Posts Tagged ‘statistics’

How can I access the 1940 census enumeration?

Wednesday, May 2nd, 2012

Every ten years the U.S. Census Bureau undertakes the only comprehensive counting of the entire population. Mandated by the Constitution (article I, section 2) census data are available for every census from 1970 onward. For privacy reasons, the actual names and individual responses are unavailable until 72 years later. In April 2012 the 1940 census enumeration records became available to the general public.

To access the enumeration records you can visit these three places:
1) The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) web site: http://1940census.archives.gov/
NARA is partnering with Archives.com to make the scans and indexing of the 1940 census available.
2) Archives.com – http://www.archives.com/1940census
This is the free Archives.com web site.
3) Ancestry Library Collection
This is the subscription-based version of Archives.com to which Penrose Library subscribes via ProQuest.

If it is Census data you want, here are several ways to access it:
1. We have it in print under SuDocs number C 3.940-5:
This information is covered in a Research Guide: http://libguides.du.edu/census
2. The University of Virginia Library has a very nice historical census browser:
http://mapserver.lib.virginia.edu/
3. Our Social Explorer database provides historical census statistics:
http://0-socialexplorer.com.bianca.penlib.du.edu/pub/home/home.aspx
This allows for generation of tabular data and beautiful maps as well.

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How do I find IPEDS data?

Monday, November 21st, 2011

IPEDS is the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System. It is a system of interrelated surveys conducted annually by the U.S. Department’s National Center for Education Statistics (NCES). IPEDS gathers information from every college, university, and technical and vocational institution that participates in the federal student financial aid programs. The Higher Education Act of 1965 requires that institutions that participate in federal student aid programs report data on enrollments, program completions, graduation rates, faculty and staff, finances, institutional prices, and student financial aid. These data are made available to students and parents through the College Navigator college search Web site and to researchers and others through the IPEDS Data Center. If you are looking for detailed statistics for a research project, you will want to use the IPEDS Data Center which has more robust search features.

The IPEDS Data Center allows users to compare individual institutions, rank institutions by certain variables, and download custom data files. For predefined data reports on the University of Denver, you may also wish to view the Profiles (University Fact Book).   Please feel free to contact the Research Center with any questions!

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How do I find a country’s Gini Index?

Thursday, November 4th, 2010

You can use Global Market Information Database to find a country’s Gini Index.  To access this library subscription database take the steps below:

1.  Go to the library homepage at library.du.edu.

2.  Click on the “Databases” link located in the “Find Articles” section of the page.

3.  Select “International Business” in the box under the “Search by Category” section and click on the Submit button.

4. Scroll down and select Global Market Information Database (Enhanced).  Read the “Terms and Conditions” document and click on the Accept button if you agree to the terms.  Once you do this you will have access to the database.

To find the Gini Index for a country take the following steps:

1.  Move the mouse over the SEARCH button and select the text option.

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2.  You will get a search box.  Enter the terms:  gini index and country and click on the GO button.

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3.  The result will be in the Statistics section as illustrated below:

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4.  Click on “Gini Index” to see the data.  You can change the years using the “Change Time Series” button located on the left panel.

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5.  Be sure to Log Off once you have finished using this database.

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How do I find education statistics?

Tuesday, June 22nd, 2010

A good place to begin looking for education statistics is the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)- http://www.nces.ed.gov.  This site allows you to search through various NCES publications including The Condition of Education, The Digest of Education Statistics, and Projections of Education Statistics.  In addition to using this site, you may also want to check out some of the sources below.

Higher Education/Postsecondary Statistics

Elementary/Secondary Statistics

International and Comparative Statistics

Colorado Statistics

Historical Statistics

Many of the resources listed above have data archives which go back a number of years.  You can also check out some comprehensive volumes listed below.

General Statistical Databases

For additional help with finding educational statistics, please see our Research Guides or visit the Research Center.

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How can I get current detailed U.S. demographic data?

Tuesday, June 1st, 2010

The decennial census of the United States is required every 10 years by the Constitution. Recent censuses up until the 2000 Census had asked about 15% of the population questions via the “long form” about detailed social, economic, and housing topics such as travel time to work, language spoken at home, and educational attainment.

Today there is no more long form. Rather, detailed data are gathered via the American Community Survey (ACS) program, an ongoing data sampling of the entire nation. Questions are similar to the Summary File 3 (SF3) data from Census 2000 and the Summary Tape File 3 (STF3) of the 1990 Census, but more questions are being added year by year to add further value.

The ACS can be easily found on the Census Web site.  American FactFinder is the tool that provides access to the data. The ACS has several advantages as well as disadvantages. The biggest advantage is currency; users no longer need to wait for processing of the decennial census data taken only every ten years. One of the disadvantages is that users will have to wait until five years of survey data are available for a given county until zip-code granularity data can be accessed.

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