Lists addresses, telephone numbers, and contact persons for each state data center plus those in the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands. Describes available rural data and services (mostly free): informational assistance, computer tapes and printouts, maps, assistance using data, and information on new products. (NEC)

Presents advanced population counts, ranked by state, from the 1980 census for American Indians, Eskimos, and Aleuts. The total number enumerated (1,418,195) includes 1,361,869 American Indians; 42,149 Eskimos; and 14,177 Aleuts. It contrasts the 1970 Census figures and the 1979 Census report of Americans with American Indian ancestry. (SB)

Every 10 years, the U.S. Census Bureau conducts a complete accounting of every resident in the United States. While there is no Congressional mandate requiring an accurate enumeration of Americans with disabilities by the Decennial Census, communities and people with disabilities will be affected if the Decennial Census is inaccurate. Census data…

Presents findings from 1970 Census Bureau surveys in 51 urban areas, which findings should lead to better solutions to underemployment. (DM)

Old socioeconomic data is useful for defining norm samples since a high degree of stability is demonstrated for census data over a 10-year period. (TA)

Provides genealogical researchers with methods for obtaining microfilms of census schedules and indexes from the National Archives which are currently unavailable through participating libraries due to discontinuance of the loan program. Ordering information given includes catalogs available, addresses, prices and a listing of the 11 Regional…

Compares the methods used to measure the educational attainment of respondents to the Current Population Survey and the decennial census. Describes a way to reconcile old and new methods of determining highest grade completed. (JOW)

Almost all our knowledge about cohabitation in the United States rests on analysis of nationally representative, large-scale surveys. We move beyond this work by drawing on 115 in-depth interviews with a sample of young men and women with recent cohabitation experience. These data allow us to address two issues of central interest to family…

Many studies of the United States voting have sought to explain why voter participation is declining. Recent research by Michael P. McDonald suggests that the much lamented "decline in voter participation" is an artifact of the way in which turnout rates have been measured. McDonald is an assistant professor of government and politics in…

Will multiracial identification resonate with future generations? Using the 2000 U.S. Census, I analyze the impact of a multiracial parent on the classification of children in four types of multiracial families (e.g., white/non-white, black/non-black). Compared to families where parents are of two different single-race backgrounds, parental…

The tabular data in this report on New York City's Puerto Rican population and households comes from the 1980 Census. It is noted that all data in the report must be considered preliminary pending the final outcome of litigation over a possible population undercount. Population information is provided by age, sex, and marital status. Household…

This report on the custodial role of the Nation's juvenile justice system presents findings from the 1975, 1977, 1979, 1983, and 1985 censuses of public and private juvenile facilities. Its stated primary purpose is to provide a broad overview of trends and statistical data on the characteristics of the residents and facilities and to assist…

Cross-section regression techniques are applied to census data from the year 1871 in Wentworth County, Ontario, to ascertain the influence of variables such as age, origin, locale -- urban or rural -- and family size on school attendance among children 10-16. (JH)

The author responds to research (Denton and George, Summer 1974) using different techniques for correlating census data which questions his own study reported in the History of Education Quarterly, Fall 1972. (JH)

Describes the first published results of a study entitled "Selected Characteristics of Persons in the Fields of Science or Engineering: 1974." Eight fields were surveyed: computer specialists; engineers; mathematical specialists; life, physical, environmental, and social scientists; and psychologists. Statistics include male to female ratios,…