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Book SynopsisThe 1990 United States Census was the most exhaustive in history. This book is dedicated to the needs of the local census data users. It provides an introduction to the data and teaches useful methods of analysis, focusing on four major themes: mastering access to a range of census data, measuring changes over time, comparing places, and more.
Trade Review"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
Table of ContentsDefinitions 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.
