%0 Book %A National Research Council %E Edmonston, Barry %E Schultze, Charles %T Modernizing the U.S. Census %@ 978-0-309-05182-8 %D 1995 %U https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/4805/modernizing-the-us-census %> https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/4805/modernizing-the-us-census %I The National Academies Press %C Washington, DC %G English %K Behavioral and Social Sciences %P 480 %X The U.S. census, conducted every 10 years since 1790, faces dramatic new challenges as the country begins its third century. Critics of the 1990 census cited problems of increasingly high costs, continued racial differences in counting the population, and declining public confidence. This volume provides a major review of the traditional U.S. census. Starting from the most basic questions of how data are used and whether they are needed, the volume examines the data that future censuses should provide. It evaluates several radical proposals that have been made for changing the census, as well as other proposals for redesigning the year 2000 census. The book also considers in detail the much-criticized long form, the role of race and ethnic data, and the need for and ways to obtain small-area data between censuses. %0 Book %T Service Provider Perspectives on Family Violence Interventions %D 1995 %U https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/9053/service-provider-perspectives-on-family-violence-interventions %> https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/9053/service-provider-perspectives-on-family-violence-interventions %I The National Academies Press %C Washington, DC %G English %K Behavioral and Social Sciences %P 124 %0 Book %A National Research Council %E Citro, Constance F. %E Michael, Robert T. %T Measuring Poverty: A New Approach %@ 978-0-309-05128-6 %D 1995 %U https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/4759/measuring-poverty-a-new-approach %> https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/4759/measuring-poverty-a-new-approach %I The National Academies Press %C Washington, DC %G English %K Industry and Labor %K Health and Medicine %K Behavioral and Social Sciences %P 521 %X Each year's poverty figures are anxiously awaited by policymakers, analysts, and the media. Yet questions are increasing about the 30-year-old measure as social and economic conditions change. In Measuring Poverty a distinguished panel provides policymakers with an up-to-date evaluation of: Concepts and procedures for deriving the poverty threshold, including adjustments for different family circumstances. Definitions of family resources. Procedures for annual updates of poverty measures. The volume explores specific issues underlying the poverty measure, analyzes the likely effects of any changes on poverty rates, and discusses the impact on eligibility for public benefits. In supporting its recommendations the panel provides insightful recognition of the political and social dimensions of this key economic indicator. Measuring Poverty will be important to government officials, policy analysts, statisticians, economists, researchers, and others involved in virtually all poverty and social welfare issues.