Recent Research about Census Topics
How do respondents’ answers to a Census Bureau question about their race vary depending on the type of question asked?
Numbers, Facts and Trends Shaping Your World
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Social Trends
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Relocation sends spouse on job hunt
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Books about the U.S. Census
For general readers who want to dig further into how the decennial Census has changed over the years, here is a short list of selected books that explore its past.
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Grandma in the house: Days of three generations under one roof have returned
The only generation gap at Gerry Laudano’s house is the unlocked door that separates her from her daughter, son-in-law and three grandkids.
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Tattoonomics, Part I
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Taking issue with skin color is just silly
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Census Data Point to Low Hispanic GED Attainment
Among Americans who have not obtained a regular high school diploma, Hispanics are less likely than members of other major U.S. race and ethnic groups to acquire a General Educational Development (GED) credential.
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Electoral Participation in the 2008 Presidential Election
The Census Bureau today released a report summarizing levels of voting and voter registration in the November 2008 presidential election. Based on the November 2008 Current Population Survey Voting and Registration supplement, the Census Bureau reports that over 131 million people cast a vote in 2008, up from 126 million in 2004. The 2008 electorate […]
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How Many Undocumented Immigrants?
The Census Bureau does not ask U.S. residents for their immigration status when they are counted in the 2010 Census or other population surveys.
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The New Demography of American Motherhood
Today’s mothers of newborns are older and better educated than their counterparts in 1990, according to a Pew Research Center analysis of data from the National Center for Health Statistics and U.S. Census Bureau. They are less likely to be white and less likely to be married.