Playing Politics with Data

In the increasingly polarized political environment in the United States, it is hard to imagine policy-making becoming even more ideologica...

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Asian Americans and Identity

Asian Americans and Identity

Data from the Pew Research Center demonstrate how different Asian American groups identify themselves.  Overall, 62% of all Asian American...

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Brookings Institution Finds Economic Recovery in Metro Areas to be Sluggish and Uneven

Brookings Institution Finds Economic Recovery in Metro Areas to be Sluggish and Uneven

The Brookings Institution released its July Metro Monitor , in which the organization inspects key economic indicators from each of Americ...

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U.S. Naturalization

U.S. Naturalization

The Economist's recent Daily Chart depicts the number of naturalizations that occurred over the past decade in a handful of countries....

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Census Predicts Hispanic Population Within U.S. to Grow to 132.9 Million by 2050

Census Predicts Hispanic Population Within U.S. to Grow to 132.9 Million by 2050

Roberto Ramirez, Chief of the Ancestry and Ethnicity branch of the U.S. Census Bureau, appeared on C-SPAN to discuss the current and fu...

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UPDATE: Webinar on using Quantitative Data in the Classroom today at *1 pm*

On Wednesday, June 27, at * 1 pm *, EDT, ICPSR and the Social Science Data Analysis Network ( SSDAN ) will host the third webinar in a serie...

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Homicides Up 38% In Chicago

Homicides Up 38% In Chicago

Monica Davey of The New York Times examined homicides in some of America’s largest cities.  Chicago’s Mayor, Rahm Emanuel, ranked safer...

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Richy Rich: Income Inequality Infographics

Richy Rich: Income Inequality Infographics

Over the past year we have heard the media frequently use the term "99%."  It's a figure that Occupy Wall Street has been quic...

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Over a Third of American Companies are Hiring

Over a Third of American Companies are Hiring

Gallup tracks the percentage of employed Americans who report their company is hiring or laying off workers.   The most recent tally dis...

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White Americans Possess 22 Times More Wealth Than Black Americans

White Americans Possess 22 Times More Wealth Than Black Americans

Tami Luhby, writing for CNN, highlighted the widening wealth gap between races.  In 2010, the median household net worth for whites was...

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Webinar on teaching quantitative data analysis to undergraduates set for June 27

On Wednesday, June 27, at 2 pm, EDT, ICPSR and the Social Science Data Analysis Network ( SSDAN ) will host the third webinar in a series ai...

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Nearly 1 in 5 Americans Would Not Vote for a Mormon President

Nearly 1 in 5 Americans Would Not Vote for a Mormon President

According to Gallup’s Frank Newport , the American public has not altered its views on the possibility of a Mormon president for the past ...

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Americans Spend Less On Groceries

Americans Spend Less On Groceries

Lam Thuy Vo, writing for NPR, noted that Americans spend less money on groceries today than they spent 30 years ago. In 1982, citizens ...

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America's Largest Cities Still Growing

America's Largest Cities Still Growing

Marc Perry, chief of the Population Distribution Branch of the Census Bureau appeared on C-SPAN to discuss the population shifts and de...

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More Than 1 in 4 Fathers Live Apart From Their Children

More Than 1 in 4 Fathers Live Apart From Their Children

Just in time for Father’s Day, the Pew Research Center released a study on children under the age of 18 living with their parents.  Sin...

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President Obama and Mitt Romney in Statistical Tie With 5 Months and Counting to Election Day

President Obama and Mitt Romney in Statistical Tie With 5 Months and Counting to Election Day

Gallup's Election 2012 poll has President Obama and Mitt Romney in a dead heat.  The President maintains only a one percentage poin...

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Population Growth in U.S. Slows

Population Growth in U.S. Slows

Mark Mather of the Population Reference Bureau, in a recent article , sought to answer the question, “What's driving the decline in ...

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American-Mexican Trade Becomes More Efficient

American-Mexican Trade Becomes More Efficient

In June 12 th ’s graphic detail , The Economist expounds upon a growing discrepancy in U.S.-Mexico trade relations.  While trade between...

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Webinar on "Teaching with Contingency Tables" set for Thursday, June 14

The Social Science Data Analysis Network , in partnership with the Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR), wi...

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Partisan Divide at 25-Year High

Partisan Divide at 25-Year High

The Pew Research Center recently released a report on the growing partisan polarization in America.  Pew surveyed respondents for the pa...

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Homeless Veteran Population Declines

Homeless Veteran Population Declines

 From the Homelessness Research Institute's The State of Homelessness in America 2012  The Population Reference Bureau reports ...

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Almost 1 in 4 American Children in Poverty

Almost 1 in 4 American Children in Poverty

Saki Knafo, writing for the Huffington Post , focuses on UNICEF’s recent report on child poverty in developed countries.  The report dis...

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American Students More Than Twice as Likely to Use Illicit Drugs Than European Students

American Students More Than Twice as Likely to Use Illicit Drugs Than European Students

The European School Survey Project on Alcohol and Other Drugs (ESPAD) released its wide-ranging report on drug use amongst European ...

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ICPSR announces summer internships

ICPSR is pleased to announce the participants in the 8th year of the ICPSR Summer Internship Program for undergraduates, supported by a gra...

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