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Census Requests Feedback on Data Products

In the Federal Register Notice on the 5-year ACS data products, the Census Bureau announced that it would begin to produce 5-year ACS data for ZCTAs (Zip Code Tabulation Areas) beginning with the 2007-2011 ACS data due out next year. Both the decision to add ZCTAs as well as what data products to produce for ZCTAs is now coming under increased scrutiny given the current budget climate. The Census Bureau is reaching out to data users to see whether and how they would use ACS ZCTA data and what products, if any, they would like to see produced for ZCTAs. Data users can respond directly to Scott Boggess with their feedback prior to November 30.

Guardian Announces Competition to Visualize Economic Crisis

Information is Beautiful and the Guardian’s Datablog have joined forces to reward great data visualizations of the financial crisis. $5,000 will be awarded to the winner of their financial data visualization competition. Learn more here.

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 Part-Time Employees in the Private Sector, 2005 versus 2010
Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality – Trends in Hormone Replacement Therapy Drugs Utilization and Expenditures for Adult Women in the U.S. Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population, 2001-2008
Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality – Use and Expenditures Related to Thyroid Disease among Women Age 18 and Older, U.S. Noninstitutionalized Population, 2008
Bureau of Labor Statistics – Nonfatal Occupational Injuries and Illnesses Requiring Days Away From Work, 2010
Census Bureau – 90+ in the United States: 2006–2008
Census Bureau – Child Poverty in the United States 2009 and 2010: Selected Race Groups and Hispanic Origin
Census Bureau – Food Stamp/Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Receipt in the Past 12 Months for Households by State: 2009 and 2010
Census Bureau – Maternity Leave and Employment Patterns of First-Time Mothers: 1961-2008
Census Bureau – The Newly Arrived Foreign Born Population of the United States: 2010
Department of Agriculture – Economic Research Service – How Much Time Do Americans Spend on Food?
Employee Benefit Research Institute – Public Opinion on the Future of Employment-Based Health Benefits: Findings From the 2011 Health Confidence Survey
National Center for Education Statistics – Characteristics of GED Recipients in High School: 2002–06
National Center for Education Statistics – Revenues and Expenditures for Public Elementary and Secondary School Districts: School Year 2008–09
National Data Archive on Child Abuse & Neglect – Cornell University – Predicting and Preventing Neglect in Teen Mothers (2001-2007)

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

Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey (January 9, 2012)
National Compensation Survey (January 17, 2012)

Census Bureau

Manufacturers’ Shipments, Inventories, and Orders (M3) Survey (January 13, 2012)

Centers for Disease Control & Prevention

Healthy Homes and Lead Poisoning Surveillance System (December 15, 2011)

Energy Information Administration

Monthly Biodiesel Production Survey (December 12, 2011)
Monthly Natural Gas Production Report (January 9, 2012)

Institute of Education Sciences

2011-12 National Postsecondary Student Aid Study Full Scale Student Data Collection (December 12, 2011)

National Agricultural Statistics Service

Milk and Milk Products Surveys (January 9, 2012)

National Drug Intelligence Center

National Drug Threat Survey (December 16, 2011)

National Endowment for the Arts

General Social Survey Arts Supplement (December 15, 2011)

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November 17, 2011

Webinar:
National Longitudinal Surveys from the Bureau of Labor Statistics

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

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