APDU Data Update

APDU Data Update

APDU 2011 Annual Conference

Public Data on a Budget:  
Making Critical Policy Decisions in the Current Fiscal Climate

September 21-22, 2011

George Washington University, The Cloyd Heck Marvin Center
800 21st Street, NW
Washington, DC 20052

Preliminary Agenda

Registration Form
 

News Items

Pew Analysis of Census Data Demonstrates Wealth Gaps

A recently released Pew Research Center analysis of data from the Census Bureau’s Survey of Income and Program Participation demonstrates that the median wealth of white households is 20 times that of black households and 18 times that of Hispanic households.  Access the report, Twenty-to-One: Wealth Gaps Rise to Record Highs Between Whites, Blacks, and Hispanics, and associated coverage in The Washington Post.
 

O*NET Database Updated

The O*NET 16.0 development database was recently released, providing comprehensive data for 857 O*NET-SOC occupations, 107 of which were updated.  The database also includes the O*NET-SOC 2010 taxonomy and new information about green occupations and tasks.
 

Notable Data Publications

Each week, the APDU Data Update identifies recent statistical data releases of interest to APDU members.

• Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality – Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance for Early Retirees in the Private Sector, 2004 and 2009
• Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality – Health Expenditures Among Children with Reported Treatment for Asthma, United States, 1997-1998 and 2007-2008
• Bureau of Justice Statistics – Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies, 2008
• Bureau of Labor Statistics – Transportation Fatalities in the Mining Sector: 2004—2008
• Census Bureau – 2010 Census Summary File 1 for Illinois, Indiana, Nevada, Oregon, South Dakota, and Washington
• Department of Education – Graduate and First-Professional Students: 2007–08
• Department of Housing and Urban Development – Capital Needs in the Public Housing Program
• National Center for Education Statistics – 2008 – 09 Baccalaureate & Beyond Longitudinal Study
• National Center for Science & Engineering Statistics – Two Decades of Increasing Diversity More than Doubled the Number of Minority Graduate Students in Science and Engineering
• National Science Foundation – Federal Funding of Basic and Applied Research Increases in FY 2009

Calls for Comment

APDU maintains a list of open calls for comment on proposed federal data collections (http://www.apdu.org/advocacy.asp).  We periodically alert APDU members to newly added calls for comment.  Over the last several weeks, calls for comment on the following proposed data collections were published in the Federal Register (with due date):

Bureau of Labor Statistics

• Current Population Survey Volunteer Supplement (August 25, 2011)
• Report on Current Employment Statistics (August 26, 2011)

Institute for Education Sciences

• Fast Response Survey System (FRSS) 104: Dual Credit and Exam-Based Courses in Public High Schools: 2010-11 & Post Education Quick Information System (PEQIS) 18: Dual Enrollment of High School Students at Postsecondary Institutions: 2010-11 (August 22, 2011)
• National Longitudinal Transition Study 2012 (September 20, 2011)

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

• National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) (August 24, 2011)

National Science Foundation

• Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and Engineering (August 22, 2011)
• FY 2011 and FY 2013 Survey of Science and Engineering Research Facilities (August 26, 2011)
   

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July 28, 2011

Webinar
Delivering What Users Want: The History of U.S. Census Small Area Data

Wednesday, September 7, 2011
2:00 PM – 3:00 PM EDT
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Since the late nineteenth century, the U.S. Census Bureau has met the growing demand for new types of small area data.  Beginning with the 1890 Census, the Census Bureau attempted to make small area data more routine and consistent and expand the scope of such data in its products. The Census Bureau was responding to requests from public health agents who wanted to investigate causes of disease, which, at that time, they saw as overcrowding, poor sanitation, and possibly topography.  Tract level data, first introduced in New York City in the 1910 Census, was added for other cities and became essential for social welfare programming, business purposes, and local government planning.  Fast forward to the internet age and widespread demand for Block Group and Block Level data for a host of applications.  Michael Snow, historian at the U.S. Census Bureau, will present this fascinating history of the development of small area data products.
 

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