APDU Data Update

APDU Data Update

News Items

Urban Institute Updates Children of Immigrants Data Tool

The interactive Children of Immigrants Data Tool has been updated with 2008 and 2009 American Community Survey data. The tool can generate customized graphs and charts for every state and the District of Columbia. Statistics on 26 indicators include citizenship and immigrant status (foreign vs. native-born) of children and their parents; children’s race, ethnicity, and school enrollment; parents’ education and English proficiency; and family composition, income, work effort, homeownership, and food stamp receipt.
 

Notable Data Publications

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

• Automatic Data Processing, Inc. – July 2011 ADP National Employment Report
• Bureau of Economic Analysis – Personal Income for Metropolitan Areas, 2010
• Bureau of Labor Statistics – Charting International Labor Comparisons
• Bureau of Labor Statistics – Highlights of Women’s Earnings in 2010
• Bureau of Labor Statistics – Workplace fatalities in mining, 2004–2008
• Bureau of Transportation Statistics – Air Travel Consumer Report
• Census Bureau – 2010 Census New Local-Level Demographic Information for Arkansas, Iowa, Louisiana, Maryland, New Jersey and Texas
• Department of Agriculture – Economic Research Service – Adoption of Genetically Engineered Crops in the U.S.
• Department of Agriculture – Economic Research Service – Atlas of Rural and Small-Town America
• Department of Agriculture – Economic Research Service – Brazil’s Ethanol Industry: BIO-02 Looking Forward
• Department of Agriculture – Economic Research Service – The Effect of Food and Beverage Prices on Children’s Weights
• Department of Agriculture – Economic Research Service – Geographic Differences in the Relative Price of Healthy Foods
• Department of Agriculture – Economic Research Service – Grassland to Cropland Conversion in the Northern Plains
• Department of Agriculture – Economic Research Service – State Export Data
• Department of Agriculture – Economic Research Service – Why Have Food Commodity Prices Risen Again?
• Department of Justice – Use of Victim Service Agencies by Victims of Serious Violent Crime, 1993-2009
• Internal Revenue Service – SOI Tax Stats – Individual Income Tax Returns Publication 1304 (Complete Report)

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):

Census Bureau

• 2012 Economic Census–Commodity Flow Survey (September 5, 2011)
• 2011 Government Units Survey (September 5, 2011)
• 2012 Economic Census Covering Information; Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services; Educational Services; Health Care and Social Assistance; Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation; and Other Services (Except Public Administration) Sectors (September 9, 2011)

Health Resources and Services Administration

• National Sample Survey of Nurse Practitioners (October 7, 2011)

Institute of Education Sciences

• Teaching and Learning International Survey (TALIS) 2013 Field Trial (October 11, 2011)

National Institutes of Health

• The Hispanic Community Health Study (HCHS)/Study of Latinos (SOL) (October 10, 2011)

Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), Department of the Treasury

• Fair Housing Home Loan Data System Regulation (September 8, 2011)

Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs, DOL

• Non-Discrimination in Compensation; Compensation Data Collection Tool (October 11, 2011)

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August 11, 2011

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

Early Registration Ends August 20th

Webinar
Getting and Using Medicare Data: What I Wish I Had Known Before I Started My Research

September 27, 2011
1:00 – 2:30 PM Eastern
Register
 

Presented by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Changes in Health Care Financing and Organization program and AcademyHealth’s Methods Council

Medicare data has long been an important resource for researchers and policymakers who study the U.S. health care system. The process of acquiring and using data, however, can be complex to navigate, especially for new researchers. In addition to identifying the most suitable data to answer their research questions, they must know how to interpret it appropriately and confirm that needed data elements are actually available. Another practical challenge in creating a custom data request is how to balance the desire for methodological robustness with the need to stay within a budget. Finally, researchers must obtain a data use agreement that conforms to federal privacy rules.

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