Census Bureau data have traditionally focused on national estimates of the numbers of children in organized child care facilities using various household surveys. In contrast, this paper presents data on the characteristics of child care businesses for individual states from the Census of Service Industries. Although focusing primarily on the most…

Data from the last two U.S. decennial censuses provide an estimate of the bilingual population. In the 1990 and 2000 censuses, respondents (or parents of children) were asked whether they speak a language other than English at home and, if they do, how well they speak English. Although the data do not reveal how well respondents read and write…

This report provides a portrait of women in the United States and highlights comparisons with men at the national level. It is part of the Census 2000 Special Reports series that presents several demographic, social, and economic characteristics collected from Census 2000. The data contained in this report are based on the samples of households…

The economic census furnishes an important part of the framework for such composite measures as the gross domestic product estimates, input/output measures, production and price indexes, and other statistical series that measure short-term changes in economic conditions. Specific uses of economic census data include the following: Policymaking…

This document provides a comprehensive summary of census findings on government employment and payrolls for March 2002. National and state-by-state data are shown for the federal government, state governments, and local governments by type of government. Additional data are provided on local governments by county area and by size groups. The…

A review of data published by the Bureau of the Census shows that although the South still has proportionally greater numbers with low educational attainment and fewer numbers with higher education than other regions, progress has been made in closing the educational gap between the South and the rest of the nation. (Author)

The Census Access Program at the University of Florida makes available the computerized 1970 U.S. Census of Population and Housing.'' Faculty, students, planning agencies and commercial interests make use of the system. Discussed are personnel and management requirements. (DH)

Analyzes the racial breakdowns of population by census tract for Chicago; these figures, released in April 1970 by the Bureau of Census, use the Negro consolidation index which measures the rapidity of racial turnover of a neighborhood after entry by blacks. (JM)

Revised version of a paper presented at the 1971 annual meetings of the Rural Sociological Society in Denver. (FF)

A method of continuing Child Find on the local level is proposed. The method described involves utilization of the door-to-door census (already taken by many local districts) to distribute Child-Find packets containing information of the Child-Find process, the screening procedure, and a request for screening card. (PHR)

Challenges the reliability of data sets by pointing out the following pitfalls in major census data: (1) changes in the definition of racial/ethnic categories and (2) the question of gender in determining household composition, paid/unpaid work, occupation, employment status, and poverty. (SK)

Using Canadian census data, finds that the size and direction of the impact of class size, school size, and teacher salaries vary across points in the conditional wage distribution. (Contains 25 references.) (PKP)