Analysis with Local Census Data – Portraits of Change
Autor Dowell Myersen Limba Engleză Paperback – 8 mar 1992
Key Features
* Provides a comprehensive introduction to the scope of local census data and carefully explains the different variables and sources of data
* Emphasizes how analysis can be conducted to extract maximum use from local data
* Written to coincide with the publication of the 1990 United States Census data
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780125123082
ISBN-10: 0125123086
Pagini: 370
Dimensiuni: 191 x 236 x 21 mm
Greutate: 0.82 kg
Editura: Emerald Publishing
ISBN-10: 0125123086
Pagini: 370
Dimensiuni: 191 x 236 x 21 mm
Greutate: 0.82 kg
Editura: Emerald Publishing
Public țintă
Students and professionals with the equivalent of a master's level professional degree in the areas of demography, urban planning, public administration, geography, sociology, education, and political science.Cuprins
Definitions and Strategies:
Using Census Data for Local Portraits.
Concepts, Definitions, and Linkages.
Data Available for Local Area Analysis.
Strategies of Presentation.
Analyzing Local Changes:
Local Housing Conditions.
Marital Status, Family, and Household Relationships.
Population Age Structure.
Migration and Residential Mobility.
Racial Composition and Change.
Measuring Local Income Levels.
Extracting Information from Local Microdata:
Structuring Analysis with Microdata.
Labor Force Analysis in Small Areas.
Tabulating and Linking Different Universes.
Conclusion. Appendixes.
Bibliography.
Index.
Using Census Data for Local Portraits.
Concepts, Definitions, and Linkages.
Data Available for Local Area Analysis.
Strategies of Presentation.
Analyzing Local Changes:
Local Housing Conditions.
Marital Status, Family, and Household Relationships.
Population Age Structure.
Migration and Residential Mobility.
Racial Composition and Change.
Measuring Local Income Levels.
Extracting Information from Local Microdata:
Structuring Analysis with Microdata.
Labor Force Analysis in Small Areas.
Tabulating and Linking Different Universes.
Conclusion. Appendixes.
Bibliography.
Index.
Recenzii
"A timely, one-of-a-kind reference volume. It offers teachers, analysts, and applied demographers a wealth of practical advice and useful illustrations."
--Peter A. Morrison, RAND CORPORATION
"A thoughtful, comprehensive, and well-organized handbook for novice and practitioner alike, with thorough discussions on Census methodology, the different Census data products, Census data items and the linkages among them, and how to integrate it all into an accessible and meaningful local portrait."
--PAUL FARMER, AICP, Deputy Planning Director, City of Pittsburgh
"Dowell Myers has succeeded in providing local community researchers with a thorough, yet eminently practical, handbook for analyzing social change using that mother lode of small-area data neggest: the decennial Census of Population and Housing."
--PAUL R. VOSS, Director, Applied Population Library, University of Wisconsin, Madison
--Peter A. Morrison, RAND CORPORATION
"A thoughtful, comprehensive, and well-organized handbook for novice and practitioner alike, with thorough discussions on Census methodology, the different Census data products, Census data items and the linkages among them, and how to integrate it all into an accessible and meaningful local portrait."
--PAUL FARMER, AICP, Deputy Planning Director, City of Pittsburgh
"Dowell Myers has succeeded in providing local community researchers with a thorough, yet eminently practical, handbook for analyzing social change using that mother lode of small-area data neggest: the decennial Census of Population and Housing."
--PAUL R. VOSS, Director, Applied Population Library, University of Wisconsin, Madison