Tagged With "Census Bureau's"
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Re post: Example of data mining to examine social policy
Data mining nutrition, minorities, people with disabilities, unintended consequences
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Useful Information From the Census
Census data provides baselines for research and advocacy Weekly Pulse Newsletter The U.S. Census Bureau is in a unique position to produce data on the social and economic effects of COVID-19 on American households and small businesses. Here are the latest updates on several of our experimental data products . Household Pulse Survey Updates Explore Data See Data Tables Based on responses collected July 2 through July 7 , the Household Pulse Survey estimates that during the COVID-19 pandemic:...
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ACEs and the social sciences
Click HERE to access neighborhood census data! Accessing data for your neighborhood or service area can be challenging. But did you know that data.census.gov has a mapping feature that you can use to select your areas? By using census tracts you can select the boundaries of your area and access demographic, socioeconomic, and housing statistics about your community. Watch this Data Gems to learn this trick. A series of "how-to" videos available for data users who are looking for an easy and...
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Providing Perspective During COVID-19 Using Census Data
The U.S. Census Bureau and the Local Employment Dynamics (LED) Partnership in collaboration with the Council for Community and Economic Research (C2ER) and the Labor Market Information Institute (LMI), welcomes Cameron Macht as he presents, “Providing Perspective During COVID-19 Using Census Data.” The COVID-19 pandemic has created unprecedented changes across all industries, but has also hit some sectors harder than others. In addition to new data coming out, data can provide useful...
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What is Microdata and Why Should I Use It?
What is Microdata and Why Should I Use It? Can't find an estimate when searching through our pre-tabulated data products? Using microdata can be a great alternative. Microdata are a set of untabulated records about individual people or housing units that can be used to create custom tables. In this Data Gem, we will introduce you to the basics of microdata. Learn More Data Gems is a series of short videos available for data users who are looking for an easy and quick way to enhance their...
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Re: What is Microdata and Why Should I Use It?
Data from box in post:About Census Academy Let us show you how to find and use Census Bureau data for your everyday uses, including informing your business plan , supporting grant proposals and research projects, developing apps , urban development planning and services, and much more! Whether you’re looking for economic or demographic data, we can teach you how to get what you need for your various projects. To request free workshops and trainings for your organization, send us an e-mail at...
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When doing research or evaluation of program effectiveness it is often useful to have or refer to Censes data. Here’s how to do it.
Whether you have been using data.census.gov, or are a newcomer to the site, this webinar has something for everyone! Join us on September 9th to learn how to search for and download data,
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This US Census economic data show how far we will have to go to recover.
This US Census economic data show how far we will have to go to recover.
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Re: Moms, Work and the Pandemic
I wonder if this article is inaccurate. It may conflate sex with child care responses. I have been a stay at home grand parent care caregiver. That task greatly limited my employment choices.
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Moms, Work and the Pandemic
Around 10 million U.S. mothers living with their own school-age children were not actively working in January — 1.4 million more than during the same month last year, according to new U.S. Census Bureau data.
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A Better Normal Friday, March 26, 2021: PACEs and HOPE with Dr. Christina Bethell
Please join us for our next installment of A Better Normal, our live webinar series in which we imagine and create our society as trauma-informed! You may have seen we changed our name recently from ACEs Connection to PACEs Connection. Please join us to learn all about the groundbreaking research of Positive Childhood Experiences and how this is going to transform the work we are all doing. >>Click here to register<< PACEs and HOPE Live Event Friday, March 26, 2021 Noon PT / 1pm...
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Custom Tabulation Capabilities on data
US Census data users can create custom tabulations with various available Public Use Microdata sets and vintages
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US Census is now Measuring Community Resilience Equitably
There is a new data product: CRE for Equity. The tool includes a new dashboard and data that helps users understand their communities’ social vulnerability and equity.
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Census data provides national views of what was presented in the CTIPP 01/21 health workshop
People in vulnerable populations — as defined by socioeconomic characteristics — made more preventable visits to emergency rooms than others from 2013 to 2017, according to a U.S. Census Bureau working paper.
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Census Bureau Invites Public Input on Designing 2030 Census
(What information should the Census Bureau be collecting and correlating in order to better identify communities at greater risk for a traumatic childhood environment.
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How much would the NAS poverty reduction packages reduce referrals to CPS and foster care placements? Would they reduce racial disproportionality in child welfare? (nasonline.org).
Because of a collaboration with Columbia University and UW-Madison, we have answers to these questions. By Peter Peter Pecora, Casey Family Programs, March 17, 2023 - Overview The National Academy of Sciences (NAS) recently released a “ roadmap ” to reduce child poverty by as much as half through the implementation of a series of social policy packages. The aim of this study was to simulate the reductions in Child Protective Services (CPS) involvement and foster care placements that are...
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An Introduction to Census Data
The Census Bureau conducts over 130 surveys and provides data access to thousands of variables through dozens of data tools, a variety of data visualizations, data tables, raw data, and the Census Application Programming Interface (or API for short). Our communities can use this.