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December 28, 2006
NEW NCES REPORT! - Postsecondary Institutions in the United States: Fall 2005 and Degrees and Other Awards Conferred: 2004-05 (NCES 2007-167)
This First Look presents findings from the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) fall 2005 data collection, which included two survey components: Institutional Characteristics for the 2005-06 academic year, and Completions covering the period July 1, 2004, through June 30, 2005. These data were collected through the IPEDS web-based data collection system.
1. Among the 6,600 Title IV postsecondary institutions in the United States and other jurisdictions, 40 percent were classified as 4-year institutions, 34 percent were 2-year institutions, and the remaining 26 percent were less-than-2-year institutions.
2. During 2005-06, undergraduates attending private not-for-profit 4-year institutions paid $16,888 on average for tuition and required fees. Undergraduates attending private for-profit 4-year institutions paid $13,894 on average, and out-of-state undergraduates attending public 4-year institutions paid $12,652 on average for tuition and required fees. Public in-state undergraduates paid an average of $5,206 in tuition and required fees during 2005-06.
3. For the 2004-05 academic year, about 2.3 million degrees were awarded by 4-year Title IV institutions and about 557,000 were awarded by 2-year institutions.
To download, view and print the publication as a PDF file, please visit:
http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2007167
Posted by ronbo at 02:20 PM
Selections from Census Product Update: December 28, 2006
See the complete Census Product Update CPU06-26
Headline News
2010 Census Web Page Now Live! Everything you need to know at your fingertips including 2010 FAQs, links to press releases, Census job information, promotional materials, and activity timelines.
Census Bureau to Survey Nation's Spending Habits. (Released December 21, 2006)
Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates (SAIPE): 2004. (Released December 20, 2006)
Majority of Undergrads and Grad Students Are Women, Census Bureau Reports. (Released December 19, 2006)
Social and Economic Characteristics of Students: October 2005. (Released December 19, 2006)
Hot Tip
Take Advantage of the Statistical Abstract Web Site
With the recent release of the 2007 Statistical Abstract, you'll want to take advantage of the versatile Statistical Abstract website! Once on the Census website, click "Statistical Abstract" on the bottom of the page. You'll find the tables not only in PDF format, but also in downloadable spreadsheet format. Spreadsheet format allows for quick access to the tables for convenient analysis and use. Headings are listed along the left margin - - choose your section of interest and the table titles from that section will appear. In addition to accessing the spreadsheets, browse the site to see other features such as; access to other statistical compendia websites, a guide to sources, top five data links, access to state statistical abstract links, and more! Explore all the new features on the Statistical Abstract website today!
Posted by ronbo at 02:13 PM
American Community Survey Alert, Number 44
(released December 28, 2006)
Informing you about news, events, data releases, congressional action, and other developments associated with the American Community Survey (ACS).
News in this Alert
*U.S. Census Bureau Releases Puerto Rico Community Survey (PRCS) User Guide (English version)
*First ACS Summary File Scheduled for Release in January 2007
*Contact Us
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* U.S. Census Bureau Releases Puerto Rico Community Survey (PRCS) User Guide (English version)
The Census Bureau recently released an online guide to using 2005 PRCS Data Products (English version). The Guide is in PDF format and may be downloaded for use as a reference document.
A Spanish-language version of the guide will be available in 2007.
The Guide may be found at:
http://www.census.gov/acs/www/UseData/FinalReviewPRCSUserGuide.doc.edits.3.pdf
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* First ACS Summary File Scheduled for Release in January 2007
The first ACS Summary File is scheduled for release on the ACS web site on January 31, 2007. The file covers detailed tables from the 2005 ACS data releases. Detailed documentation will be provided as part of the release for this new data product.
Information about the ACS Summary File may be found at:
http://www.census.gov/acs/www/Products/users_guide/New_ACS_Summary_File_Specification-rev2.doc
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The ACS is a key component in the Census Bureau's 2010 Decennial Census Program, which also consists of early planning and modernization of geographic operations and a short-form only for the 2010 Census.
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* Contact Us
If you have questions or comments about the American Community Survey, please call (888) 346-9682 or e-mail cmo.acs@census.gov.
Posted by ronbo at 01:51 PM
December 19, 2006
Availability of Social Science Software
Major statistical software (e.g., SAS, SPSS, Stata) and qualitative software (e.g., Nvivo) are widely available to people with valid SUNet IDs on public computers in the Meyer Library classrooms and clusters, Tresidder cluster, and Residential Computing clusters. Some software are also available on Unix through remote access.
Below is a quick summary of availabilit of the main software packages that SSDS provides assistance with on a regular basis. For details and availability of all other software, please see Academic Computing: Software Listings and IT Services: Index of Leland Software.
Statistical Software
* SAS
PC: version 9.1
Unix: version 9.1
* SPSS
PC: version 13
Mac: version 13
* Stata
PC: version 9.2
Mac: version 9.2
Unix: version SE 9.0
Qualitative Software
* Nvivo
PC: version 7
* Atlas.ti
PC: version 5 (only available for evaluation purposes in 120F, Bing Wing, Green Library)
Data Conversion Software
* Stat/Transfer
Unix: version 8.0
* DBMS/Copy
Unix: version 8.0
Here's a screenshot of the Qualitative and Statistical Software menu list on campus PCs:
Posted by yan at 10:25 PM
Recent ICPSR updates and additions - December 18, 2006
Below is a list of new data collection additions to the ICPSR data
archive along with a list of released data collections that have been
updated:
NEW ADDITIONS:
2827 CBS News/New York Times Monthly Poll, January 2005
http://webapp.icpsr.umich.edu/cocoon/ICPSR-STUDY/02827.xml
4318 CBS News/New York Times Monthly Poll, February 2005
http://webapp.icpsr.umich.edu/cocoon/ICPSR-STUDY/04318.xml
4326 ABC News/Washington Post Monthly Poll, April 2005
http://webapp.icpsr.umich.edu/cocoon/ICPSR-STUDY/04326.xml
4484 CBS News Newt Gingrich Poll, January 1997
http://webapp.icpsr.umich.edu/cocoon/ICPSR-STUDY/04484.xml
4499 CBS News/New York Times Tokyo Broadcasting System Poll, February 1989
http://webapp.icpsr.umich.edu/cocoon/ICPSR-STUDY/04499.xml
4525 ABC News/Washington Post Poll, December 2005
http://webapp.icpsr.umich.edu/cocoon/ICPSR-STUDY/04525.xml
4573 National Violent Death Reporting System, 2003
http://webapp.icpsr.umich.edu/cocoon/ICPSR-STUDY/04573.xml
4574 National Violent Death Reporting System, 2004
http://webapp.icpsr.umich.edu/cocoon/ICPSR-STUDY/04574.xml
UPDATES:
2186 Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS), 1994
http://webapp.icpsr.umich.edu/cocoon/ICPSR-STUDY/02186.xml
2187 Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS), 1995
http://webapp.icpsr.umich.edu/cocoon/ICPSR-STUDY/02187.xml
2651 Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS), 1996
http://webapp.icpsr.umich.edu/cocoon/ICPSR-STUDY/02651.xml
2802 Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS), 1997
http://webapp.icpsr.umich.edu/cocoon/ICPSR-STUDY/02802.xml
3024 Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS), 1998
http://webapp.icpsr.umich.edu/cocoon/ICPSR-STUDY/03024.xml
3314 Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS), 1999
http://webapp.icpsr.umich.edu/cocoon/ICPSR-STUDY/03314.xml
3864 Public Opinion on the Courts in the United States, 2000
http://webapp.icpsr.umich.edu/cocoon/ICPSR-STUDY/03864.xml
4011 CBS News/New York Times Monthly Poll, January 2004
http://webapp.icpsr.umich.edu/cocoon/ICPSR-STUDY/04011.xml
4012 CBS News Call Back Poll, January 2004
http://webapp.icpsr.umich.edu/cocoon/ICPSR-STUDY/04012.xml
7069 Political Attitudes in Tokyo, Japan, 1959
http://webapp.icpsr.umich.edu/cocoon/ICPSR-STUDY/07069.xml
7406 Detroit Area Study, 1967: Citizens in Search of Justice
http://webapp.icpsr.umich.edu/cocoon/ICPSR-STUDY/07406.xml
8567 ABC News Reagan Tax Reform Speech Poll, May 1985
http://webapp.icpsr.umich.edu/cocoon/ICPSR-STUDY/08567.xml
8644 ABC News Reagan Press Conference Poll, November 1986
http://webapp.icpsr.umich.edu/cocoon/ICPSR-STUDY/08644.xml
8846 ABC News/Washington Post Poll, January 1987
http://webapp.icpsr.umich.edu/cocoon/ICPSR-STUDY/08846.xml
8856 ABC News Reagan Speech Poll, March 1987
http://webapp.icpsr.umich.edu/cocoon/ICPSR-STUDY/08856.xml
8861 ABC News Reagan Speech Poll, August 1987
http://webapp.icpsr.umich.edu/cocoon/ICPSR-STUDY/08861.xml
8924 ABC News Reagan Speech Poll, December 1987
http://webapp.icpsr.umich.edu/cocoon/ICPSR-STUDY/08924.xml
8925 ABC News/Washington Post Poll, December 1987
http://webapp.icpsr.umich.edu/cocoon/ICPSR-STUDY/08925.xml
9061 ABC News/Washington Post Poll, January 1988
http://webapp.icpsr.umich.edu/cocoon/ICPSR-STUDY/09061.xml
9606 Popular Movements Archive, 1881-1950: [Sweden]
http://webapp.icpsr.umich.edu/cocoon/ICPSR-STUDY/09606.xml
9766 ABC News/Washington Post Clarence Thomas Vote Delay Polls, October 1991
http://webapp.icpsr.umich.edu/cocoon/ICPSR-STUDY/09766.xml
You can also view a list of all studies added and updated in the last
ninety days by visiting the ICPSR Web site at http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/.
Posted by ronbo at 04:11 PM
National Historical Geographic Information System (NHGIS)
The National Historical Geographic Information System (funded by NSF) at the Minnesota Population contains almost a terrabyte of historical census data and boundary files covering the United States from 1790 to 2000. Boundary files for historic counties and census tracts were created over the course of the project and are available either through the aggregate data access system or directly from the main page of the site.
The current contents of NHGIS cover the following areas:
* The modern Census of Population and Housing standard files for 1970-2000 (note that 2000SF4 will be added early in 2007)
* Historical census data including Religious Censuses, and pre-1930 Economic and Agriculture tables translated from printed sources for:
US, States, and Counties (1790-1960)
Tracts and limited Enumeration District and Ward data (1910-1960)
* Banking Establishments for US, State, and County 1920-1936
* County Business Patterns for US, State, and County (1970-2003)
* Farm Values for US, State, and County (1850-1959)
* Special and Supplemental Files from the 1980 and 1990 Census
Additional historical files on historical election returns, Economic and Agricultural Censuses will be added during the coming year. Access to all summary levels for the modern census files will be added in the near future.
The NHGIS collection is through http://www.nhgis.org and is open to all for research purposes. Registration requires completing a short
form.
Posted by ronbo at 02:01 PM
December 15, 2006
Statistical Abstract of the United States: 2007 released today
Nearly Half of our Lives Spent with TV, Radio, Internet, Newspapers, According to Census Bureau Publication
Adults and teens will spend nearly five months (3,518 hours) next year watching television, surfing the Internet, reading daily newspapers and listening to personal music devices. That’s only one of thousands of nuggets of information on Americana and the world in the U.S. Census Bureau’s Statistical Abstract of the United States: 2007, released today.
“The Statistical Abstract is a collaborative effort that showcases our government statistics and the work of the international community, private industry and nonprofit agency researchers,” said Census Bureau Director Louis Kincannon.
According to projections from a communications industry forecast (Table 1110), people will spend 65 days in front of the TV, 41 days listening to radio and a little over a week on the Internet in 2007. Adults will spend about a week reading a daily newspaper and teens and adults will spend another week listening to recorded music. Consumer spending for media is forecasted to be $936.75 per person.
The Statistical Abstract includes topics as diverse as condo and mobile home sales to new tables on alternative work schedules and the North American cruise industry. Overall, the book features more than 1,400 tables and charts on social, political and economic facts about the United States, and the latest available international statistics.
Posted by ronbo at 04:50 PM
From NCES Newsflash: IES Reseach Training Institute: Cluster Randomized Trials
IES' National Center for Education Research will sponsor a Research Training Institute, June 17-29 in Nashville Tennessee, on the implementation of cluster (or group) randomized trials in education settings. The Training Institute is designed to increase the national capacity to develop and conduct education research using randomized trials. The application deadline is Thursday, February 15, 2007 by 8:00 p.m. EST. For more information and complete application procedures please visit:
http://ies.ed.gov/ncer/whatsnew/conferences/rct_traininginstitute.asp
Posted by ronbo at 02:23 PM
December 14, 2006
From Census Product Update: December 14, 2006 - Census 2010 web site
Selected news items from Census Product Update - CPU06-25
Headline News
2010 Census Web Page Now Live! Everything you need to know at your fingertips including 2010 FAQs, links to press releases, Census job information, promotional materials, and activity timelines.
Hot Tip
Where Does Your State Rank in Population?
Each December the Census Bureau releases official population estimates for the U.S. and states along with the components of change. Which state will be the fastest growing this year? What states will change places on the top 10 most populous? Look for the July 1, 2006 population estimates in December for the answers.
Population
America Speaks: A Demographic Profile of Foreign-Language Speakers for the United States: 2000. Internet files show national- and state-level data on who speaks English and who does not, broken down by type of household, age of householder, education attainment, and income.
Dynamics of Economic Well-Being: Participation in Government Programs, 2001 Through 2003, Who Gets Assistance? Report available online in PDF focusing on the characteristics and participation of people who received benefits from a number of means-tested assistance programs.
Posted by ronbo at 07:33 PM
December 13, 2006
From NCES Newsflash: Early Childhood Longitudinal Study-Birth Cohort (ECLS-B) 9-Month Data Now Publicly Available in Data Analysis System (DAS)
The Early Childhood Longitudinal Study-Birth Cohort (ECLS-B) 9-month data are now available for analysis to the general public in the Data Analysis System (DAS). The DAS, which can be accessed at http://nces.ed.gov/das/, is a software application that allows users to build tables of weighted estimates from the ECLS-B variables included in the DAS. An on-line tool allows users to calculate t-tests from estimates produced in the DAS. Users can also produce correlation matrices for use in linear regression analyses. The DAS webpage has links to an on-line tutorial and user guide to help users navigate through the application and produce desired tables.
The ECLS-B follows children who were born in 2001 through kindergarten entry. The DAS includes data on sampled children's development and sociodemographic characteristics, as well as the characteristics of their families and home and child care environments. For more information on the ECLS-B, see http://nces.ed.gov/ecls/Birth.asp.
Posted by ronbo at 03:27 PM
December 12, 2006
NEW NCES REPORT! - Crime, Violence, Discipline and Safety in U.S. Public Schools: Findings from the School Survey on Crime and Safety: 2003-04
This report provides a first look at select findings from the 2003–04 SSOCS data. Focusing on the three themes emphasized in the survey, descriptive statistics are provided on: the frequency of criminal incidents at school, the use of disciplinary actions, and the efforts to prevent and reduce crime at school.
To download, view and print the publication as a PDF file, please visit:
http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2007302
Posted by ronbo at 02:45 PM
ANES: Only 50 Days Left to Propose Questions for the 2007-2009 Panel Study
Dear ANES user community,
We wanted to send you a reminder that there are only 50 days left to submit a proposal to include questions on the first waves of the 2007-2009 ANES Panel Study. The deadline for submitting proposals is January 31, to be followed by a short comment and revision period. The ANES Online Commons (OC) is the only method by which questions can be proposed for the study.
Panel data are appealing for studying elections, because one of the major interests of election analysts is change over time in individuals. Our plan for the ANES 2007-2009 Panel Study involves six ANES-based waves of interviewing with the same respondents, plus 15 additional secondary waves of data collection. The data collection will be conducted on the Internet with a nationally representative panel recruited specifically for this purpose. The first ANES wave of data will be collected in September 2007.
If you have not already visited the ANES OC, you can do so by visiting the following location on our website: http://www.electionstudies.org/onlinecommons.htm
We would also like to use this opportunity to announce that an advance release of data from the 2006 ANES Pilot Study will be available for download from the ANES website (www.electionstudies.org) no later than January 12, 2007. The advance release will contain all of the survey data, but with minimal data cleaning and few administrative or derivative variables. The timing of the release is so that analysts have a couple of weeks to evaluate the performance of Pilot Study questions in case they wish to propose that the questions should also appear on the Panel Study.
We are very excited about our ability to bring this opportunity to you. As of right now, the questionnaires are wide open. This is the largest opportunity in years to place questions on an ANES -- one this is likely to be used by scholars, students and journalists for decades to come! Don't be left out.
We look forward to hearing from you!
Sincerely,
Jon Krosnick and Arthur Lupia
Principal Investigators
American National Election Studies (ANES)
Additional information about the design and purpose of the 2007-2009 ANES Panel Study can be found on the Online Commons page. If you have questions that are not answered there, please send us an email to: anes@electionstudies.org
Posted by ronbo at 02:42 PM
December 11, 2006
From NCES Newsflash: The New NCES KidsZone
The NCES Students’ Classroom has been redesigned and even renamed. It is now called the KidsZone. It has an entirely new look and feel to help you find things easier and added features to make your visit more fun. You'll still have the same great tools to help you find schools, libraries, or colleges and don't worry, the Create a Graph is still just a click away. Check out the very popular Chances where probability is only a roll of the dice away, or visit old favorites like the Word Search. You can find updated information on education or compare where you stack up to students from across the globe. The new home page is also not to be missed with its new Student Poll and Mindbenders to test your cleverness. We hope you like what we've done. It's knowledge and fun rolled up in one!
The NCES KidsZone can be found at: http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/
Posted by ronbo at 01:39 PM
Recent ICPSR updates and additions - December 11, 2006
Below is a list of new data collection additions to the ICPSR data
archive along with a list of released data collections that have been
updated:
NEW ADDITIONS:
4565 Post-United States Elections Survey: A Survey of Public Opinion in France, Germany, and the United States, 2004
http://webapp.icpsr.umich.edu/cocoon/ICPSR-STUDY/04565.xml
UPDATES:
2184 Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS), 1992
http://webapp.icpsr.umich.edu/cocoon/ICPSR-STUDY/02184.xml
2185 Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS), 1993
http://webapp.icpsr.umich.edu/cocoon/ICPSR-STUDY/02185.xml
3239 National Household Survey on Drug Abuse, 1999
http://webapp.icpsr.umich.edu/cocoon/ICPSR-STUDY/03239.xml
3262 National Household Survey on Drug Abuse, 2000
http://webapp.icpsr.umich.edu/cocoon/ICPSR-STUDY/03262.xml
3580 National Household Survey on Drug Abuse, 2001
http://webapp.icpsr.umich.edu/cocoon/ICPSR-STUDY/03580.xml
4438 National Comorbidity Survey: Replication (NCS-R), 2001-2003
http://webapp.icpsr.umich.edu/cocoon/ICPSR-STUDY/04438.xml
6176 ABC News Iraq Attack Poll, January 1993
http://webapp.icpsr.umich.edu/cocoon/ICPSR-STUDY/06176.xml
6284 ABC News/WASHINGTON POST "World News Tonight" Health Care Poll, September 1993
http://webapp.icpsr.umich.edu/cocoon/ICPSR-STUDY/06284.xml
7711 Cost of Living of Industrial Workers in the United States and Europe, 1888-1890
http://webapp.icpsr.umich.edu/cocoon/ICPSR-STUDY/07711.xml
8559 ABC News Reproductive Rights Poll, January 1985
http://webapp.icpsr.umich.edu/cocoon/ICPSR-STUDY/08559.xml
8887 ABC News Economy Poll, October 1987
http://webapp.icpsr.umich.edu/cocoon/ICPSR-STUDY/08887.xml
8926 ABC News Gary Hart Poll, December 1987
http://webapp.icpsr.umich.edu/cocoon/ICPSR-STUDY/08926.xml
You can also view a list of all studies added and updated in the last
ninety days by visiting the ICPSR Web site at http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/.
Posted by ronbo at 01:06 PM
December 08, 2006
From IES Newsflash: IES (Institute of Education Sciences) Research e-News Quarterly Newsletter
In this issue of the IES Research e-News, the quarterly electronic newsletter of the Institute of Education Sciences, we feature new reports from the What Works Clearinghouse, an update on the Special Education Research Center’s inaugural year, a StatChat transcript on the results of the 2005 Trial Urban District Assessment in science, and more.
To view the newsletter please visit:
http://ies.ed.gov/whatsnew/newsletters/dec_06.asp
Posted by ronbo at 02:00 PM
December 07, 2006
From NCES Newsflash: NEW NCES REPORT! - Dropout Rates in the United States: 2004
This report builds upon a series of National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) reports on high school dropout and completion rates that began in 1988. It presents estimates of rates for 2004, and provides data about trends in dropout and completion rates over the last three decades (1972–2004), including characteristics of dropouts and completers in these years. Among other findings, the report shows that in students living in low-income families were approximately four times more likely to drop out of high school between 2003 and 2004 than were their peers from high-income families. Focusing on indicators of on-time graduation from public high schools, the averaged freshman graduation rate for the 3 most recent years for which data are available shows an increase from 72.6 percent for 2001–02 to 73.9 percent for 2002–03 to 74.3 percent for 2003–04.
To download, view and print the publication as a PDF file, please visit:
http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2007024
Posted by ronbo at 05:31 PM
New IPUMS-International data!
The Minnesota Population Center is pleased to announce the latest expansion of the IPUMS-International data series. In December 2006 we added 16 new samples for Belarus, Cambodia, Greece, the Philippines, Romania, Spain, and Uganda. The data series now contains 185 million person records from 63 samples and 20 countries. The new URL is http://international.ipums.org.
As the database grows, we constantly try to make it easier for researchers to use. With this release we have improved the data system in several ways. In addition to the 400 harmonized IPUMS variables, users can now view and extract over 5,000 unharmonized variables specific to the individual samples. These have undergone differing degrees of processing, but they generally contain all of the useful information in the original samples that does not pose a confidentiality concern. A second enhancement is the ability to filter all variable documentation based on user sample selections, limiting the information on the screen to what is relevant to the researcher. Finally, some complex variables now have additional "general" versions utilizing only their first digit or two, making them easier to use.
You can read more about these and other improvements at http://international.ipums.org/international/news.html. As always, if you discover problems with the system or have suggestions as to how it could be improved, we welcome your feedback.
We are also eager to hear about the results of research using these data. Please email us with book or journal article citations, conference presentations, or working paper releases so we can include them in the IPUMS bibliography.
Regards,
The IPUMS Team
ipums@pop.umn.edu
Posted by ronbo at 02:50 PM
December 06, 2006
Census Product Update: Selected announcements
Recently Released - click for full December 1, 2006 Bulletin
Population
America Speaks: A Demographic Profile of Foreign-Language Speakers for the United States: 2000. Internet files show national- and state-level data on who speaks English and who does not, broken down by type of household, age of householder, education attainment, and income.
Current Population Survey Design and Methodology (Technical Paper No. 66). (PDF - 3.19 MB). This document describes changes made to the Current Population Survey (CPS) since 2000. The CPS is the country's primary source of labor force statistics.
Fourth Wave of 2005 American Community Survey Data. Internet files in American FactFinder showing profiles of social, economic, and housing characteristics for selected age, race, Hispanic or Latino origin, and ancestry groups for nearly 7,000 areas, including all congressional districts and counties, cities, and American Indian/Alaska Native areas of 65,000 population or more.
Economic Census and Surveys
Statistics for Industry Groups and Industries From the 2005 Annual Survey of Manufactures. (PDF - 1.6 MB). PDF report presenting manufacturing establishments statistics for industry groups and industries from the Annual Survey of Manufactures (ASM). Presents 2005 through 2002 data at the three-through six-digit North American Industry Classification System (NAICS)-based levels. Includes such statistics as number of establishments, employment, payroll, value added by manufacture, cost of materials consumed, detailed capital expenditures, supplemental labor costs, fuels and electric energy used, inventories by stage of fabrication, value of shipments, detailed miscellaneous receipts, and interplant transfers.
Value of Product Shipments From the 2005 Annual Survey of Manufactures. (PDF - 724 KB). PDF report presenting value of product shipments from the Annual Survey of Manufactures (ASM). Presents 2005 through 2002 shipments data for the 473 six-digit North American Industry Classification System (NAICS)-based product groups, 1,450 seven-digit NAICS product classes, and products primary to more than one industry.
State-Level Data for Industry Groups From the 2005 Annual Survey of Manufactures. (PDF - 1.2 MB). PDF report presenting similar statistics at the ''all manufacturing'' level for the United States, each state, and the District of Columbia. This Annual Survey of Manufactures (ASM) report presents 2005 and 2004 data at the three-digit North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) level for employment, payroll, value added by manufacture, cost of materials consumed, value of shipments, and total capital expenditures.
Posted by ronbo at 07:43 PM
NEW NCES REPORT! - State Library Agencies: Fiscal Year 2005
This report provides a statistical profile of state library agencies in the 50 states and the District of Columbia for fiscal year 2005. The report includes information on governance, collections and services, service outlets and staff, revenue, and expenditures. The data were collected through the State Library Agencies Survey conducted by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES).
To download, view and print the publication as a PDF file, please visit:
http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2007300
Posted by ronbo at 06:32 PM
December 05, 2006
Recent ICPSR updates and additions - December 05, 2006
Below is a list of new data collection additions to the ICPSR data
archive along with a list of released data collections that have been
updated:
NEW ADDITIONS:
4417 Afrobarometer: Round II Survey of Lesotho, 2003
http://webapp.icpsr.umich.edu/cocoon/ICPSR-STUDY/04417.xml
4429 National Crime Victimization Survey: School Crime Supplement, 2005
http://webapp.icpsr.umich.edu/cocoon/ICPSR-STUDY/04429.xml
4483 CBS News Monthly Poll #1, December 1996
http://webapp.icpsr.umich.edu/cocoon/ICPSR-STUDY/04483.xml
4598 National Electronic Injury Surveillance System All Injury Program, 2004
http://webapp.icpsr.umich.edu/cocoon/ICPSR-STUDY/04598.xml
UPDATES:
2179 ABC News Religion Poll, March 1997
http://webapp.icpsr.umich.edu/cocoon/ICPSR-STUDY/02179.xml
2495 ABC News "Nightline" Slavery Poll, June 1997
http://webapp.icpsr.umich.edu/cocoon/ICPSR-STUDY/02495.xml
2507 ABC News ESPN O.J. Simpson Interview Poll, January 1998
http://webapp.icpsr.umich.edu/cocoon/ICPSR-STUDY/02507.xml
3355 Recidivism of Prisoners Released in 1994: [United States]
http://webapp.icpsr.umich.edu/cocoon/ICPSR-STUDY/03355.xml
3394 Americans' Changing Lives: Waves I, II, and III, 1986, 1989, and 1994
http://webapp.icpsr.umich.edu/cocoon/ICPSR-STUDY/03394.xml
3792 Social Environment and Biomarkers of Aging Study (SEBAS) in Taiwan, 2000
http://webapp.icpsr.umich.edu/cocoon/ICPSR-STUDY/03792.xml
3833 ABC News/Washington Post Contract with America Poll, January 1995
http://webapp.icpsr.umich.edu/cocoon/ICPSR-STUDY/03833.xml
3850 ABC News "Good Morning America" Health Care Poll, July 1994
http://webapp.icpsr.umich.edu/cocoon/ICPSR-STUDY/03850.xml
3854 ABC News Poll, September 1994
http://webapp.icpsr.umich.edu/cocoon/ICPSR-STUDY/03854.xml
4359 Survey of Inmates in Local Jails, 2002 [United States]
http://webapp.icpsr.umich.edu/cocoon/ICPSR-STUDY/04359.xml
6018 ABC News Post-Republican Convention Poll, August 1992
http://webapp.icpsr.umich.edu/cocoon/ICPSR-STUDY/06018.xml
6022 ABC News Presidential Debate Poll #1, October 1992
http://webapp.icpsr.umich.edu/cocoon/ICPSR-STUDY/06022.xml
6177 ABC News/Washington Post Baird Nomination Quick Poll, January 1993
http://webapp.icpsr.umich.edu/cocoon/ICPSR-STUDY/06177.xml
6183 ABC News Hillary Clinton Poll, February 1993
http://webapp.icpsr.umich.edu/cocoon/ICPSR-STUDY/06183.xml
6185 ABC News Bosnia Poll, May 1993
http://webapp.icpsr.umich.edu/cocoon/ICPSR-STUDY/06185.xml
6248 Voter Research and Surveys New Jersey Gubernatorial Election Exit Poll, 1993
http://webapp.icpsr.umich.edu/cocoon/ICPSR-STUDY/06248.xml
8560 ABC News/Washington Post Poll, February 1985
http://webapp.icpsr.umich.edu/cocoon/ICPSR-STUDY/08560.xml
8885 ABC News Ginsburg Poll, November 1987
http://webapp.icpsr.umich.edu/cocoon/ICPSR-STUDY/08885.xml
8886 ABC News "Nightline" Stock Market Poll, November 1987
http://webapp.icpsr.umich.edu/cocoon/ICPSR-STUDY/08886.xml
8996 ABC News Pre-Election Spot Poll: New Hampshire, 1988
http://webapp.icpsr.umich.edu/cocoon/ICPSR-STUDY/08996.xml
8997 ABC News/Washington Post Pre-Election Tracking Poll: New Hampshire, 1988
http://webapp.icpsr.umich.edu/cocoon/ICPSR-STUDY/08997.xml
9180 ABC News "Nightline" Drugs and Alcohol Poll, August 1988
http://webapp.icpsr.umich.edu/cocoon/ICPSR-STUDY/09180.xml
9182 ABC News First Presidential Debate Poll, September 1988
http://webapp.icpsr.umich.edu/cocoon/ICPSR-STUDY/09182.xml
9240 ABC News/Washington Post Poll, February 1989
http://webapp.icpsr.umich.edu/cocoon/ICPSR-STUDY/09240.xml
9436 ABC News/Washington Post Poll, January 1990
http://webapp.icpsr.umich.edu/cocoon/ICPSR-STUDY/09436.xml
9438 ABC News/Washington Post Poll, February 1990
http://webapp.icpsr.umich.edu/cocoon/ICPSR-STUDY/09438.xml
9458 ABC News Genetic Engineering Poll, April 1990
http://webapp.icpsr.umich.edu/cocoon/ICPSR-STUDY/09458.xml
9610 ABC News/Washington Post Dan Quayle Poll, May 1991
http://webapp.icpsr.umich.edu/cocoon/ICPSR-STUDY/09610.xml
9767 ABC News/Washington Post Clarence Thomas Hearing Poll, September 1991
http://webapp.icpsr.umich.edu/cocoon/ICPSR-STUDY/09767.xml
9935 ABC News/Washington Post Democratic Delegate Poll, July 1992
http://webapp.icpsr.umich.edu/cocoon/ICPSR-STUDY/09935.xml
You can also view a list of all studies added and updated in the last
ninety days by visiting the ICPSR Web site at http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/.
Posted by ronbo at 07:20 PM
December 04, 2006
Roper Center Newsletter, December 2006
Tip of the month!!
Did you know there is a professional organization of “data librarians” -–folks who share some of the same concerns that you have, as well as the solutions! It's called IASSIST (International Association for Social Science Information, Service, & Technology). IASSIST has a listserv and holds an annual conference in the spring for data people to get together and share ideas on how to improve access to digital data sources. New members are always welcome: http://www.iassistdata.org/
Topics at a Glance!--"Religion"
http://www.ropercenter.uconn.edu/cgi-bin/hsrun.exe/roperweb/pom/pom.htx;start=HS_special_topics?Topic=congress1
Do you believe in Miracles, Angels and Demons? How about Heaven or Hell? How important is Religion in your life? Compare some of these question to similar questions from the past. See how the rest of America feels about this subject in this month's Topic at a Glance--Religion.
Based on a new topic each month, TAG offers a generous free sampling of related polling data and details of survey datasets held by the Roper Center, along with articles previously published in Public Perspective magazine.
Experience the depth of information housed in the Roper Center archives - The complete list of "Topics at a Glance!" http://www.ropercenter.uconn.edu/cgi-bin/hsrun.exe/Roperweb/pom/pom.htx;start=HS_pom_list
Newly spotlighted datasets http://www.ropercenter.uconn.edu/cgi-bin/hsrun.exe/roperweb/Catalog40/Catalog40.htx;start=HS_surveyspot
Updated as of December 4, 2006
Special studies of interest recently added to iPOLL. The database now contains nearly a half million questions!
http://www.ropercenter.uconn.edu/ipoll.html
Title: McLaughlin & Associates National Post-Election Survey [November, 2006]
Source:
Methodology: Conducted by McLaughlin & Associates on November 7, 2006 and based on telephone interviews with a national adults who voted in the 2006 election sample of 1,000. The sample included those who voted November 7, 2006 as well as those who had voted early.
Search for: Searched iPOLL for 'election'; Date:'11/07/2006 to 11/07/2006'
Title: USA Today/Kaiser/Harvard National Survey of Households Affected by Cancer [August, 2006]
Source: Survey by Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, Harvard School of Public Health, USA Today.
Methodology: Conducted by ICR-International Communications Research, August 1-September 14, 2006 and based on telephone interviews with a national adults in households where they or a family member in their household has been diagnosed with or treated with cancer in the past five years sample of 930. The sample excludes non-melanoma skin cancer.
Search for: Searched iPOLL for 'cancer'; Organization: 'Kaiser'; Date: '08/01/2006 to 08/01/2006'
Title: Pandemic Influenza Survey [September,2006]
Source: Survey by Harvard School of Public Health Project on the Public and Biological Security.
Methodology: Conducted by ICR-International Communications Research, September 28-October 5, 2006 and based on telephone interviews with a national adult with oversample of adults who had children under age 18 in their households sample of 2,518. The sample included a national sample of 1,697 plus an oversample of 821 adults who had children under age 18 in their household. Results are weighted to be representative of a national adult population.
Search for: Searched iPOLL for 'flu%'; Organization: 'Harvard School of Public Health'; Date: '09/28/2006 to 09/28/2006'
Title: Nuclear Energy Institute Poll [September,2006]
Source: Survey by Nuclear Energy Institute.
Methodology: Conducted by Bisconti Research and Gfk NOP, September 7-September 10, 2006 and based on telephone interviews with a national adult sample of 1,000.
Search for: Searched iPOLL for 'nuclear & energy'; Date: '09/07/2006 to 09/07/2006'
Title: Americans Views on Public Health Survey [March,2006]
Source: Survey by Harvard School of Public Health, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
Methodology: Conducted by ICR-International Communications Research, March 31-April 4, 2006 and based on telephone interviews with a national adult sample of 1,107.
Search for: Searched iPOLL for 'health', Date: '03/31/2006 to 03/31/2006'
Title: Confidence in Leadership Survey [September,2005]
Source: Survey by Center for Public Leadership of the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, U.S.News & World Report.
Methodology: Conducted by TSC, a division of Yankelovich, September 13-September 23, 2005 and based on telephone interviews with a national adult with oversamples of 18-24 year olds sample of 1,374. Results are weighted to be representative of a national adult population.
Search for: Searched iPOLL for 'confidence & leader%'; Date: '09/13/2005 to 09/13/2005'
Additional resources - Web sites with special survey samples
Institute of Politics, Harvard University Youth Survey on Politics and Public Service Fall 2006
http://www.iop.harvard.edu/
Edison Media Research/Mitofsky International Election Pool (ABC/AP/CBS/CNN/Fox/NBC) 2006 Exit Poll Results-National and State Exits
http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2006/
Posted by ronbo at 06:21 PM
NEW NCES REPORT! - Indicators of School Crime and Safety, 2006 (NCES 2007-003)
On December 3, 2006, the National Center for Education Statistics and Bureau of Justice Statistics released Indicators of School Crime and Safety, 2006 (NCES 2007-003). This annual report examines crime occurring in school as well as on the way to and from school. It provides the most current detailed statistical information on the nature of crime in schools. This report presents data on crime at school from the perspectives of students, teachers, and principals from an array of sources--the National Crime Victimization Survey, the School Crime Supplement to the National Crime Victimization Survey, the Youth Risk Behavior Survey, the School Survey on Crime and Safety and the School and Staffing Survey.
Several of the indicators in the report document the decline in school crime. For example, the victimization rate of students ages 12-18 at school declined from 73 victimizations per 1,000 students in 2003 to 55 victimizations per 1,000 students in 2004. Between 2003 and 2005, the percent of students reporting victimization declined from 5 to 4 percent, as did the percentage reporting theft from 4 to 3 percent; however, there was no measurable decline in the percentages reporting violent and serious violent crime during the same period. The number of homicides of school-age youth 5-18 at school was higher in 2004-05 than in 2000-01 (21 vs. 11 homicides), but remained below most years in the 1990s. (Contact: Tom Snyder, 202-502-7452 or Mike Planty, 202-502-7312)
To view the report, please visit:
http://nces.ed.gov/programs/crimeindicators/
To download, view and print the publication as a PDF file, please visit:
http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2007003
Posted by ronbo at 06:19 PM