistics on member countries. The following three UN
institutions generate criminal justice data, publish it online, and facilitate its
accessibility on the Internet for governments and researchers worldwide: UN Crime
Prevention and Criminal Justice Branch, UN Crime and Justice Information Network, UN
Online information system. World Crime Surveys UN Survey of Crime Trends and Operations of
Criminal Justice Systems UNDCP- UN International Drug Control Programme UN Criminal
Justice Country Profiles The World Factbook of Criminal Justice Systems Crime &
Justice Electronic Data Abstracts |
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Bureau of Justice Statistics -
Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics Online - brings together data about all
aspects of criminal justice in the United States. Available at this site are over 650
tables and 5 figures from more than 100 sources. |
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Campus Crime and Security at
Postsecondary Education Institutions - from the Department of Education's National
Center for Education Statistics. This report presents data from a survey the Center
performed of 1,500 postsecondary educational institutions participating in the Title IV
Student Financial Assistance Programs. The congressionally-mandated report provides the
first nationally representative estimates of the implementation of the Crime Awareness and
Campus Security Act of 1990. |
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Canadian Statistics -
Justice and Crime - types of crimes; victims, suspects and criminals; police and the
courts |
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College and University Campus
Crime Statistics - currently in the process of gathering crime statistics for college
and university campuses across the United States. In the interim it is featuring links to
pages maintained by individual campus police departments. |
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Crime Trends - number crunchers
precision journalism. Big City Crime, Violent Crime, Property Crime, Murder, Forcible
Rape, Robbery, Aggravated Assault, Burglary, Larcen-Theft, Motor Vehicle Theft |
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Easy Access - a family of
software packages developed for the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
by the National Center for Juvenile Justice to give a larger audience access to recent,
detailed information on juvenile crime and the juvenile justice system. FBI's
Supplementary Homicide Reports 1980-1995 Juvenile Court Statistics 1986-1995 FBI
Arrest Statistics 1991-1995 - County, State and national estimates of juvenile and
adult arrests, rates and trends for the FBI's Crime Index offenses are presented -- 27
different tables for every State and county in the U.S. Results can be saved to a print
file for easy insertion in other documents. |
| Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) - principal
investigative arm of the U.S. Department of Justice .
Crime Alerts Major Investigations FBI's Most Wanted FBI Academy FBI Case Files Programs
Publications - statistical reports including: Uniform Crime Reports (UCR), Terrorism in
the U.S., National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS) |
| Federal Bureau of Prisons - Statistics and Data
Documents, Articles and History National
Institute of Corrections - agency under the U.S.
Department of Justice that provides assistance to Federal, State, and local
corrections agencies working with adult offenders. Publications
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Justice Information - May 1,
1998, Vol 4, #9 - Agency Announcements and News (grant and funding opportunities), New
Publications and Services, New Statistics |
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Justice Research and Statistics
Association (JRSA) - use operational, management, and research information from all
the criminal justice system to conduct objective analyses of statewide and systemwide
policy issues. Library, reports, newsletters, reference materials. State Statistical Analysis Centers (SACs)
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National Archive of Criminal Justice Data
- currently holds over 500 data collections relating to criminal justice. This website
provides browsing and downloading access to most of this data and documentation. Mission
is to facilitate and encourage research in the field of criminal justice through the
preservation and sharing of data resources, and the provision of specialized training in
quantitative analysis of crime and justice data. |
| National Consortium for Justice Information and
Statistics - Technical Assistance Exchange, Training, Projects, Conferences &
Symposia National Clearinghouse for Criminal Justice
Information Systems |
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Number Crunchers - Crime Trends -
Crime in the 90s (Preliminary 1996 FBI Crime Statistics) - Big City Crime Rates Violent
Crime Rates Property Crime Rates Murder Forcible Rape Robbery Aggravated Assault Burglary
Larceny-Theft Motor Vehicle Theft |
| Organized Crime - a crime statistics site. Crime
statistics tutorial. Crime statistics links. Historical, college and university, county
and city, state, national, international. Where
Can I Get the data to Calculate my own U.S. Crime Rates? - Crime Statistics Tutorial -
This site allows you to perform calculation with data.
State Rankings for Violent
Crime |
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Presale Handgun Checks, 1997
- provides a national estimate of handgun purchase applications, the number rejected, and
the reasons for rejection. |
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Relocation Crime Lab
- has crime indexes for about 500 U.S. cities. Select the city you are moving from, and
you can find out how its crime rate compares to a city to which you are contemplating a
move. |
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Social Statistics White House
Briefing Room: Crime - Violent Crime Measures Homicide Rates by Age Violent Crime
Rates by Sex of Victim Property Crime Rates Arrests for Drug Abuse Violations National
Correctional Populations |
Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics
- brings together data about all aspects of criminal justice in the United States.
Available at this site are over 650 tables and 5 figures from more than 100 sources. |
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Trends in Juvenile Violence
- by Dr. James A. Fox, Dean, School of Criminal Justice, Northeastern University. This
report discusses demographic trends and their impact on crime. It concludes that the
growth in juvenile population in the next decade will cause a dramatic increase in the
level of juvenile violence. This report, produced under a Bureau of Justice Statistics
grant, is based on Dr. Fox's briefing of the Attorney General in 1995. An updated report
with results through 1996 is now available. |
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Trends in Juvenile Violence in
European Countries - May 1988 - Researchers studied trends in juvenile crime and
violence in member states of the European Union. The study was organized around two key
issues: Patterns and changes in juvenile crime--in particular, such violent crimes as
robbery, assault, rape, and homicide--as recorded by law enforcement bodies in several
European Union countries. |
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Uniform Crime Reports - This
collection consists of four county-level data files. The first three provide arrests for
Part I offenses (murder, rape, robbery, assault, burglary, larceny, auto theft, and arson)
and for Part II offenses (forgery, fraud, embezzlement, vandalism, weapons violations, sex
offenses, drug and alcohol abuse violations, gambling, vagrancy, curfew violations, and
runaways). The fourth file provides reported offenses (as opposed to arrests) for Part I
crimes only. Two county population variables are included: one for total county population
and the other for counties reporting six months or more of data. Data collected by the
United States Department of Justice - Federal Bureau of Investigation |
| U.S. Department of Justice Bureau of Justice Statistics - statistics about
Crimes and victims; Drugs and crime, Criminal offenders, and the justice system. Key
facts, BJS Publications press
releases. National Archive of
Criminal Justice Data - searchable database |
Crime - Juvenile |
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ACLU Fact Sheet on Juvenile Crime |
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Diverting Children from a Life of
Crime: Measuring Costs and Benefits - report assesses the cost-effectiveness of
several crime-prevention strategies that involve early intervention in the lives of people
at risk of pursuing a criminal career - from
RAND |
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Expert Panel Issues Report on Serious
and Violent Juvenile Offenders - NCJRS Fact Sheet, Oct 1997 |
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Frontline: Little
Criminals - troubled kids - questions and answers from top experts. Readings |
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Juvenile Arrests for Driving Under
the Influence, 1995 - NCJRS Fact Sheet, Oct 1997 |
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Juvenile Crime
- 1996-97
National High School Debate Topic: Juvenile Crime - NCPA fact sheet on juvenile crime
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Juvenile Justice - documents from the Justice Information Center Fact Sheets
General Resources Corrections Courts Delinquency Prevention Gangs Missing and Exploited
Children Violence and Victimization |
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Juvenile
Justice Clearinghouse - The Juvenile Justice Clearinghouse is sponsored by the Juvenile Justice
Role Model Development Project at Florida State University and Florida A & M
University. Juvenile justice information, programs for at-risk youth, and employment
opportunties within this field. A comprehensive collection of links covering all aspects
of the juvenile justice system and the related problems of juvenile delinquency. Are
delinquent kids victimizers or victims? Are drug, school, and gang problems becoming worse
or improving? In what ways does the juvenile justice system both hold youth accountable
for their actions and attempt to assist in restoring them to full community participation?
Using the Clearinghouse's Juvenile Justice Links you'll be able to research these and many
other questions. |
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Juvenile Violence: A Guide to
Research - prepared by the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges. Factors
Associated With Increased Risk of Violent Behavior: Risk Factors, Protective Factors,
Sociological and Economic Factors, Troubled Families, Psychological Factors, Behavior at
School and Among Peers, Gender Issues, Race and Ethnicity. Juvenile Violence Prevention
and Intervention Chronic and Violent Juvenile Offenders Statistics - Juvenile
Population in the U.S. Violence Statistics: General Prevalence: Violence Crime
Index by State, Violence in Schools, Gang Violence - Violence Against Youth - Violence By
Youth - Youth on Youth Violence - Family Violence by Juveniles Types of Violence:
Premeditated - Impulsive - Weapon/No Weapon Youth Suicide |
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National Victim Center - School Crime:
K-12 - statistics |
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Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency
Prevention (OJJDP) - charged with leading the fight against juvenile violence and
victimization, promoting practical solutions to the problems challenging our Nation's
juveniles. Grants and Funding - News and Resources - Publications - OJJDP's Comprehensive
Strategy - Conferences & Training |
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Teen Violence: The
Myths and the Realities - by Randolph T. Holhut |
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Trends in Juvenile Violence
- by Dr. James A. Fox, Dean, School of Criminal Justice, Northeastern University. This
report discusses demographic trends and their impact on crime. It concludes that the
growth in juvenile population in the next decade will cause a dramatic increase in the
level of juvenile violence. This report, produced under a Bureau of Justice Statistics
grant, is based on Dr. Fox's briefing of the Attorney General in 1995. An updated report
with results through 1996 is now available. |
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Youngest Delinquents: Offenders Under
Age 15 - NCJRS Bulletin, Sep 1997 |
Demographics |
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American Demographics Magazine - American Demographics -
Consumer trends Forecast - A newsletter of demographic trends and business forecasts
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Best Places 98 - 12th annual
survey - top towns to call home. Compare costs of living between any two U.S. cities. |
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City SnapShots - see how two
cities stack up to one another with respect to demographic, economic, and climate
information. Relocation Crime Lab -
crime indexes for over 500 U.S. cities. Salary Calculator - compare the cost
of living in hundreds of U.S. and international cities. Calculadora
de Sueldo (Español) - Salary Calculator in Spanish |
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CLNet - Building Chicana/o Lantina/o
Communities Through Networking. Jobs, Community, Research, Diversity, Chicanas, Library,
Museum, Education Statistical Center
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County and City Data Books -
Univ of Virginia Library Social Sciences Data Center Access to the electronic versions of
the 1988 and 1994 County and City Data Books. This service provides the opportunity to
create custom printouts and/or customized data subsets. |
| Data Archive - at the University of Essex houses the largest collection of
accessible computer-readable data in the social sciences and humanities in the United
Kingdom. It is a national resource centre, disseminating data throughout the United
Kingdom and, by arrangement with other national archives, internationally. Founded in
1967, it now houses approximately seven thousand datasets of interest to researchers in
all sectors and from many different disciplines. |
| Disability Statistics Center - purpose is to
produce and disseminate statistical information on disability and the status of people
with disabilities in American Society and to establish and monitor indicators of how
conditions are changing over time to meet their health, housing, economic and social
needs. |
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Divorce Statistics Collection -
Divorce Rates and Marriage Rates--and Reasons for Increase in Divorce--Non-U.S. Divorce
Rates; Divorce Litigation Before No-Fault was Introduced; Illegitimate Births; Does
divorce reduce children's exposure to family conflict?; Effects on Divorced
People--Economic--General Happiness--Health, Physical and Mental--Effects on Black
Community; Children of Divorce and:--Stepfamilies--Child Abuse--Poverty--Crime (incl. Rape
statistics)--Popularity and Social Skills--Psychological, psychiatric, behavioral problems
and suicide--Children of divorce becoming teen moms, single moms--Educational
achievement--Physical Health--African American Children; Polls |
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General Social Survey - Data and Information
Retrieval System - personal interview survey of U.S. households conducted by the
National Opinion Research Center (NORC). Search Engine, Main Codebook Pages, Codebook
Appendices, Publications, Bibliography Table of Contents, Trends, Data Applications -
Extract/Analyze Subject Index
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National Association of Counties -
public interest group representing more than 90% of the U.S. population. Individual States ( from each
state selection access to individual county information). County information for each
county provides: county officials, members of congress, state legislators, cities and
towns, K-12 schools, post sec. schools, law enforcement agencies, issue sites, media,
regional entities, government facilities, OSU's profiles, agriculture, econ. census, econ.
info, EEO info, federal funds, pop and housing, pop estimates, census bureau and tiger
map, services provided, county facts. |
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National
Population Projections by Age Group and Sex - Census national projections of the
population including by age group (five year intervals) and sex with tabulations for 65+
and 85+. Projects are given for five different interval of years starting with 1996-2000
through 2036-2050. |
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Population
of the 100 Largest Cities and Other Urban Places in the U.S.: 1790 to 1990 - June 1998
- Based on the 21 decennial censuses taken from 1790 to 1990. The paper represents the
first time that the populations of the largest urban places at each census have been
published in a single report. |
| Population Reference Bureau - information on U.S.
and international population trends. Monitors population trends and investigates the
demographic dimensions of a variety of social and economic issues such as reproductive
health, family planning, aging, crime, immigration, changing family structure, minorities'
status, and environmental degradation. |
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Social Statistics White House
Briefing Room: Demography - Current Population of the U.S. Current Population of the
World Household Income Poverty Household Wealth Homeownership What's Your House Worth
Earnings and Field of Degree |
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State of the
Cities - June 1998, HUD's 2nd annual report - The report discusses progress made on
several urban issues, including job creation, housing, crime, and education. |
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State of the Nation's Cities: A
Comprehensive Database on American Cities and Suburbs - a comprehensive database on 77
American cities and suburbs. As of January 19, 1998 Version 2.2a of the database brings
together over 3,000 variables from a wide variety of sources, allowing easy comparability
of indicators on employment and economic development, demographic measures, housing and
land use, income and poverty, fiscal conditions, and a host of other health, social, and
environmental indicators. |
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Statistical Abstract of the U.S. -
contains a collection of statistics on social and economic conditions in the United
States. Selected international data are also included. State Rankings, State and County
Profiles, USA Statistics in Brief |
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Trends
in Marital Status of U.S. Women at First Birth: 1930 to 1994 - from the U.S. Census
Bureau |
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Uncle Sam's Reference Shelf
- State and Metropolitan Area Data Book - Adobe Acrobat PDF files, State Rankings, Metro
Rankings |
| Urban Institute - investigates the social and
economic problems confronting the nation and government policies and public and private
programs designed to alleviate them. The Institute's objectives are to sharpen thinking
about society's problems and efforts to solve them, improve government decisions and their
implementation, and increase citizens' awareness about important public choices. Assessing the New Federalism - focusing
primarily on health care, income security, job training and social services. State Database - This database
includes information on the fifty states and the District of Columbia in areas including
income security, health, child well-being, demographic, fiscal and political conditions,
and social services. |
| U.S. Census Bureau - Source for social,
demographic, and economic information. Subject Databases U.S. Statistical Abstract State Rankings State and County Profiles Statistical Briefs Census State Data Centers U.S. Gazetter Poverty Statistics City and County Databook Subjects A-Z Current Population Survey Data Extraction System
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| U.S. Census Bureau - Data FERRET - federal electronic
research and review extraction tool. |
| U.S. Census Bureau - Housing and Household Economic
Statistics Income Poverty
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| U.S. Census Bureau - Poverty Poverty in the US
1995 Income and Poverty Statistics for 1994 and 1993 Poverty Measurement Low Income
Uninsured Children by State Poverty Thresholds HHS Poverty Guidelines Poverty Areas
Statistical Brief |
| U.S. Census Bureau - State and County Income and Poverty
Estimates - 1993 - released Jan 1998 |
| U.S. Census Bureau - State Population
Projections: 1995 to 2025 A series on tables both in summary form and with varying
degrees of detail which show the projected gorwth of the aging population by State. Also
included are state ranking. |
| U.S. Census Bureau - Statistical Abstract of the United States
- contains a collection of statistics on social and economic conditions in the United
States. Also Guide to Sources of other data from the Census Bureau, other Federal
agencies, and private organizations. 1997 edition is now available in print and in Adobe
Acrobat PDF format - there are 97 new tables covering topics such as hate crimes, pet
ownership, and consumer finance. USA Statistics in Brief Frequently requested tables State Rankings State and County profiles
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U.S. Census Bureau Subjects -
excellent list of links to census bureau subjects by Law
Research |
| U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service -
Unique to the Service is the dual mission of providing information and service to the
general public, while concurrently exercising its enforcement responsibilities. Immigration
And Nationality Act Employer
Information Public Information - Statistics, Media-related, Immigration Law and
Regulations, CIPRIS Pilot, Freedom of Information Act and Privacy Act Information,
Frequently Asked Questions, Downloadable Forms, Forms By Mail |
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USA Counties - useful
demographic, economic, and governmental information spanning several years and sources for
county comparisons and profiles. Links to other databases |
Drugs - Substance Abuse
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Alcohol Abuse
Data - The Alcohol Epidemiologic Data Reference Manual (AEDRM) is a four-part series
which provides extensive data useful to researchers, planners, and other professionals
interested in the area of alcohol abuse, associated illnesses, and mortality. It is hoped
that these documents, prepared for the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
(NIAAA) will serve as a useful reference for members of the alcoholism field. Provides
compilations of county and state-level data on mortality from alcohol-related causes and
indexes reflecting the relative magnitude of alcohol problems.
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Alcohol and Crime - Apr
1998 - An overview of national information on the role of alcohol in violent victimization
and its use among those convicted of crimes. Estimates of offender blood-alcohol
concentrations (BAC's) at the time of the offense are compared to those of drunken drivers
involved in fatal accidents. The report also provides special analyses of alcohol use and
domestic violence among murderers. |
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Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other
Drugs and Mental Health Alcohol,
Tobacco, and Other Drugs and the College Experience
Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drugs
& Women's Health |
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Bureau of Justice Statistics - Drug-Related Crime - 8/94 - This
Fact Sheet describes the various ways in which drugs and crime can be related and presents
available statistics on drugs and crime from BJS and non-BJS sources. It discusses the
methodological difficulties of estimating comprehensively the amount of crime that is
related to drugs. NCJ 149286 |
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Bureau of Justice Statistics - Drugs and Crime Facts 1994 -
6/95 - Summarizes 1994 data about drug-related crime; drug use by offenders at the time of
offense; drug law enforcement; pretrial release of drug defendants; prosecution and
sentencing of drug offenders in both Federal and State courts; recidivism of drug law
violators; public opinion about drugs; drugs and juveniles; drugs and gangs; and drug use
in the general population. NCJ 154043 |
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Bureau of Justice Statistics - Drugs, Crime, and the Justice
System - Discusses the link between drugs and crime, the extent of drug use, illicit
drug trafficking, the history of domestic drug control, public opinion, drug testing, drug
policy, and other aspects of the Nation's drug problems. Contains many statistics and
research findings from Federal, State, and private sources, including Federal agencies
such as the U.S. Departments of Health and Human Services, State, and Treasury; the Drug
Enforcement Administration; the FBI; the U.S. Marshals Service; and the Bureau of Prisons.
Looks beyond enforcement and corrections, examining the justice system's role as an
integral part of education, prevention, and treatment. Uses a nontechnical news-magazine
format, with color graphics and maps designed to inform the general public as well as
policymakers, the news media, criminal justice practitioners, drug treatment providers,
educators, and students. NCJ 133652 |
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Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)
- enforces the controlled substances laws and regulations of the U.S. and responsible for
the development of overall Federal drug enforcement strategy, programs, planning, and
evaluation. Programs Publications Fugitives Statistics |
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Drug Use Indicators - access to reports
from the National Criminal Justice Reference Service |
| MADD - Mothers Against Drunk Driving - a non-profit
grass roots organization with more than 600 chapters nationwide. Victims' Assistance Under
21 Programs Public Policy Statistics |
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Making the Link Fact Sheets -
Domestic Violence & AOD Violence and Crime & AOD ATOD and the College Experience
Impaired Driving, Injury, and Trauma & AOD Sex Under the Influence of AOD ATOD in the
Workplace Health Care Costs, the Deficit, & ATOD AOD & Suicide ATOD &
Pregnancy and Parenthood ATOD & Women's Health ATOD & Mental Health
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Monitoring the Future - Each year
since 1975, Monitoring the Future has surveyed a nationwide sample of high school seniors.
Since 1991, the project has also included nationwide samples of 8th and 10th grade
students. In addition, annual follow-up surveys are mailed to a sample of each graduating
class for a number of years after their initial participation. The Monitoring the Future
project is conducted by the University of Michigan's Survey Research Center at the Institute for Social Research
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National Admissions to Substance
Abuse Treatment Services - The Treatment Episode Data Sets (TEDS) 1992-1995 - an
administrative data system providing descriptive information about the national flow of
admissions to specialty providers of substance abuse treatment. TEDS is a continuation of
the former Client Data System (CDS) and covers an estimated 91% of admissions to
TEDS-eligible providers, which is 76% of admissions to all known substance abuse treatment
providers. |
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National Center on Addiction and Substance
Abuse at Columbia University - a resource on addiction and substance abuse.
Information and research including prevention, treatment and cost data. Press Releases
Publications Costs of Substance
Abuse Impact of Substance Abuse
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| National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug
Information (NCADI) - NCADI is the information service of the Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP)
of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health
Services Administration (SAMHSA) in the U.S.
Department of Health & Human Services . NCADI is the world's largest resource for
current information and materials concerning substance abuse. Research and Statistics Publications Resources and Referrals Searchable Databases
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National Household Survey on
Drug Abuse - national estimates of rates of use, numbers of users, and other measures
related to illicit drugs, alcohol, cigarettes, and smokeless tobacco. These estimates are
from the National Household Survey on Drug Abuse (NHSDA), an ongoing survey of the
civilian noninstitutionalized population of the United States, 12 years old and older.
1997 National Household Survey on Drug Abuse |
PRIDE Survey - 9th Annual
Survey results from the 1995-96 PRIDE Survey - students in grades 6-12. States represented
in the 1995-96 PRIDE Survey: Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida,
Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Missouri, Mississippi, New
Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma,
Pennsyl vania, South Dakota, Tennessee, Virginia, Washington, Wisconsin, and West Virginia |
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State Needs Assessment Profiles
- summary profiles for substance abuse studies conducted by states throught the U.S.
Search by state, title or category. |
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Substance Abuse and Mental Health Data
Archive - goal is to provide ready access to substance abuse and mental health
research data and to promote the sharing of these data among researchers, academics,
policymakers, service providers, and others, thereby increasing the use of the data in
understanding and assessing substance abuse and mental health problems and the impact of
related treatment systems. |
| Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services
Administration (SAMHSA) - Publications, reports, statistics; funding, managed care
initiatives. Center for Substance Abuse
Prevention (CSAP) Center for Mental
Health Services (CMHS) Center for
Substance Abuse Treatment Statistical
Data - Statistics Sourcebook, National Household Survey on Drug Abuse, Drug Abuse
Warning Network (DAWN), Drug and Alcohol Services Information System (DASIS), National
Master Facility Inventory/National Facility Register (NFR), Uniform Facility Data Set
(UFDS), Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS), Drug Services Research Survey (DSRS), Services
Research Outcomes Study (SROS), Alcohol and Drug Services Study (ADSS) |
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Tobacco Use Among U.S.
Racial/Ethnic Minority Groups - African Americans, American Indians and Alaska
Natives, Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders, and Hispanics: A Report of the Surgeon
General, 1998. Fact Sheets, Summary report or entire report (can download) |
Economics |
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ACCRA -
American Chamber of Commerce Researchers Association - a nonprofit organization promoting
excellence in research for community and economic development. Producer of the nationally
renowned Cost of Living Index (COLI). Cost of Living Index - Center for Applied Community
Research - Research & Data Tools: community data, research exchange - Information
Resources: community case studies, program how-tos, news and issues, economic development
updates |
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Bankruptcy Statistics - from
the American Bunkruptcy Institute - ABI World
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| Bureau of Economic Analysis - an agency of the U.S. Department of Commerce The Nation's accountant,
integrating and interpreting a tremendous volume of data to draw a complete and consistent
picture of the U.S. economy. BEA's economic accounts—national, regional, and
international—provide information on such key issues as economic growth, regional
development, and the Nation's position in the world economy. Survey of Current Business - BEA's monthly
journal - articles and statistics about state, regional, and U.S. business and economic
conditions - including archives and subject index - can download also. |
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Bureau of Labor Statistics - the
principal fact-finding agency for the Federal Government in the broad field of labor
economics and statistics. The BLS is an independent national statistical agency that
collects, processes, analyzes, and disseminates essential statistical data to the American
public, the U.S. Congress, other Federal agencies, State and local governments, business,
and labor. The BLS also serves as a statistical resource to the Department of Labor. Bureau of Labor Statistics Data - extensive
data on employment and income of the entire population with many tables providing
breakdowns by age. Labor Force Statistics from
the Current Population Survey The most
requested series include employment and earnings, consumer and producer price indexes,
and occupational injury and illness rates. |
| Bureau of Transportation Statistics - Library
Geographic Information Services Databases BTS Programs Statistics
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Consumer Price Indexes - data
available, coverage, sources of data, reference period, forms of publication, uses of the
data, major research in progress |
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Current Population Survey - a
joint project between the Bureau of Labor Statistics
and the Bureau of the Census The Current Population
Survey (CPS) is a monthly survey of about 50,000 households conducted by the Bureau of the
Census for the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Estimates obtained from the CPS include
employment, unemployment, earnings, hours of work, and other indicators.
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| Economic Policy Institute - seeks to broaden the
public debate about strategies to achieve a prosperous and fair economy. Family Income
Data Series - tables tracking trends in family income statistics. EPI Data Card - Nine
tables providing recently updated figures and statistics on the labor market, family
income, prices, GDP, wages, poverty, trade, the budget deficit, and interest rates. EPI
Job Fax - Published quarterly upon release of the Bureau of Economic Analysis' quarterly
GDP report. EPI Prices Fax - Analysis of the Bureau of Labor Statistics' monthly reports
on the consumer price and producer price indexes. Library |
| Economic Research Service - U.S. Department of
Agriculture - official source for economic and other social science analysis and
information on agriculture, food, natural resources, and rural America. Briefing Rooms
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Economic Statistics White House
Briefing Room - Production, Sales, Orders and Inventories Output Income, Expenditures,
and Wealth Employment, Unemployment, and Earnings Prices Money, Credit, and Interest Rates
Transportation International Statistics |
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Green Book - 1996, 15th edition.
Background material and statistical data on the major entitlement programs. |
| International Monetary Fund - Dissemination Standards
Bulletin Board - provides key information about economic and financial data
disseminated by member countries that subscribe to the IMF's Special Data Dissemination
Standard (SDDS). Information by country or category |
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Tax Stats - a
wealth of information about the financial composition of individuals, business taxpayers,
tax exempt organizations and more. |
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U.S. Cost-of-Living Comparisons for
399 U.S. Job Markets - The cost-of-living data presented on this page are designed to
enable employers, employees, relocation firms, and others to compare cost-of-living
differences accurately between different areas. TAXES: Every American's Biggest
Cost-of-Living Bite - The Added Impact of State & Federal Tax Variables - Combining
Taxes + Goods & Services = Value-Added Cost-of-Living Data |
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U.S. Department of Agriculture Center for
Nutrition Policy and Promotion - Expenditures
on Children by Families, 1995 and 1996 Annual Reports Cost of Food at Home at Four Cost Levels:
May, 1996 -- December, 1997 |
| U.S. Department of Commerce - broad range of
responsibilities include expanding U.S. exports, developing innovative technologies,
gathering and disseminating statistical data, measuring economic growth, granting patents,
promoting minority entrepreneurship, predicting the weather and monitoring stewardship. Commerce Department Web Sites Much of the
statistical, economic, and demographic information collected by the Federal Government is
made available to the public through the bureaus and offices of the Department of Commerce
that are known collectively as the Economics and Statistics
Administration - Bureau of the Census - Bureau of Economic Analysis Stat-USA
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| U.S. Department of Labor - charged with preparing
the American workforce for new and better jobs, and ensuring the adequacy of America's
workplaces. It is responsible for the administration and enforcement of over 180 federal
statutes. These legislative mandates and the regulations produced to implement them cover
a wide variety of workplace activities for nearly 10 million employers and well over 100
million workers, including protecting workers' wages, health and safety, employment and
pension rights; promoting equal employment opportunity; administering job training,
unemployment insurance and workers' compensation programs; strengthening free collective
bargaining and collecting, analyzing and publishing labor and economic statistics.
Department Agencies Labor Related Data Bureau
of Labor Statistics |
| U.S. Department of Labor - Employment and Training Administration (ETA) - mission
is to ensure that all Americans have access to the resources they require to successfully
manage their job lives, and that U.S. businesses have access to the skilled workers and
training resources they need to successfully compete in a global economy. Electronic
Reading Room - Laws and Regulations. Individuals - looking for work, unemployment
compensation, career exploration. America's Job Bank Employers - finding qualified
employees, incentives to employers. Welfare to Work - in the Federal Government
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Education |
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Condition of Education 1998
- annual report to Congress on 60 indicators considered to be the most significant
national measures of the condition & progress of education at the time.
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Confronting the Odds: Students At Risk
and the Pipeline to Higher Education - National Center for Education Statistics,
Statistical Analysis Report, Dec 1997 Aims to understand the critical junctures in the
pipeline to college enrollment where at-risk high school graduates leave at substantially
higher rates than their counterparts not at risk. Second, it identifies factors that
contribute to at-risk students' successful navigation of the pipeline to college
enrollment |
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Earnings and Education - Youth
Indicators 1996 / Indicator 69, Chart 1 - Median annual earnings of workers 25- to
34-years-old, by sex and level of education: 1970 to 1993 |
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Mini-Digest of
Education Statistics 1997 - Mar 1998 - pocket size booklet contains a synopsis of
education statistics found in the Digest. Order, browse, print or download the report. |
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| Quality Counts - report on the condition of
public education in the 50 states |
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NAEP 1996
Mathematics Cross-State Data Compendium for Grade 4 and Grade 8 Assessment - Jan 1998
- order, browse, print or download report. |
| National Center for Education Statistics - NCES
studies cover the entire educational spectrum, providing the facts and figures needed to
help policymakers understand the condition of education in the nation today, to give
researchers a foundation of data to build upon, and to help teachers and administrators
decide on best practices for their schools. New
Reports Publications, Data, Surveys |
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Public Elementary
and Secondary Education Statistics: School Year 1998-98 - Feb 1998 - The estimates in
this publication are key statistics reported before the close of the 1997–98 school
year. They include the number of students in membership, teachers, and high school
graduates for public elementary and secondary schools, and total revenues and expenditures
for the operation of public elementary and secondary schools. Order, browse, print or
download report. |
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Public School
Districts in the U.S.: A Statistical Profile: 1987-88 to 1993-94 - Feb 1998 - Report
expands the statistical information on public school districts with the description of a
variety of attributes, policies, and practices of public school districts in the United
States in 1993-94. Trends in some features of school districts from 1987-88 to 1993-94 are
also identified. The report is a nontechnical resource of information about disparate
aspects of public school districts based on the Teacher Demand and Shortage (TDS)
Questionnaire of the Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS) for 1987-88, 1990-91, and 1993-94.
Order, browse, print or download report. |
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Pursuing
Excellence: A Study of U.S. 12th-Grade Mathematics and Science Achievement in
International Context - Feb 1998 - represents the culmination of an international
study that has tested some 500,000 students in 41 countries. Order, browse, print or
download report. |
| Quality Counts - report on the condition of
public education in the 50 states |
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Social Statistics White House
Briefing Room: Education - International Comparisons of Mathematics and Science
Proficiency Science Proficiency Mathematics Achievement Trends in Academic Progress
Dropout Rate Students Taking Advanced Placement (AP) Examinations Remedial Education in
Higher Education Institutions Early Literacy Activities in the Home Doctoral Degrees
Awarded in Science and Engineering Fields Percent of Doctorate Awards in Science &
Engineering to Women Graduate Enrollment in Science and Engineering Percent of Full-time
S&E Graduate Students Supported by Research Assistantships |
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Students' Reports
of School Crime: 1989 and 1995 - Apr 1998 - Report is the first focusing on data
collected in the 1995 School Crime Supplement (SCS), an enhancement to the National Crime
Victimization Survey (NCVS). |
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Synthetic Estimates of Adult Literacy
Proficiency - uses statistical models to combine information from different data
sources to estimate information not available in any one source by itself. The synthetic
estimates of adult literacy proficiency presented here combine information from the
National Adult Literacy Survey (NALS) and the 1990 U.S. Census to estimate adult literacy
proficiencies in geographical areas not adequately sampled by NALS. These areas include
many states, congressional districts, counties, county subdivisions, large towns and
cities. Database Search
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| U.S. Department of Education's National Center for Education Statistics - statistics
and information showing the condition and progress of education in the U.S. and other
nations to promote the improvement of American education. Digest of Education Statistics Trends in the Well-Being of American Youth Publications Surveys Statistics Integrated Postsecondary Education Data
System |
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Violence and Discipline
Problems in U.S. Public Schools: 1996-97 - National Center for Education Statistics,
March 1998. Incidents of Crime and Violence in Public Schools - Percent of Public Schools
Reporting Crime and Violence - Frequency of Crime and Violence - Frequency of Specific
Crimes - Principals' Perceptions of Discipline Issues in Their Schools - Schools Actions
and Reactions to Discipline Issues - School Efforts To Ensure Safety and Promote
Discipline - Violence Prevention Programs. Download/view the full report in a PDF
file |
General and Miscellaneous
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Commission on Behavioral and Social
Sciences and Education (CBASSE) - focuses the knowledge, analytical tools, and methods
of the behavioral and social sciences on some of the nation's most pressing issues in
efforts to understand them and to contribute to their solution. The areas within its
purview include (but are not limited to) anthropology, child development, demography,
economics, education, geography, history, law, linguistics, political science, psychology,
social psychology, sociology, and statistics. Publications - Children and Families -
Education, Employment, and Training - Environment - Health and Behavior - Human
Performance - International Studies - National Statistics - Population - Violence |
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Committee on National Statistics
(CNSTAT) - serves to contribute to a better understanding of important national issues
by working to improve the statistical methods and information on which public policy
decisions are based. Current and Past Studies, Publications, News & Events, Stat Links |
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Council of Professional Associations
on Federal Statistics (COPAFS) - has provided an open dialog between its members and
the Federal statistical agencies. Member organizations include professional associations,
businesses, research institutes, and others interested in Federal statistics. Link to
federal statistical agencies |
| Energy Information Administration - EIA Publications Applications Data Queries (also known as the
Interactive Query System) FAQ
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Illegal Aliens - The Number of
Illegal Aliens is Large and Growing |
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International Statistical
Agencies - select by country. |
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Media Awareness
Network - Statistics - statistics on media usage, content, industries, issues. Covers
television, video and computer games, the Internet, film and video, and the print media.
The emphasis is on Canadian statistics, but American and international figures are also
included. |
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Social Sciences Data Center
- maintains a rich collection of numeric data distributed through the US Depository
Library Program, the Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research
(ICPSR), and various international government organizations, as well as data from
non-governmental surveys such as the National Health and Social Life Survey. |
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State of the Nation's Cities: A
Comprehensive Database on American Cities and Suburbs - a comprehensive database on 77
American cities and suburbs. On August 1, 1997 Version 2.1a of t database was posted which
brings together nearly 2,400 variables from a wide variety of sources, allowing easy
comparability of indicators on employment and economic development, demographic measures,
housing and land use, income and poverty, fiscal conditions, and a host of other health,
social, and environmental indicators. |
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Whitehouse Briefing
Room - Summaries of today's
press releases and Today's Press
Briefings of the White House Press Corps by the Press Secretary. Economic Statistics Briefing Room (ESBR)
- a selection of Federal Economic Statistics as reported by Federal agencies. Social Statistics Briefing Room (SSBR)
- easy access to current Federal social statistics. Crime Statistics Demographic Statistics Education Statistics Health Statistics
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World Fact Book
1997 - flags, maps, geography, people, government, economy, transportation,
communication, defense. |
Health |
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AIDS/HIV Statistics -
global statistics and trends. Sub-Saharan Africa, North Africa/Middle East, Pacific/East
Asia, Latin America, South East Asia, Europe/Industrialized Countries, United States All
global statistics are reported from UNAIDS and WHO; all USA statistics are reported from
the CDC unless otherwise noted. |
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Alzheimer's Disease -
information and statistics |
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Canadian Institute for Health Information
- initiatives, facts and figures, education |
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CDC Behavioral Risk Factors Page
- Overweight; Serum Cholesterol Levels; Sex Education; Sexual Activity; Tobacco Use; Use
of Contraceptives |
| CDC National AIDS Clearinghouse - Databases, AIDS
Daily Summary, Information on HIV/AIDS, Services |
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CDC National Center for Health
Statistics (NCHS) - Monitors the Nation's Health. News releases, fact sheets, data
warehouse. America's
Children: Key National Indicators of Well-Being Data Warehouse
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CDC National Center for HIV, STD,
and TB Prevention (NCHSTP) - responsible for public health surveillance, prevention
research, and programs to prevent and control human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection
and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), other sexually transmitted diseases (STDs),
and tuberculosis (TB). Center staff work in collaboration with governmental and
nongovernmental partners at community, State, national, and international levels, applying
well-integrated multidisciplinary programs of research, surveillance, technical
assistance, and evaluation. Hot Lines HIV-AIDS Prevention - statistics,
conferences, funding opportunities, HIV/AIDS information, media/campaigns,
publications/resources, slides/graphics. STD Prevention - publications,
statistics, hot lines. Tuberculosis
Elimination - statistics, publications, funding, FAQs. |
| CDC Wonder - provides a single point of access to
a variety of CDC reports, guidelines, and even numeric public health data.
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Cite Health
Provide reports for people researching
their health care providers quality and communities at no cost.
Here is an example of the information provided. |
| Disability Statistics Center - produces and
disseminates statistical information on disability and the status of people with
disabilities in American Society and establishes and monitors indicators of how conditions
are changing over time to meet their health, housing, economic and social needs. |
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Health,
United States, 1996-97 and Injury Chartbook
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Healthy People
2000 - Complete text with revised baseline data. In February 1993, the Public Health
Service (PHS) Healthy People 2000 Steering Committee accepted the NCHS recommendation to
revise the baselines for approximately 100 objectives. Healthy People 2000 presents 523
specific (unduplicated) objectives and special population subobjectives to improve the
health of Americans by the year 2000. at the time of publication, Healthy People 2000
included 91 objectives without baseline data points, and many more with only partial
baselines. Since the publication of Healthy People 2000, 39 objectives that were without
baselines now have at least baseline data. |
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Kaiser Family Foundation - resource for
health policy and health facts - Daily Reproductive Health Report and Daily HIV/AIDS
Report State Medicaid and Uninsured Facts -
State General Stats, Population Demographics, Health Needs Indicators, Health Insurance
Coverage, Medicaid (select by State) |
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National Center for Health
Statistics - mission is to provide statistical information that will guide actions and
policies to improve the health of the American people. News Releases and Fact Sheets Data
Warehouse FAQs |
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National Mental Health Services Knowledge
Exchange Network (KEN) - Online databases, mental health statistics |
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Report on
Adolescent Pregnancy - Risk Factors Consequences of
Adolescent Childbearing - increased health, economic and educational risks; children
of teen parents start their lives at a disadvantage; economic costs of teen pregnancy.
Principles and Strategies to Reduce Adolescent Prenancy. |
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Sexually Tranmitted Diseases
(STDs) - info and fact sheet |
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Social Statistics White House
Briefing Room: Health - Vital Statistics Use of Health Services Prevention and Risk
Health Status Reportable Diseases Health Care Expenditures and Resources
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Organizations |
| American Mathematical Society - created to
further mathematical research and scholarship - founded in 1988. Mission is to promote
mathematical research, increase the awareness of its value to society, and foster
excellence in mathematics education. |
| American Statistical Association - a scientific
and educational society founded in 1839 to foster excellence in the use and application of
statistics to the biological, physical, social and economic sciences. Publishes six
journals, conducts scientific conferences, fosters a continuing education program, and is
very active in bringing statistical education to elementary and secondary schools.
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Bernoulli Society for Mathematical
Statistics and Probability - the object of the Bernoulli Society is the advancement,
through international contacts, of the sciences of probability (including the theory of
stochastic processes) and mathematical statistics and of their applications to all those
aspects of human endeavour which are directed towards the increase of natural knowledge
and the welfare of mankind. |
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| Classification Society of North America (CSNA)
- a nonprofit interdisciplinary organization whose purposes are to promote the scientific
study of classification and clustering (including systematic methods of creating
classifications from data), and to disseminate scientific and educational information
related to its fields of interests. |
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International Federation of
Classification Societies - a federation of national, regional, and
linguistically-based classification societies. It is a non-profit, non-political
scientific organization, whose aims are to further classification research. |
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ISI Committee on Women in Statistics
- motivated by concern among the ISI leadership over low female representation in the ISI
and its Sections. The committee's Terms of Reference reflect this concern and deal with a
number of factors closely related to it. |
| Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
(OECD) - purpose is to boost prosperity by helping to knit a web of compatible
policies and practices across countries. Collects and analyses a unique body of data that
allows comparisons of statistics across countries
and provides macro-economic and micro-economic research and policy advice in fields that
mirror policy-making ministries in governments. News and Events Publications Free
Documents Member Countries |
| Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics -
Goals: Advance the application of mathematics to science and industry - Promote
mathematical research that could lead to effective new methods and techniques for science
and industry - Provide media for the exchange of information and ideas among
mathematicians, engineers, and scientists. |
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Statistical Society
of Australia Inc - a national umbrella organisation representing Australian
statisticians made up of state-based Branches. The overall objective of the Society and
its Branches is to further the study and application of statistical theory and methods in
all branches of learning and enterprise. |
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Statistical Society of Canada/Société
statistique du Canada - mission is to encourage the development and use of statistics
and probability. Français
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Public Opinion |
| European Public
Opinion - L'opinion publique européenne - public opinion surveys and research
instruments, Eurobarometer, Europinion |
| Gallup Organization - Gallup Polls, public
releases and special reports on key social and business-related issues. statistics on
political, economic, and social issues - presidential and congressional approval ratings,
historical election trends, and several measures on the mood of the country. |
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General Social Survey - Data and Information
Retrieval System - "omnibus," personal interview survey of U.S. households
conducted by the National Opinion Research Center (NORC) - covers a broad range of
variables from "Abortion, attitudes toward," to "Zodiac, sign of. |
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General Social Survey Resources
- developed at Queens College. Downloadable software and GSS data sets. Online search of
the GSS Annotated Bibliograph, 11th Edition, 1997. Online search of the Cumulative GSS
Codebook, 1972-1996. GSS Subject Index - display or download |
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Institute for Research in Social
Science - Data Archive - University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Public Opinion
Data, Public Opinion Poll Question Database, Personal and Social Psychological Data,
Decennial Census Data, Other Census - Business - Economic Data, Economic - Political -
Education Data - Health Data |
| Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies
- a national, nonprofit institution that conducts research on public policy issues of
special concern to black Americans, with emphasis on the informed and effective
involvement of blacks in the governmental process. Publications, selected papers and
public opinion polls, factsheets, Focus Magazine, media guide. |
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L.A. Times Polls - access
national polls, california polls, local polls, special polls. |
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National Council of Public Polls -
an association of polling organizations - mission is to set the highest professional
standards for public opinion pollsters, and to advance the understanding, among
politicians, the media and general public, of how polls are conducted and how to interpret
poll results. |
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National Network of State Polls
- currently contains over 350 state-level studies (consisting of over 31,000 questions)
from 22 survey organizations in 19 states. Archived data are included in the IRSS Public
Opinion Poll Question Database, which allows researchers to search by question wording,
date, and state to identify questions of interest. |
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Pew Research Center for the People & The
Press - an independent opinion research group that studies attitudes toward press,
politics and public policy issues. Best known for regular national surveys that measure
public attentiveness to major news stories, and for our polling that charts trends in
values and fundamental political and social attitudes. |
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Roper Center - a nonprofit
research organization located at the University of Connecticut - exists to promote the
intelligent, responsible, and imaginative use of public opinion in addressing the problems
faced by Americans and citizens of other nations. Archives - Publications - Public Opinion
Location Library |
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Survey Research
Center - Princeton University - Poll and Survey Findings and Data, Research Resources,
Research Practice, Survey Research Centers, Market Research, Associations and societies
for survey research |
Senior Citizens |
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Administration On Aging
(AOA) - Statistical Information on Older Persons
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Aging into the 21st Century -
This report discusses issues related to the size and characteristics of the future elderly
population in this country. This report uses the most current U.S. Bureau of the Census
population, marital status, and household projections, as well as other current statistics
to provide an informative context for evaluating the implications of the growth of our
older population. In conjunction with data on the labor force, income, education, and
living arrangements, especially living alone, the projections and statistics help shed
light on the future makeup of our aging population. |
| Eldercare Web - Health Living Arrangements
Aging, Death, and Dying Social, Mental, Spiritual Financial Law and Legislation
Statistics, Demographics, and Research Regional Information |
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National Aging Information Center - source
of program- and policy-related materials and demographic and other statistical data on the
health, economic, and social status of older Americans. Eldercare Locator Database - find
local information, referral services, and community assistance for seniors - locate
services like meals, home care, transportation, housing alternative home repair,
recreation and social activities, legal and other community services. Publications - free
publications and access to statistical reports. |
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National Archive of Computerized Data on
Aging - mission is to advance research on aging by helping researchers to profit from
the under-exploited potential of a broad range of datasets. NACDA acquires and preserves
data relevant to gerontological research, processing as needed to promote effective
research use, disseminates them to researchers, and facilitates their use. By preserving
and making available the U.S.'s largest library of electronic data on aging, NACDA offers
opportunities for secondary analysis on major issues of scientific and policy relevance.
Includes both NACDA publications and information about datasets which cover many areas of
aging. NACDA has also started making selected public datasets available online
for downloading including the National Senior Citizens Survey and others. |
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Office of Research, Evaluation
and Statistics (ORES) - provides ongoing statistical data and research analyses of the
old-age, survivors, and disability insurance (OASDI) and Supplemental Security Income
(SSI) programs. In quarterly, annual and one-time publications, ORES keeps current on
major issues that historically or currently have policy implications and program relevance
for the Nation's major income security programs. |
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Sixty-FIve Plus in the
United States - from the U.S. Census Bureau A Statistical Brief with attractive
charts presenting the projected growth of the elderly and their characteristics. Based on
the project supported by the National Institute on Aging published under the same name
(P23-190). |
| Social Security Administration Online - Facts and
figures, publications, resources. Office of Research, Evaluation & Statistics (ORES) -
publications, statistics for the Nation's major income security programs. Statistical data
and research analyses of the old-age, survivors, and disability (OASDI) and Supplemental
Security Income (SSI) programs. |
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U.S. Census
Bureau - Age Data - national, state, county, international, elderly. Data Base News in Aging
- highlights the contents of government-sponsored surveys and products containing
statistical information about the older population. |
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Vital and Health
Statistics - Trends in the Health of Older Americans; U.S. 1994 Includes 71 detailed
tables presenting data from various sources concerning trends in the health status and
determinants of health status and determinants of health of older persons. Data on persons
aged 55-64 years are included for comparison purposes. |
Statistical Tutorials
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HyperStat Online -
an introductory-level hypertext statistics book. |
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Math Archives - graphing
calculators, lessons, tutorials and lecture notes, mailing lists, contests, conferences,
journals, teaching materials |
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DAU Tutorial Modules - from Defense
Acquisition University Math Refresher
- interactive tutorial which gives a comprehensive view of basic Mathematics. Covers
fractions, exponents, logarithms, quadratic equations, series, functions, derivatives, and
integrals. Stat Refresher - an
interactive tutorial which gives a comprehensive view of Probability and Statistics.
Covers basic probability, random variables, moments, distributions, data analysis
including regression, moving averages, exponential smoothing, and clustering. |
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Statistics: The Study of Stability in
Variation - textbook, glossary, toolbox, formulas |
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StatSoft Electronic Textbook
- offers training in the understanding and application of statistics. Begins with an
overview of the relevant elementary (pivotal) concepts and continues with a more in depth
exploration of specific areas of statistics. A glossary of statistical terms and a list of
references are included. The complete textbook can be downloaded. |
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SurfStat
- an introduction to statistics, exercises, resources |
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The Knowledge Base - an
online research methods textbook by William M. K. Trochim of Cornell University |
International Statistical Agencies
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Council of European Social Science Data
Archives (CESSDA) - promotes the acquisition, archiving and distribution of electronic
data for social science teaching and research in Europe.
Danish Dutch English French German Hungarian Norwegian Swedish
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EUROSTAT - Deutsch English Française - Products
and Database, Online Statistical Publications and Indicators, Online Catalogues,
Statistical Information Service Data Shop Network, Press Releases, Statistical News |
| International Labour Organization - is the UN
specialized agency which seeks the promotion of social justice and internationally
recognized human and labour rights. Child Labour Employment, Training, Vocational
Rehabilitation, International Labour Migration, Social Security, Workers' Activities,
Enterprise and Cooperative Development Statistics Française Espanol
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| International Monetary Fund's Dissemination Standards
Bulletin Board (DSBB) - provides key information about economic and financial data
disseminated by member countries that subscribe to the IMF's Special Data Dissemination
Standard (DSBB). Information by Country - Argentina Austria Belgium Canada Chile Colombia Croatia Denmark Finland France Germany Hong Kong, China Hungary Indonesia Ireland Israel Italy Japan Lithuania Malaysia Mexico Netherlands Norway Peru Philippines Poland Singapore Slovenia South Africa Sweden Switzerland Thailand Turkey United Kingdom United States Information by Data Category
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| International Statistical Institute - one of the
oldest international scientific associations functioning in the modern world. The
Institute is an autonomous society which seeks to develop and improve statistical methods
and their application through the promotion of international activity and co-operation.
The membership is drawn from over 90 countries and their accumulated experience represents
a vast store of technical knowledge which covers the entire range of official, applied and
theoretical statistics. Bernoulli Society International Association of Survey Statisticians
International Association for Statistical
Computing International Association for
Official Statistics International Association
for Statistical Education Publications |
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Interstate Statistical
Committee of the Commonwealth of Independent States - an official disseminator of
statistical information on social and economic situation in the CIS countries. In
accordance with the annual work programme it collects and analyses statistical
information, maintains databases, compiles summary statistical data, issues and
disseminates publications. Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan,
Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan State Department for Statistics,
State Register and Analysis of the Republic of Armenia Ministry of Statistics and
Analysis of the Republic of Belarus Department for Socio-Economic
Information of Georgia National
Statistical Agency of the Republic of Kazakhstan National Statistical Committee of
the Kyrgyz Republic Department
of Statistics of the Republic of Moldova State Committee of the Russian
Federation on Statistics State
Statistical Agency of Goverment of the Republic of Tajikistan State Committee of Turkmenistan
Ministry of Statistics of
Ukraine State Committee
for Forecasting and Statistics of the Cabinet of the Ministers of the Republic of
Uzbekistan |
| Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development
- a unique forum permitting governments of the industrialised democracies to study and
formulate the best policies possible in all economic and social spheres. Statistics Publications News Member Countries |
| PopNet - a resource for population information.
With PopNet, you can search the most comprehensive directory of population-related
websites available--by topic or keyword, by organization, or through PopNet's clickable
world map. PopNet presents information on population topics such as Demographic
Statistics, Economics, Education, Environment, Gender, Policy and Reproductive Health.
It's resources include websites produced by Government and International Organizations,
Non-governmental Organizations, University Centers, and Associations and Listserves. |
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United Nations
CyberSchoolBus Resource Source - Global
Trends - population, food, health, education, literacy. Infonation -
database, with over 30 different fields of information on 185 different countries. You can
find anything from population to the level of carbon emission, from the average
temperature to the GDP. Country at a Glance
- see the flags along with vital stats. City
Profiles - profiles of 20 cities from around the world |
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United Nations Department for Economic and
Social Information and Policy Analysis Statistics Division - provides a wide range of
statistical outputs and services for producers and users of statistics worldwide. Produces
printed publications of statistics
and statistical methods in the fields of international merchandise trade, national
accounts, demography and population, gender, industry, energy, environment, human
settlements and disability. The Division also produces general statistics compendiums
including the Statistical Yearbook and World Statistics Pocketbook. |
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United Nations Economic
Commission for Europe - the forum at which the countries of North America, western,
central and eastern Europe and central Asia come together to forge the tools of their
economic cooperation. Publications Economic Analyses Environment Human Settlement Trade
Industry Technology Transports Trends 1947-1997 in the ECE Region Statistics Version Française United Nations Economic Commission for
Europe, Statistical Division |
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United Nations Economic Commission for Latin
America and the Caribbean - Comisión Económica para
América Latina y el Publications Basic Texts Projects Information System Databases
News Reform |
| United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural
Organization (UNESCO) - main objective of UNESCO is to contribute to peace and
security in the world by promoting collaboration among nations through education, science,
culture and communication in order to further universal respect for justice, for the rule
of law and for the human rights and fundamental freedoms which are affirmed for the
peoples of the world, without distinction of race, sex, language or religion, by the
Charter of the United Nations. Statistics
Current events, publications, programmes Française
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| United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization -
mandate to raise levels of nutrition and standards of living, to improve agricultural
productivity, and to better the condition of rural populations. Statistical databases,
agriculture, economics, fisheries, forestry, nutrition, sustainable development,
partnership programmes, technical cooperation, regional offices, publications Française Español
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| United Nations Population Information Network
(POPIN) - UN Population Division, Department of Economic and Social Affairs -
Objectives: To identify, establish, strengthen and coordinate population information
activities at international, regional and national levels; to facilitate and enhance the
availability of population information in collaboration with the regional commissions, the
specialized agencies and the NGO population community; and to provide a forum for the
exchange of experiences among developed and developing countries on population information
issues. |
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World Agricultural Information
Centre - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAOSTAT - statistical information FAOINFO - covering hypermedia
information FAOSIS - covers very
specialized information systems Française
Espanol
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| World Bank Group - The World Bank Group
comprises five organizations: the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development
(IBRD), the International Development Association (IDA), the International Finance
Corporation (IFC), the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA), and the
International Centre for the Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID).News,
Publications, Topics in Development, Countries and Regions |
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World Trade Organization (WTO) - The WTO
is the only international body dealing with the rules of trade between nations.
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North America - Data Archives
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Columbia University Electronic Data
Service (EDS) - NY - Offers the University community access to a wide variety of
numerical data resources and related services. |
| Data and Program Library Service (DPLS) -
access to machine readable data files to the social science community of the UW-Madison
campus and to disseminate locally-generated files to scholars at other institutions. |
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Data and Statistical Services -
Princeton University, NJ. The Data Library includes extensive holdings for Economic Time
Series and U.S. Census Data, and a range of other subject areas spanning historical and
contemporary events, factual and opinion-oriented studies, and single and multiple country
coverage. |
Harvard-MIT Data Center - The
Harvard-MIT Data Center is the principal repository of quantitative social science data at
Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology It serves as the
universities' official representative to
the Inter-University Consortium
for Political and Social Research, Roper Center for Public Opinion
Research, and the National
Center for Health Statistics, and is a central contact point for many other archives
and data suppliers. Maintains a large library of electronic data from all these sources, a
growing collection of unique data sets, and an extensive codebook library.
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| Inter-university Consortium for Political and
Social Research (ICPSR) - located within the Institute
for Social Research at the University of Michigan -
is a membership-based, not-for-profit organization serving member colleges and
universities in the United States and abroad. Access to the world's largest archive of computerized social science
data. |
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Social Science Data Archives
- UCI, Irvine - California. |
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Social Sciences Data Center -
University of Virginia - Collection of numeric data distributed through the US Depository
Library Program, the Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research
(ICPSR), and various international government organizations, as well as data from
non-governmental surveys such as the National Health and Social Life Survey. |
| Social Sciences Data Collection (SSDC) -
University of California San Diego The SSDC is a collection of large numeric datafiles as
well as a set of computer programs that provide easy access to those datafiles through a
menu interface. The web version includes a catalog of the entire collection as well as
pointers to datasets made available through the internet. |
