CDERR (Current Demographic Research Reports) is a weekly email report produced by the Center for Demography and Ecology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison that helps researchers keep up to date with the latest developments in the field. This report will contain selected listings of new: reports, articles, bibliographies, working papers, tables of contents, conferences, data, and websites. For more information, including an archive of back issues and subscription information see:
http://www.disc.wisc.edu/reports/CDERR/subscribe.html
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CDERR is compiled and edited by Jack Solock, Charlie Fiss, and John Carlson of the University of Wisconsin Center for Demography and Ecology Information Services Center.
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NOTE! Index Items marked with *** indicate there are related articles. Articles can be found with the item in the body of the report. We cannot guarantee the permanence of related article addresses. They may be available in Lexis-Nexis, ProQuest Newspapers. Check your organization's library.
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CENTRAL GOVERNMENT STATISTICAL PUBLICATIONS
Census Bureau Report: "Survey of Business Owners: American Indian- and Alaska Native-Owned Firms: 2002"
Centers for Disease Control Periodical: _Emerging Infectious Diseases_
_Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report_ Articles
National Center for Health Statistics Reports
Medical Expenditure Panel Survey Compendium Tables, Statistical Briefs
National Center for Education Statistics Reports:***
Bureau of Labor Statistics Periodical: _Occupational Outlook Quarterly_
Bureau of Justice Statistics Report: "Citizen Complaints about Police Use of Force"
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Report: "Juvenile Residential Facility Census, 2002: Selected Findings,"
National Academies Press Monograph: _Hospital-Based Emergency Care: At the Breaking Point_
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Department of Labor & Workforce Development Reports
Stats Indiana Updates
Iowa State Data Center Updates
Maryland State Data Center Updates
Missouri Census Data Center Report: "Updates on Domestic Migration Trends for States"
Department of Labor and Workforce Development Report: "Municipal Estimates 2005"
South Dakota State Data Center Report: "2005 South Dakota Community Abstracts"
Vermont State Data Center Report: "Municipal Population Estimates"
Applied Population Laboratory Report: "Wisconsin Hispanic Chartbook 1980"
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Population Division Wall Chart: "International Migration 2006"
World Health Organization Report: "World Health Statistics 2006"
World Health Organization Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean Periodical: _Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal_
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Eurostat News Release: "More than a third of EU25 population have no basic computer skills"
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare Compendium: _Australia's Health 2006_***
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Statistics Canada/Statistique Canada Research Paper: "National Data Sets: Sources of Information for Canadian Child Care Data"
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Statistics Denmark Compendium: _Statistical Yearbook 2006_
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National Institute for Statistics and Economic Studies (INSEE): "France in Facts and Figures"
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Bureau of Statistics: "Population & Housing Census 2002 Neighborhood Democratic Council Level Statistics
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Statistics Iceland News Release: "Income from employment 2005"
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Department of Health and Children Report: "Sexual Assault Treatment Services: A National Review"
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Central Bureau of Statistics Reports
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Statistics Bureau Report: "Monthly Population Estimates: June 2006"
Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare Report: "Outline of the Fourth Longitudinal Survey of Babies in 21st Century"
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Central Bureau of Statistics News Release: "Usage of information and communications technologies by households in 2005"
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Department of Statistics Compendium: _Lithuania in Figures 2006_
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State Statistical Office News Releases
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Statistics Netherlands Web Magazine Article: "More second generation mothers go back to work"
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Statistics Norway News Releases
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Federal Bureau of Statistics Compendium: _Compendium on Environment Statistics of Pakistan 2004_
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Central Statistical Office Compendium: _Voivodships from 1995 till 2004_
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General Register Office for Scotland Report: "Vital Statistics Quarterly Return: 1st Quarter 2006"
Scottish Executive Compendium: _High Level Summary of Statistics: Key Trends for Scotland 2006_
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Statistical Office News Release: "Kindergartens, Slovenia, school year 2005/2006"
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National Statistics Office News Release: "6,516 civil partnerships formed in England and Wales by 31 March"
Department for Education and Skills First Release: "Special Educational Needs in England: January 2006"
_New York Times_ Editorial: "Save Our SIPP"
Urban Institute Report: "Report on Unemployment Insurance Benefits and Actuarial Modeling in Washington"
Kaiser Family Foundation, Various
Brookings Institute Report: "Where Did They Go? The Decline of Middle-Income Neighborhoods in Metropolitan America"
London [UK] School of Economics Health and Social Care Periodical: _Euro Observer_
Family Health International Periodicals: _Youth InfoNet_
_Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences_ Perspective Abstract: "Why did modern human populations disperse from Africa ca. 60,000 years ago? A new model"
_New England Journal of Medicine_, Various
_British Medical Journal_ Article Abstract: "Effects of Sure Start local programmes on children and families: early findings from a quasi-experimental, cross sectional study"
_Lancet_ Lecture Abstract: "Climate change and human health: impacts, vulnerability, and mitigation"
_Time_ Article: "Surviving the New Killer Bug: A nasty, drug-resistant staph infection--the kind usually seen in hospitals--is racing across the U.S."
National Bureau of Economic Research
US Bureau of Labor Statistics
World Bank
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
Penn State Population Research Institute: "The De Jong Lecture in Social Demography"
US National Institutes of Health
LEGISLATION INFORMATION UPDATES
US House Energy and Commerce Hearing Publication: Assessing the National Pandemic Flu Preparedness Plan
Census Bureau: July 2005 Subcounty Estimates***
US National Center for Health Statistics: 1987-1996 National Health Interview Surveys
US National Center for Education Statistics: "Comparable Wage Index Data Files and Documentation"
US National Longitudinal Surveys
US Medical Expenditure Panel Survey Data Update
United Nations Population Division: "World Urbanization Prospects: The 2005 Revision Population Database"
Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research
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CENTRAL GOVERNMENT STATISTICAL AND NGO PUBLICATIONS
1, Census Bureau Report: "Survey of Business Owners: American Indian- and Alaska Native-Owned Firms: 2002" (2002 Economic Census, Survey of Business Owners Company Statistics Series, SB02-00CS-AIAN, June 2006, .pdf format, 391p.). The report is linked to from a Census Bureau news release: "Revenues for American Indian- and Alaska Native-Owned Businesses Near $27 Billion, Census Bureau Reports (CB06-97, Jun. 20, 2006).
http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/business_ownership/007013.html
Click on title for link to full text.
2. Centers for Disease Control Periodical: _Emerging Infectious Diseases_ (Vol. 12, No. 7, July 2006, HTML and .pdf format).
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/EID/index.htm
Note: This is a temporary address. When the next _EID_ is released, this one, along with all others, will be available at:
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/EID/pastcon.htm
3. _Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report_ Articles:
A. "Rapid HIV Test Distribution --- United States, 2003--2005" (Centers for Disease Control, Vol. 55, No. 24, Jun. 23, 2006, HTML and .pdf format, p. 673-676).
HTML:
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5524a2.htm
B. "Progress Toward Poliomyelitis Eradication --- Pakistan and Afghanistan, January 2005--May 2006" (Centers for Disease Control, Vol. 55, No. 24, Jun. 23, 2006, HTML and .pdf format, p. 679-682).
HTML:
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5524a4.htm
C. "QuickStats: Infant Mortality Rates, by Maternal Race/Ethnicity --- United States, 1995 and 2003" (Centers for Disease Control, Vol. 55, No. 24, Jun. 23, 2006, HTML and .pdf format, p. 683).
HTML:
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5524a6.htm
.pdf format for all articles:
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/PDF/wk/mm5524.pdf
4. National Center for Health Statistics Reports:
A. "Early Release of Selected Estimates Based on Data From the 2005 National Health Interview Survey" (June 2006, .pdf format).
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/about/major/nhis/released200606.htm
B. "National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey: 2004 Summary," by Esther Hing, Donald K. Cherry, and David A. Woodwell (Advance data No. 374, June 2006, .pdf format, 34p.).
C. "National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey: 2004 Emergency Department Summary," by Linda F. McCaig and Eric W. Nawar (Advance data No. 372, June 2006, .pdf format, 30p.).
D. "National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey: 2004 Outpatient Department Summary," by Kimberly R. Middleton, and Esther Hing (Advance data No. 373, June 2006, .pdf format, 28p.).
B., C., and D. above are all linked to from a NCHS news release: "Ambulatory Medical Care Utilization Estimates for 2004," by Catharine W. Burt, Linda F. McCaig, and Elizabeth A. Rechtsteiner (Jun. 23, 2006).
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/products/pubs/pubd/hestats/estimates2004/estimates04.htm
Click on titles in the body of the news release for links to full text.
5. Medical Expenditure Panel Survey Compendium Tables, Statistical Briefs:
A. "Health Insurance Coverage of the Civilian Non-institutionalized Population, first half of 2005 (tables)" (June 2006, HTML and .pdf format).
http://www.meps.ahcpr.gov/CompendiumTables/05Ch1/tc05ch1_toc.htm
B. "The Uninsured in America, First Half of 2005: Estimates for the U.S. Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population under Age 65," by Jeffrey A. Rhoades (Statistical Brief #129, June 2006, .pdf format, 6p.).
http://www.meps.ahcpr.gov/PrintProducts/PrintProd_Detail.asp?ID=750
C. "The Uninsured in America, 1996-2005: Estimates for the U.S. Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population under Age 65," by Jeffrey A. Rhoades (Statistical Brief #130, June 2006, .pdf format, 5p.).
http://www.meps.ahcpr.gov/PrintProducts/PrintProd_Detail.asp?ID=751
D. "Health Insurance Status of Children in America, First Half 1996-2005: Estimates for the U.S. Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population under Age 18," by Jeffrey A. Rhoades (Statistical Brief #131, June 2006, .pdf format, 6p.).
http://www.meps.ahcpr.gov/PrintProducts/PrintProd_Detail.asp?ID=752
6. National Center for Education Statistics Reports:
A. "The Averaged Freshman Graduation Rate for Public High Schools From the Common Core of Data: School Years 2002-03 and 2003-04," by Marilyn Seastrom, Lee Hoffman, Chris Chapman,and Robert Stillwell (NCES 2006606, June 2006, .pdf format, 11p.)>
http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2006606
B. "Dropout Rates in the United States: 2002 and 2003," by Jennifer Laird, Stephen Lew, Matthew DeBell, and Chris Chapman (NCES 2006062, June 2006, .pdf format, 68p.).
http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2006062
***Related article: "A Third of U.S. Dropouts Never Reach 10th Grade," by
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Jean Schemo (_New York Times_, Jun. 21, 2006). Note: _NYT_ requires free
registration before providing articles.
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/21/education/21report.html
C. "Profile of Undergraduates in U.S. Postsecondary Education Institutions: 2003-04, With a Special Analysis of Community College Students," by Laura Horn and Stephanie Nevill (NCES 2006184, June 2006, .pdf format, 202p.).
http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2006184
7. Bureau of Labor Statistics Periodical: _Occupational Outlook Quarterly_ (Vol. 50, No. 2, Summer 2006, .pdf format).
http://www.bls.gov/opub/ooq/archive.htm
8. Bureau of Justice Statistics Report: "Citizen Complaints about Police Use of Force," by Matthew J. Hickman (NCJ 210296, June 2006, ASCII text and .pdf format, 8p., with .zip compressed spreadsheets).
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/abstract/ccpuf.htm
9. Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Report: "Juvenile Residential Facility Census, 2002: Selected Findings," by Melissa Sickmund (NCJ 211080, June 2006, .pdf format, 15p.).
http://ojjdp.ncjrs.org/publications/PubAbstract.asp?pubi=232342
10. National Academies Press Monograph: _Hospital-Based Emergency Care: At the Breaking Point_ (Committee on the Future of Emergency Care in the United States Health System, 2006, OpenBook format, 296p.). Note: price information for a print or .pdf copy is available at the site.
http://www.nap.edu/catalog/11621.html
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Department of Labor & Workforce Development Reports
A "Nonresidents Working in Alaska: 2004" (January 2006, .pdf format, 27p.).
http://146.63.75.50/research/reshire/nonres.pdf
B. "UI (Unemployment Insurance) Actuarial Study and Financial Handbook-2004" (November 2005, .pdf format, 55p.).
http://www.labor.state.ak.us/research/ui/uipub.pdf
Stats Indiana Updates: Stats Indiana has released the following updates:
A. States in Profile: 2004 county business pattern data and May 2006 employment and unemployment data.
http://www.stats.indiana.edu/sip/
B. 2005 Population data: all Indiana places and townships is now available.
http://www.stats.indiana.edu/pop_totals_topic_page.html
C. IN Depth profile: 2005 city and town population figures and May 2006 unemployment rates.
http://www.stats.indiana.edu/profiles/pr18000.html
D. USA Counties IN Profile: updated for 2004 employment and earnings, 2004 per capita and personal income, 2005 labor force data and 2005 building permits for all counties in the nation.
http://www.stats.indiana.edu/uspr/a/us_profile_frame.html
Note: All US counties can be accessed in one iteration for any variable covered by USA Counties IN Profile. Simply select: "All" at the right hand side of the blue variable selection line; select any county for Indiana (Adams is the first); then click on "Rank in U.S. for any variable. Most spreadsheets have simple utilities for importing the resulting complete US county table.
Iowa State Data Center Updates
A. "All Iowa firms by kind of business and American Indian- or Alaska Native ownership: 2002"
B. "All firms by American Indian and Alaska Native ownership: 2002"
C. "Firms with no paid employees by American Indian and Alaska Native ownership: 2002"
All updates are in .pdf and Microsoft Excel format.
http://www.iowadatacenter.org/indexlinks/new
See Jun. 26, 2006 entries.
Maryland State Data Center Updates:
A. "Household Median and Mean Income Estimate for Jurisdictions in Maryland 1989-2005" (June 2006, .pdf and Microsoft Excel format).
http://www.mdp.state.md.us/msdc/dw_hhinc_median&mean.htm
B. "Municipal Population Estimates April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005" (June 2006, .pdf and Microsoft Excel format).
http://www.mdp.state.md.us/msdc/Pop_estimate/Estimate_05/municipal/popest_muni05.htm
Missouri Census Data Center Report: "Updates on Domestic Migration Trends for States" (June 2006). "The new P-25 series Census Bureau report: "Domestic Net Migration in the United States: 2000 to 2004" (April 2006, .pdf format, 15p.)
http://www.census.gov/prod/2006pubs/p25-1135.pdf
uses population estimates through 2004, as released in 2005 by the Census Bureau. Because of the time required to prepare their report for publication, the report is a year behind their own data release (the July, 2005 estimates were released last month, March, 2006). The MCDC accessed the latest data at the state level and generated a report that shows state migration trends for the most recent year, along with data for both the previous year (2003-04) and for the 4 and 5-year post-2000 annual averages."
http://mcdc.missouri.edu/pub/data/popests/Reports/dmig_report_states.html
Department of Labor and Workforce Development Report: "Municipal Estimates 2005" (June 2006, HTML and Microsoft Excel format).
http://www.wnjpin.net/OneStopCareerCenter/LaborMarketInformation/lmi02/index.html#mun
South Dakota State Data Center Report: "2005 South Dakota Community Abstracts" (June 2006). Note: this report is available for fee only at this time. For more information see:
http://www.usd.edu/sdsdc/publications.cfm
Scroll to "2005 South Dakota Community Abstracts"
Vermont State Data Center Report: "Municipal Population Estimates" (June 2006, Microsoft Excel and comma delimited format).
http://crs.uvm.edu/census/estimates/town/
Applied Population Laboratory Report: "Wisconsin Hispanic Chartbook 1980," by Elia Basurto, Doris P. Slesinger, and Eleanor Cautley (December 1985, .pdf format, 70p.).
http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/poplab/reports/HispanicChartbook1980.pdf
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1. Population Division Wall Chart: "International Migration 2006" (June 2006, .pdf format, 2p.).
http://www.un.org/esa/population/publications/migration/2006_Migration_Wallchart.pdf
2. World Health Organization Report: "World Health Statistics 2006" (June 2006, .pdf format, 80p., with Microsoft Excel tables from the WHOSIS statistical system.
http://www.who.int/whosis/whostat2006/en/index.html
3. World Health Organization Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean Periodical: _Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal_ (Vol. 12, Nos. 3/4, May/July 2006, .pdf format).
http://www.emro.who.int/Publications/EMHJ/1203_4/index.htm
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Eurostat News Release: "More than a third of EU25 population have no basic computer skills" (Jun. 20, 2006).
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare Compendium: _Australia's Health 2006_ (June 2006, .pdf format, 512p.).
http://www.aihw.gov.au/publications/index.cfm/title/10321
AIHW Press Release: "Launch of the report, Australia's Health 2006, at the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare's conference" (HTML and .pdf format, 6p., Jun. 21, 2006).
***Related articles:
A. "Most Aussies living longer: report" (Australian Associated press
via _The
Age_ [Melbourne, Victoria], Jun. 21, 2006).
http://www.theage.com.au/news/National/Most-Aussies-living-longer-report/2006/06/21/1150845217256.html
B. "Still blaming the victim," by Mick Dodson (_The Age_ [Melbourne,
Victoria],
Jun. 22, 2006). Note: This is an _Age_ Opinion piece.
http://www.theage.com.au/news/opinion/still-blaming-the-victim/2006/06/21/1150845241163.html
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Statistics Canada/Statistique Canada Research Paper: "National Data Sets: Sources of Information for Canadian Child Care Data," by Dafna E. Kohen, Barry Forer and Clyde Hertzman (Research Paper No. 284, June 2006, .pdf format, 26p.).
http://www.statcan.ca/bsolc/english/bsolc?catno=11F0019MIE2006284&ISSNOTE=1
Click on "View" and follow the link to full text.
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Statistics Denmark Compendium: _Statistical Yearbook 2006_ (June 2006, .pdf format, 636p.).
http://www.dst.dk/HomeUK/Statistics/ofs/Publications/Yearbook/2006.aspx
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National Institute for Statistics and Economic Studies (INSEE): "France in Facts and Figures" (HTML and Microsoft Excel format). Note: Only the "Key Figures" section links to information in English. The "Studies and Analysis" and "Detailed Data" tabs link to information in French.
http://www.insee.fr/en/ffc/accueil_ffc.asp
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Bureau of Statistics: "Population & Housing Census 2002 Neighborhood Democratic Council Level Statistics (June 2006, .zip compressed .pdf format tables). Note: the table titles identify their subject.
http://www.statisticsguyana.gov.gy/pubs/NDCdata.zip
For Guyana regional maps see:
http://media.maps.com/magellan/Images/GUYANA-W2.gif
http://www.tlfq.ulaval.ca/axl/amsudant/Guyana-carte.htm
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Statistics Iceland News Release: "Income from employment 2005" (No 61/2006, Jun. 23, 2006).
http://www.statice.is/?PageID=444&NewsID=1985
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Department of Health and Children Report: "Sexual Assault Treatment Services: A National Review," by Angela O'Shea (2006, .pdf format, 87p.). The report is linked to from a DHC news release: "Sexual Assault Treatment Services -- A National Review" (Jun. 20, 2006).
http://www.dohc.ie/press/releases/2006/20060620a.html
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Central Bureau of Statistics Reports: Note: cancel any request to download a Hebrew language character set. These reports are in English.
A. "National Health Survey: 2003/2004 Selected Findings (June 2006, .pdf, Microsoft Word, and Microsoft Excel format, 173p.).
http://www.cbs.gov.il/publications/briut_survey/social_survey_e.htm
B. "National Expenditure on Education: 1962-2003" (June 2006, .pdf, Microsoft Word, and Microsoft Excel format, 149p.).
http://www.cbs.gov.il/publications/edu03/edu_e.htm
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1. Statistics Bureau Report: "Monthly Population Estimates: June 2006" (June 2006, HTML and Microsoft Excel format).
http://www.stat.go.jp/english/data/jinsui/2.htm
Click on "Monthly Report".
2. Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare Report: "Outline of the Fourth Longitudinal Survey of Babies in 21st Century" (June 2006).
http://www.mhlw.go.jp/english/database/db-hw/babies4th/index.html
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Central Bureau of Statistics News Release: "Usage of information and communications technologies by households in 2005" (Jun. 20, 2006).
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Department of Statistics Compendium: _Lithuania in Figures 2006_ (June 2006, print format only at this time, 50p.). Ordering information is available at:
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State Statistical Office News Releases:
A. "Active Population in the Republic of Macedonia" (Jun. 21, 2006, .pdf format, 13p.).
http://www.stat.gov.mk/english/statistiki_eng.asp?ss=07.01&rbs=1
B. "Violent deaths in the Republic of Macedonia by municipalities" (Jun. 19, 2006, .pdf format, 5p.).
http://www.stat.gov.mk/english/statistiki_eng.asp?ss=03.01&rbs=4
For both, click on PDF icon for link to full text.
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Statistics Netherlands Web Magazine Article: "More second generation mothers go back to work," by Marjolijn Das (Jun. 20, 2006).
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Statistics Norway News Releases
A. "Education statistics. Students in universities and colleges, 1 October 2005: Fewer science students" (Jun. 23, 2006). There are links to relevant tables at the bottom of the news release.
B. "Education statistics. Folk high schools, short courses, 2005: More youngsters attend short courses" (Jun. 23, 2006). There are links to relevant tables at the bottom of the news release.
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Federal Bureau of Statistics Compendium: _Compendium on Environment Statistics of Pakistan 2004_ (2005, .pdf format, 395p.).
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Central Statistical Office Compendium: _Voivodships from 1995 till 2004_ (June 2006, Microsoft Excel format, 368 spreadsheets, with general and methodological notes (Microsoft Word format, 13p.).
http://www.stat.gov.pl/english/opracowania_zbiorcze/wojewodztwa/index.htm
Click on Excel icons for links to spreadsheets
Poland provincial map:
http://www.oultwood.com/localgov/countries/poland.php
Oultwood Local Government Index:
http://www.oultwood.com/localgov/index.htm
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1. General Register Office for Scotland Report: "Vital Statistics Quarterly Return: 1st Quarter 2006" (June 2006, Microsoft Excel, Lotus 1-2-3, .pdf, and comma separated value [.csv] format).
http://www.gro-scotland.gov.uk/statistics/library/quarter/1st-quarter-2006.html
2. Scottish Executive Compendium: _High Level Summary of Statistics: Key Trends for Scotland 2006_ (June 2006, HTML and .pdf format, 194p.).
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2006/06/20135022/0
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Statistical Office News Release: "Kindergartens, Slovenia, school year 2005/2006" (Jun. 23, 2006).
http://www.stat.si/eng/novica_prikazi.aspx?id=267
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1. National Statistics Office News Release: "6,516 civil partnerships formed in England and Wales by 31 March" (Jun. 23, 2006, .pdf format, 3p.).
http://www.statistics.gov.uk/pdfdir/cpew0606.pdf
2. Department for Education and Skills First Release: "Special Educational Needs in England: January 2006" (Jun. 22, 2006, .pdf format, 24p.).
http://www.dfes.gov.uk/rsgateway/DB/SFR/s000661/index.shtml
Click on "PDF" for link to full text.
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_New York Times_ Editorial: "Save Our SIPP (Survey of Income and Program Participation). Note: _NYT_ requires free registration before providing articles.
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/20/opinion/20Tues4.html
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Urban Institute Report: "Report on Unemployment Insurance Benefits and Actuarial Modeling in Washington," by Wayne Vroman (June 2006, .pdf format, 43p.).
http://www.urban.org/publications/411340.html
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Kaiser Family Foundation, Various:
A. "New Requirements for Citizenship Documentation in Medicaid" (KFF Medicaid and the Uninsured Fact Sheet, June 2006, .pdf format, 2p.).
http://www.kff.org/medicaid/7533.cfm
B. "Citizenship Documentation Requirements in The Deficit Reduction Act Of 2005: Lessons From New York," by Patricia Boozang, Melinda Dutton, and Julie Hudman (KFF Medicaid and the Uninsured, June 2006, .pdf format, 23p.).
http://www.kff.org/medicaid/7534.cfm
C. "The Ryan White Comprehensive AIDS Resource Emergency (CARE) Act: A Side-by-Side Comparison of Current Law and Reauthorization Proposals," by Jennifer Kates (KFF HIV Policy Program, June 2006, .pdf format, 5p.).
http://www.kff.org/hivaids/7531.cfm
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Brookings Institute Report: "Where Did They Go? The Decline of Middle-Income Neighborhoods in Metropolitan America," by Jason C. Booza, Jackie Cutsinger, and George Galster (June 2006, .pdf format, 23p.).
http://www.brookings.edu/metro/pubs/20060622_middleclass.htm
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London [UK] School of Economics Health and Social Care Periodical: _Euro Observer_ (Vol. 8, No. 1, Spring 2006, .pdf format).
http://www.lse.ac.uk/collections/LSEHealthAndSocialCare/pdf/euroObserver/Obsvol8no1.pdf
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Family Health International Periodicals: _Youth InfoNet_ (Nos. 24, 25, April, May 2006).
http://www.fhi.org/en/Youth/YouthNet/Publications/YouthInfoNet/index.htm
More information on Family Health International:
http://www.fhi.org/en/AboutFHI/index.htm
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_Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences_ Perspective Abstract: "Why did modern human populations disperse from Africa ca. 60,000 years ago? A new model," by Paul Mellars (Vol. 103, No. 25, Jun. 20, 2006, p. 9381-9386).
http://www.pnas.org/cgi/content/abstract/103/25/9381?etoc
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_New England Journal of Medicine_, Various:
A. "Condoms and Sexually-Transmitted Infections," by Markus J. Steiner, and Willard Cates (Perspective, Vol. 354, No. 25, Jun. 22. 2006, HTML and .pdf format, p. 2642-2643). This article is freely available to the public.
http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/full/354/25/2642
B. "Condom Use and the Risk of Genital Human Papillomavirus Infection in Young Women," by Rachel L. Winer, James P. Hughes, Qinghua Feng, Sandra O'Reilly, Nancy B. Kiviat, King K. Holmes, and Laura A. Koutsky (Article, Vol. 354, No. 25, Jun. 22. 2006, HTML and .pdf format, p. 2645-2654). This article is freely available to the public.
http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/full/354/25/2645
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_British Medical Journal_ Article Abstract: "Effects of Sure Start local programmes on children and families: early findings from a quasi-experimental, cross sectional study," by Jay Belsky, Edward Melhuish, Jacqueline Barnes, Alastair H. Leyland, Helena Romaniuk, National Evaluation of Sure Start Research Team (Vol. 332, No. 7556, June 24, 2006, p. 1476-1478).
http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/abstract/332/7556/1476
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_Lancet_ Lecture Abstract: Note: _Lancet_ requires free registration before providing content. "Climate change and human health: impacts, vulnerability, and mitigation," by A. Haines, R.S. Kovats, D. Campbell-Lendrum, and C. Corvalan (Vol. 367, No. 9528, Jun. 24, 2006, p. 2101-2109).
http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140673606689332/abstract
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_Time_ Article: "Surviving the New Killer Bug: A nasty, drug-resistant staph infection--the kind usually seen in hospitals--is racing across the U.S.," by Christine Gorman (Vol. 167, No. 26, Jun. 26, 2006).
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1205364,00.html
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Info for Health Pop. Reporter: Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health's Center for Communication Programs Compendium: Info for Health Pop. Reporter (vol. 6, no. 25, Jun. 26, 2006). "The Johns Hopkins University Population Information Program delivers the reproductive health and family planning news you need. Each week our research staff prepares an electronic magazine loaded with links to key news stories, reports, and related developments around the globe."
http://www.infoforhealth.org/popreporter/
Note: January 2004 - present Pop. Reporter is available via CD-ROM. Contact Robert Jacoby at rjacoby@jhuccp.org with your request and complete mailing address.
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National Bureau of Economic Research:
A. "The Impact of Poor Health on Education: New Evidence Using Genetic Markers," by Weili Ding, Steven F. Lehrer, J. Niels Rosenquist, and Janet Audrain-McGovern (w12304, June 2006, .pdf format, 70p.).
Abstract:
This paper examines the influence of health conditions on academic performance during adolescence. To account for the endogeneity of health outcomes and their interactions with risky behaviors we exploit natural variation within a set of genetic markers across individuals. We present strong evidence that these genetic markers serve as valid instruments with good statistical properties for ADHD, depression and obesity. They help to reveal a new dynamism from poor health to lower academic achievement with substantial heterogeneity in their impacts across genders. Our investigation further exposes the considerable challenges in identifying health impacts due to the prevalence of comorbid health conditions and endogenous health behaviors.
http://papers.nber.org/papers/W12304
B. "Do Peers Affect Student Achievement in China's Secondary Schools?" by Weili Ding and Steven F. Lehrer (w12305, June 2006, .pdf format, 42p.).
Abstract:
Peer effects have figured prominently in debates on school vouchers, desegregation, ability tracking and anti-poverty programs. Compelling evidence of their existence remains scarce for plaguing endogeneity issues such as selection bias and the reflection problem. This paper firmly establishes a link between peer performance and student achievement, using a unique dataset from China. We find strong evidence that peer effects exist and operate in a positive and nonlinear manner; reducing the variation of peer performance increases achievement; and our semi-parametric estimates clarify the tradeoffs facing policymakers in exploiting positive peers effects to increase future achievement.
http://papers.nber.org/papers/W12305
C. "The Boskin Commission Report: A Retrospective One Decade Later," by Robert J. Gordon (w12311, June 2006, .pdf format, 35p.).
Abstract:
This paper provides a retrospective on the 1996 Boskin Commission Report, Toward a More Accurate Measure of the Cost of Living, and its famous estimate that the CPI in 1995-96 was upward biased by 1.1 percent per year. The paper summarizes the report's methods, findings, and recommendations, and then reviews the criticisms that appeared soon after the Report was issued. Post-Boskin changes in the CPI are summarized and assessed, as is recent research on related issues. The paper sharply distinguishes two questions. First, with what we know now, what should the Commission have concluded about CPI bias in 1995-96? Second, what is the bias now after the many improvements introduced into the CPI since the Commission's Report? About the first question, my own recent research on apparel and rental housing indicates a substantial downward bias in the CPI over much of the twentieth century, diminishing in size after 1985. Incorporating these findings into the Boskin matrix would reduce its 0.6 percent annual upward bias due to quality change and new products to a smaller 0.4 percent bias. However, this is more than offset by the stunning discrepancy over 2000-06 in the chain-weighted C-CPI-U compared to the traditional CPI-U, indicating that the Commission greatly understated the magnitude of upper-level substitution bias. This retrospective evaluation suggests that the Boskin bias estimate for 1995-96 should have been 1.2 to 1.3 percent, not 1.1 percent. Current upward bias in the CPI is estimated to have declined from the revised 1.2-1.3 percent in the Boskin era to about 0.8 percent today. Yet the Boskin report, like most contemporary studies of quality change, failed to place sufficient value on the value of new products and on increased longevity. Allowing for these, today's bias is at least 1.0 percent per year or perhaps even higher.
http://papers.nber.org/papers/W12311
D. "People Flows in Globalization," by Richard B. Freeman (w12315, June 2006, .pdf format, 48p.).
Abstract:
People flows refers to the movement of people across international borders in the form of immigration, international student flows, business travel, and tourism. Despite its peripheral status in debates over globalization, the movement of people from low income to high income countries is fundamental in global economic development, with consequences for factor endowments, trade patterns, and transfer of technology. In part because people flows are smaller than trade and capital flows, the dispersion of pay for similarly skilled workers around the world exceeds the dispersion of the prices of goods and cost of capital. This suggests that policies that give workers in developing countries greater access to advanced country labor markets could raise global economic well-being considerably. The economic problem is that immigrants rather than citizens of immigrant-receiving countries benefit most from immigration. The paper considers "radically economic policies" such as auctioning immigration visas or charging sizeable fees and spending the funds on current residents to increase the economic incentive for advanced countries to accept greater immigration.
http://papers.nber.org/papers/W12315
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US Bureau of Labor Statistics:
"Which Workers Gain Upon Adopting a Computer?" by Cindy Zoghi and Sabrina Wulff Pabilonia (Working Paper 395, June 2006, .pdf format, 34p.). Links to an abstract and full text are available at:
http://www.bls.gov/ore/abstract/ec/ec060070.htm
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World Bank: "Discordant couples : HIV infection among couples in Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Ghana,Kenya, and Tanzania," by Damien de Walque (Policy Research Working Paper 3956, June 2006, .pdf and ASCII text format, 28p.). Links to an abstract and full text are available at:
http://econ.worldbank.org/external/default/main?pagePK=64165259&theSitePK=469372&piPK=64165421&menuPK=64166093&entityID=000016406_20060623143206
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Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) [University of Bonn, Germany]: IZA has recently released several new working papers. Links to abstracts and full text can be found at:
http://www.iza.org/en/webcontent/publications/papers/papers?year=2006
Papers recently released are numbered 2175-2184.
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JOURNAL TABLES OF CONTENTS (check your library for availability):
American Economic Review (Vol. 96, No. 3, June 2006). Note: Full electronic text of this journal is available in the ProQuest Research Library and the EBSCO Host Academic Search Elite Database. Check your library for the availability of this database and this issue.
http://www.aeaweb.org/articles/issue_detail.php?journal=AER&volume=96&issue=3&issue_date=June%202006
American Journal of Epidemiology (Vol. 164, No. 1, Jul. 1, 2006).
http://aje.oxfordjournals.org/content/vol164/issue1/index.dtl?etoc
American Journal of Sociology (Vol. 111, No. 6, May 2006). Note: Full electronic text of this journal is available in the ProQuest Research Library. Check your library for the availability of this database and this issue.
http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/AJS/journal/contents/v111n6.html
Child Abuse and Neglect (Vol. 30, No. 6, June 2006).
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/issue/5847-2006-999699993-626313
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Penn State Population Research Institute: "The De Jong Lecture in Social Demography: Migration and Race/Ethnic Diversity in the U.S.," to be held Sep. 21, 2006 in State College, Pennsylvania. "The race and ethnic composition of the U.S. population is changing significantly. Internal migration and immigration are major mechanisms driving this change. Legal and undocumented immigration, particularly from Africa, Asia, and Latin American, has increased to near historic levels over the past 15 years. Many of the new immigrants are settling in "new destination" communities. At the same time, internal migration of both domestic minority and foreign born population groups has contributed to changing patterns of race/ethnic interactions, residential segregation, and community institutional structures. This conference will provide an assessment of forces that are driving these changes in race/ethnic diversity in the U.S., their consequences, and implications for research agendas and public policy.
Speakers and panelists include Mary M. Kritz (Senior Research Associate, Cornell University), John R. Logan (Professor of Sociology, Brown University), Stephanie A. Bohon (Associate Professor of Sociology, University of Tennessee), Rebecca L. Clark (Health Scientist Administrator, NICHD), William Kandel (Sociologist, Economic Research Service, USDA), Nancy S. Landale (Professor of Sociology & Demography, Penn State), Leif Jensen (Professor of Rural Sociology and Demography, Penn State). The conference is free." See the below listed website or contact Carolyn Scott at
http://www.pop.psu.edu/events/dejonglecture/index.htm
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US National Institutes of Health: "Bioengineering Research Partnerships (BRP) [R01]" (PAR-06-459, Jun. 12, 2006, reissue of PAR-04-023,National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, in conjunction with several other agencies). For more information see:
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-06-459.html
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LEGISLATION INFORMATION UPDATES:
US House Energy and Commerce Hearing Publication: "Assessing the National Pandemic Flu Preparedness Plan," a hearing held Nov. 8, 2005 (US House Serial Publication 109-59, ASCII text and .pdf format, 71p.).
http://www.access.gpo.gov/congress/house/house05ch109.html
Scroll to or "find in page" "109-59" (without the quotes).
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Census Bureau: July 2005 Subcounty Estimates. The estimates (Microsoft Excel and comma separated value [.csv] format) are linked to from a Census Bureau news release: "Elk Grove, Calif., Named Fastest-Growing City" (CB06-95, Jun. 21, 2006)
http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/population/007001.html
Click on "Detailed tables" for link to data.
***Related article: "Surge of Population in the Exurbs Continues," by
Rick
Lyman (_New York Times_, Jun. 21, 2006). Note: _NYT_ requires free registration
before providing articles.
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/21/us/21cities.html
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US National Center for Health Statistics: 1987-1996 National Health Interview Surveys: NCHS has released complete National Health Interview Survey data and documentation for the years 1987-1996 at its website. Data is available in Windows self-decompressing (.exe) ASCII format. Documentation is available in .pdf format. SAS input statements are available in ASCII format.
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/about/major/nhis/quest_data_related_1969_96.htm
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US National Center for Education Statistics: "Comparable Wage Index Data Files and Documentation" (June 2006, ASCII text and .zip compressed SAS format, with documentation in .pdf format, 39p.). In addition, there is a link to a related NCES report: "A Comparable Wage Approach to Geographic Cost Adjustment," by Lori L. Taylor and William J. Fowler (NCES 2006321, May 2006, .pdf format, 49p.).
http://nces.ed.gov/edfin/prodsurv/data.asp
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National Longitudinal Surveys: "National Longitudinal Surveys CD-Rom, All Cohorts, May 2006" (DNLS-05/2006, June 2006, data on CD-ROM). The cost of the CD-ROM is 20 US dollars. It can be ordered from the Ohio State University Center for Human Resource Research.
http://www.chrr.ohio-state.edu/nls-info/ordering/display_db.php3
Scroll to "DNLS-05/2006," check the box under "Order Hardcopy,'
scroll to the
bottom of the page and click on "Review Selected Items."
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US Medical Expenditure Panel Survey Data Update: "Update Note for HC-070: 2002 Full Year Consolidated Data File." (US Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Jun. 21, 2006). "The HC-070 codebook, data files (both ASCII and SAS Transport), user's notes, and documentation files have been revised to reflect the correct ordering of the SAQ variables ADILCR42, ADILWW42, ADRTCR42, and ADRTWW42. No values have changed." For more information see:
http://www.meps.ahcpr.gov/Puf/PufDetail.asp?ID=173
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United Nations Population Division: "World Urbanization Prospects: The 2005 Revision Population Database" (June 2006, HTML and comma separated value [.csv] format. "World Urbanization Prospects is a database created and maintained by the United Nations Population Division; it is revised every two years. The 2005 Revision, the most recent to date, contains population estimates and projections for urban and rural populations for the period 1950 to 2030, as well as cities and capitals for the period 1950-2015, for all countries of the world. The data are provided as an interactive database, which allows users to generate tables on demand by selecting relevant time series for various demographic indicators related to urbanization at different geographic levels (world, major areas and regions, individual countries). Users can also generate urbanization profiles at country and other levels, displaying the relevant demographic indicators pertaining to urbanization. All data can be viewed on-screen or downloaded for further processing in Excel-compatible file format. The homepage of the database contains links to methodological information such as the geographic composition of regions and major areas, definitions of concepts, data sources and a glossary of relevant terms."
http://esa.un.org/unup/
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Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research: ICPSR at the University of Michigan released several new datasets on June 23, 2006, which may be of interest to demography researchers. Note: Some ICPSR studies are available only to ICPSR member institutions. To find out whether your organization is a member, and whether or not it supports ICPSR Direct downloading, see:
http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/membership/index.html
New and updated data:
http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/org/announce.html
All new and updated data in the last 90 days can be found at:
http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/access/recent.html
Click on "list".
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UK Data Archive (Essex University, Colchester, UK): The UK Data Archive has recently added the following datasets to its holdings. Note: There maybe charges or licensing requirements on holdings of the UK Data Archive. For more information see:
http://www.data-archive.ac.uk/
SN 5363 -British Household Panel Survey Calibrated Time Use Data, 1994-2004
http://www.data-archive.ac.uk/findingData/snDescription.asp?sn=5363
SN 5365 -Survey of Employment Practices, 2004-2005
http://www.data-archive.ac.uk/findingData/snDescription.asp?sn=5365
SN 5355 -British Household Panel Survey; Waves 1-13, 1991-2004: Teaching Dataset (Time Use, Leisure and Social Memberships)
http://www.data-archive.ac.uk/findingData/snDescription.asp?sn=5355
SN 5314 -Multilateral Policing in Africa: its Nature and Socio-Political Impact in Uganda and Sierra Leone, 2003-2005
http://www.data-archive.ac.uk/findingData/snDescription.asp?sn=5314
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Jack Solock
Data Librarian--Center for Demography and Ecology
4470 Social Science
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Madison, WI 53706
608-262-9827
jsolock@ssc.wisc.edu
