APDU Weekly – January 27, 2022

January 27, 2022

FEATURES

Level up Your Data Science Programming:

Learn the Most Widely Used Open-source Statistical Analysis Language!

Beginner R Training:

Data Science for Community, Workforce, and Economic Development Research

February 8, 10, 15, 17, 22, 24

4:30 PM – 6:30 PM ET

12 Days Till Class Starts

APDU’s Introduction to R workshop will provide a complete crash course on the full data science workflow, from cleaning and wrangling to visualization. Two RStudio Certified Tidyverse instructors will cover the essentials of popular R packages, including ggplot2, tidyr, dplyr, tidymodels, and rmarkdown.

Call For Proposals Now Open

A Future For Good: How Public Data Helps Us Create Resiliency and Equity for All

APDU is welcoming proposals for the Data Symposium 2022, A Future For Good: How Public Data Helps Us Create Resiliency and Equity for All, (May 3 – 4, 2022). With economic, public health, and governance challenges arising from COVID-19 and political polarization, trustworthy public data is vital to open and honest policy debates. APDU is interested in proposals with specific state and local examples.

NEWS

Documents Reveal Trump Administration’s ‘Unprecedented’ Attempts to Influence 2020 Census

‘Whoa, That’s Not Right’: Georgia Towns Lead Census Appeals

Colorado Front and Center in New Era of Labor Fights Post-Pandemic

Giving Moms Money Can Boost Babies’ Brain Activity, Study Finds

New Data Shows Startling Rise in Prison Deaths During 2020

The Pros and Cons of Using Big Data in Economic Signals

The Rise of Strategic Global Outsourcing and Implications on American Talent

The Statistic Fed Chair Powell Uses to Keep an Eye Out for Wage Inflation

U.S. GDP Growth Set to Pop in Q4 Report, but Q1 Outlook Is Sliding

Younger Generations and the Lost Dream of Home Ownership

COVID-19 NEWS

Omicron’s Economic Toll: Missing Workers, More Uncertainty and Higher Inflation (Maybe)

NEW AND UPDATED DATA SOURCES

Assessing the Effects of COVID-19 on Housing Vacancy Survey Estimates Using a Revised Nonresponse Adjustment Factor

New Data Fields for HUD Aggregated USPS Administrative Data on Address Vacancies

Using Citizen Science Data to Investigate Unseasonal Flowering in Joshua Trees

DATA VISUALIZATION

Just How Gummed up Are Supply Chains?

UPCOMING WEBINARS

National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics

Government Advances in Statistical Programming (GASP) Workshop 2022

Day 1: Wednesday, February 2 at 12:00 PM ET – 5:00 PM ET

Day 2: Thursday, February 3 at 11:00 AM ET – 5:00 PM ET

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Census Bureau 

Financial Reporting Quality and Wage Differentials: Evidence from Worker-Level Data

February 9, 2022

1:00 PM – 2:00 PM ET

More Information

Census Bureau 

data.census.gov: Streamlining the Way You Get Data

February 10, 2022

2:00 PM – 3:00 PM ET

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LED Webinar

Initial Impact of COVID-19 on Travel, Tourism, Outdoor Recreation Varied Widely Across States and Demographic Groups

February 16, 2022

1:30 PM – 2:30 PM ET

Save the Date

Please note there is no registration for this webinar. The add to calendar feature will remind you when it’s about to begin.

DATA PUBLICATIONS

ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS

Harvard University

• New Study Focuses on Disparities Across Racial, Ethnic and Income Groups in America

London School of Economics

• How Subprime Lending Emerged in Minority Neighbourhoods

Yale University

• Medicare Helps Close Racial Gaps in Access to Healthcare

GOVERNMENT

Bureau of Economic Analysis

• Updated and Revised Estimates of The U.S. Space Economy, 2012–2019

Bureau of Labor Statistics

• Median Earnings for Women in 2021 Were 83.1 Percent of the Median for Men
• SNAP Participation and Food-At-Home Expenditures Through the Great Recession: United States and the New York Area
• Time Use of Millennials and Generation X: Differences Across Time
• Union Membership Rate Declines in 2021, Returns to 2019 Rate of 10.3 Percent

Census Bureau

• Census Academy Launches 2022 Back to Data Basics Webinar Series
• Most Vulnerable More Likely to Depend on Emergency Rooms for Preventable Care
• Two Ways the U.S. Census Bureau Measures Poverty to Capture Clearer Picture of Poverty in America

Economic Research Service

• COVID-19 Vaccinations in Rural America

Energy Information Administration

• State Energy Data System: Motor Gasoline, Aviation Gasoline, and Fuel Ethanol Through 2020

National Agricultural Statistics Service

• NASS Conducts New Surveys and Makes Strides to Reduce Barriers and Enhance Equity in Accessing Vital Agricultural Data
• USDA to Conduct First-Ever National Agroforestry Survey

National Center for Education Statistics

• National Household Education Surveys Program of 2019: Qualitative Study of Nonresponding Addresses
• Private School Universe Survey (PSS): Public-Use Data File User’s Manual for School Year 2019–208

National Center for Health Statistics

• Exploring the Decline in the Singleton Preterm Birth Rate in the United States, 2019–2020
• Fetal Mortality in the United States: Trends From 2014-2019 and Changes for 2018-2019 and 2019-2020
• National Hospital Care Survey Demonstration Projects: Examination of Inpatient Hospitalization and Risk of Mortality Among Patients Diagnosed With Pneumonia
• Stressful Life Events Among Children Aged 5–17 Years by Disability Status: United States, 2019

National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics

• Universities Report Growth in U.S. Citizen and Permanent Resident Enrollment Along With Declines in Enrollment of Temporary Visa Holders at Master’s and Doctoral Levels Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic

NONPROFITS & FOUNDATIONS

Brookings Institution

• Examining the Economic Status of Same-Gender Relationship Households

Information Technology & Innovation Foundation

• The Looming Cost of a Patchwork of State Privacy Laws

Pew Research Center

• Latinos See U.S. As Better Than Place of Family’s Ancestry for Opportunity, Raising Kids, Health Care Access
• One-In-Ten Black People Living in the U.S. Are Immigrants

FEDERAL RULEMAKING AND CALLS FOR COMMENT

APDU maintains a list of open calls for comment on proposed federal data collections. 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

• The Consumer Expenditure Surveys: The Quarterly Interview and the Diary (March 28, 2022)

Census Bureau

• Household Pulse Survey (February 23, 2022)

Federal Transit Administration

• National Transit Database Census Reporting Clarifications (February 18, 2022)