HTW 309 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: United States Census Bureau, American Community Survey, Current Population Survey (Us)

• School: Syracuse University
• Department: Health and Wellness
• Course: HTW 309
• Professor: M.Thompson

Document Summary

Intersted in: size, distribution, structure and patterns of changes. Characteristics of populations such as marriage rate, divorce rates, age, gender, race, etc. Short form (aim for 100% of the population): size of household, age, gender, race and ethnicity. Annual data collection (metropolitan areas/ population groups 65,000 or greater): name, sex, age, ethnic origin, race, language ability, educational attainment and household income. Primary source of information on the labor force characteristics (reports to the. Appointments of us hor seats: 435 or seats among the 50 states, based on the population figures collected during the decennial census. Allocation of federal, state, and local funding, based on a variety of need variables. Recognizing trends and problems in communities for the purposes of pro-active planning. Lack of 100% participation and hart to count populations lead to under-counting among various populations. Minority groups (especially asian american and american indian/alaskan native) Small sample sizes for some populations render analysis difficult or impossible.