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HUD Seeks Input into Rotating Topical Modules for 2013 AHS

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development is seeking data user input into questions for its new rotating topical modules in the 2013 American Housing Survey.  These modules include neighborhoods and walkability, household energy use, and disaster planning.  HUD plans to repeat these modules every four years.  Data users with suggestions for questions should submit them to Dav Vandenbroucke by November 23 and may also contact him for a tentative list of questions for the neighborhood and disaster modules.  
 

New York Times Examines Consequences of Budget, Statistical Report Cuts at National Agricultural Statistics Service

The New York Times recently featured a piece on the consequences of budget cuts to the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the National Agricultural Statistics Service reports that will be eliminated as a result (approximately 500 reports).  Access the full article here.

New Variables Added to LED Quarterly Workforce Indicators

The Census Bureau recently added several new variables of interest to its Local Employment Dynamics Quarterly Workforce Indicators (QWI).  The site now gives data users the option to disaggregate workforce indicators by education level, gender, and race/ethnicity.  Differences in earnings and job turnover rates by education level and race for small areas of geography are now accessible, and the pivot table option enables comparisons across categories.  Check it out!
 

Census Bureau Releases New American Community Survey Research & Evaluation Papers

The Census Bureau’s American Community Survey Research & Evaluation program recently released a series of analysis papers covering a wide variety of survey methodology and analysis topics.  These papers include:

• Assessment of Data Quality Filtering of Multiyear Estimates in American Community Survey Data Products
• Comparison of ACS Detailed Tables with Tables in Census 2000 Summary File 3
• Analysis of the 2009 Field of Degree Question in the American Community Survey
• Evaluation of the ACS Mail Materials and Mailing Strategy During the 2010 Census
• Using Subcounty Population Estimates as Controls in Weighting for the American Community Survey

Notable Data Publications

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

• Census Bureau – America’s Families and Living Arrangements: 2011
• Department of Agriculture – Economic Research Service – Direct and Intermediated Marketing of Local Foods in the United States
• Medical Expenditure Panel Survey – Health Care Expenditures for Non-Melanoma Skin Cancer among Adults, 2005-2008 (Average Annual)
• National Center for Health Statistics – Births: Final Data for 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):

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

• National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NAMCS) (December 5, 2011)

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

• National Balancing Indicators Project (NBIP) Direct Service Workforce Data Collection Effort (December 5, 2011)

Federal Transit Administration

• 49 U.S.C. 5335(a) and (b) National Transit Database (January 6, 2012)

Office of Justice Programs

• Census of Problem-Solving Courts 2011 (December 7, 2011)

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November 10, 2011

Webinar:
National Longitudinal Surveys from the Bureau of Labor Statistics

November 29, 2011
2:00 PM – 3:00 PM EST

Register

This webinar will provide an overview of the Bureau of Labor Statistics National Longitudinal Surveys program, the population groups that have been surveyed by BLS, and the types of information collected in the surveys.  Other topics to be covered include:

• Who uses NLS data?
• Examples of the types of research questions that have been examined using NLS data
• How to obtain NLS data and documentation

About the Data:
The National Longitudinal Surveys (NLS) are a set of surveys designed to gather information at multiple points in time on the labor market activities and other significant life events of several groups of men and women.  For more than four decades, NLS data have served as an important tool for economists, sociologists, and other researchers.  Information about the NLS is available on the Bureau of Labor Statistics website.
 
Presenter:
Jay Meisenheimer – Assistant Director, National Longitudinal Surveys, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
 

Census Bureau Webinar:
Migration Data

November 15, 2011

10:00 AM EST

The U.S. Census Bureau will hold an audio news conference to release four migration-related data products. Statistics from the Current Population Survey and American Community Survey examine topics including the likelihood of people moving and how this rate has changed over time, the reasons people move, how common it is for people to live in their state of birth, and the most common sets of state-to-state moves.

Presenters:
Alison Fields, Chief, Journey-to-Work & Migration Statistics Branch, U.S. Census Bureau

William H. Frey, Senior Fellow, Metropolitan Policy Program, Brookings Institution

Audio conference:
Phone #: 888-989-7686
Passcode: CENSUS
Note: Stay on the line until operator asks for the passcode. Do not key in passcode.
 
Online presentation:
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Conference #: PW8836688
Passcode: CENSUS
 

Bureau of Transportation Statistics Webinar:
Finding Transportation Statistics
 
November 15, 2011
3:00 – 4:00 PM EDT

This webinar will discuss data products & services available from BTS.

Access the webinar here and use conference call number 1-877-336-1839 (passcode: 2683607).