
Here are the subcategories under "Quality of
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General
Best
Places to Live, Money Magazine
Annual ranking of 300 metro areas regarding quality of
life. Data provided on 20 factors, including those
pertaining to pollution, crime, weather, arts and
culture, housing, and the economy.
Sperling's
BestPlaces, Fast Forward, Inc.
Tools for comparing metro areas regarding cost of living, schools,
crime, climate, housing, health, and other topics.
City
Profiles, RealEstateJournal, Wall Street Journal
Wide variety of data on the 100 largest U.S. cities. Topics
include housing, weather, crime, cost of living, taxes, health care,
education, and transportation. Data drawn from a wide variety of
public and private sources.
Yahoo!
City Comparison
Comparisons and rankings of cities in terms of quality of
life (e.g., crime, weather, pollution), real estate
(e.g., property tax and home purchase cost), and the
economy (e.g., unemployment, cost of living).
The
City Report, Homefair.com
Comparison of cities in terms of cost of living, crime,
and other information.
Kid-Friendly
Cities Report Card, Population Connection
Data and grades for 239 cities regarding factors that affect the
health and well-being of children. Indicators cover health, education,
public safety, economics, environment, and community life. Published
biennially.
Social
Capital Community Benchmark Survey, Kennedy School of Government,
Harvard University
For 39 regions, scores and discussion regarding the presence of 11
dimensions of social capital, for example, civic leadership,
association involvement, social trust, inter-racial trust, diversity
of friendships, informal socializing, and faith-based engagement.
Published March 2001.
Housing [ back to top ]
Housing
Data,
Bureau of the Census
Access to various Census Bureau resources and
documentation regarding housing. Data sources include
American Housing Survey, Housing Vacancy Survey, and
Survey of Market Absorption. Data sites of interest
include:
- American Housing Survey Data on
housing stock, including apartments,
single-family homes, mobile homes, vacant housing
units, household characteristics, income, housing
and neighborhood quality, housing costs,
equipment and fuels, size of housing unit, and
recent movers. National data collected every
other year; data for each of 47 selected metro
areas are collected about every four years, with
an average of 12 metro areas included each year.
Survey is conducted by the Bureau of the Census
for the Department of Housing and Urban
Development.
- Housing Vacancies and
Homeownership Annual statistics
on housing vacancies and homeownership, for
states and the 75 largest metro areas, 1995-latest year;
quarterly statistics by multi-state region.
- Census of Housing Data on
housing characteristics from Decennial Census
- Census
2000 Housing Unit Counts
Housing counts for states, counties, places, and other areas.
- Census
2000 Demographic Profiles
Access to housing data (e.g., rent/own, tenure) asked about every
household (i.e., short form data). Data for states and local
areas, organized by state, provided in Excel, .pdf, and FTP
formats.
- American FactFinder
Housing Lookup Query-based access
to housing data tables and maps from Census 2000 and
American Community Survey, for states and
areas.
- Historical Census of Housing
Data
for states, 1940-90, and
for metro areas, counties, cities and places, and
census tracts, 1990.
- 1940
Census
Data
for states and
counties (via Geospatial
and Statistical Data Center, University
of Virginia)
-
American
Community Survey Using adaptation of Decennial Census long form,
annually revised estimates of housing and other data for states, cities, counties, metropolitan
areas, census tracts, block groups, and other geographic areas. Being phased in
1996-2009.
Currently, data annually collected for states, metro areas and
counties of over 250,000 population, and 31
demonstration areas.
- Manufactured
Housing Statistics
Annual data on number of new manufactured homes placed, average
sales price, by size of home, by state.
HUD
User Data Sets, Department of Housing and Urban
Development
Access to a variety of housing data sets, including:
-
American Housing Survey
Data sets for metro areas. (See AHS
description above.)
- Assisted
Housing
Annual subsidized housing data by state, profiles of public housing agencies, and lists of private properties participating in assisted living programs.
- Government-Sponsored
Enterprises (Fannie Mae and Freddie
Mac) Mortgage microdata. Single-family data sets include borrower's income, race and gender, census tract, loan-to-value ratio, and affordability. Multifamily data sets include number, type and affordability of units, size of property, and mortgage balance.
- Fair
Market Rents and 50th
Percentile Rent Estimates
Annual estimates of fair market rents (FMRs)
and 50th percentile (median) rent
estimates, by number of bedrooms, for 354 metro areas and 2,350 nonmetropolitan counties.
FMRs determine the eligibility of rental housing units for the
Section 8 Housing Assistance Payments program, and serve as the
payment standard used to calculate subsidies under the Rental
Voucher program.
U.S.
Housing Market Conditions, Department of Housing and Urban
Development
Quarterly review of housing market conditions in the nine HUD
regions, with rotating profiles on one metro area per region. Also,
building permit data for states and 50 largest metro areas.
House Price Index, Office of
Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight, Department of Housing and Urban
Development
Quarterly index of single-family housing appreciation for states and 325 metro
areas, 1975-latest quarter. Index tracks average house price changes in repeat sales or refinancings on the same single-family
properties financed by Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac. Computation based on
conventional, conforming mortgages purchased or securitized by Freddie Mac or Fannie Mae. Conventional
Mortgage Home Price Index, Freddie Mac
Index of single-family home price change, 1975-latest quarter, by metro area,
state, and Census Bureau multi-state division. Index tracks average house price changes in repeat sales or refinancings on the same single-family
properties financed by Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac. Computation based on
conventional, conforming mortgages purchased or securitized by Freddie Mac or Fannie Mae.
Metropolitan
Area Housing Prices, National Association of Realtors
Index of median housing prices, for 140 metro areas, issued quarterly. Home
Price Check, Domania, Inc.
Sale prices of individual homes, 1987-latest year.
The
State of the Nation's Housing, Joint Center for
Housing Studies, Harvard University
Data on
housing production, sales, and prices, for states and
metro areas. Annual report.
Housing
Opportunity Index, National Association of Home Builders
Quarterly report ranking metro areas in terms of percent of homes sold
that a family earning the metro median income could afford to purchase.
Rental Housing
Affordability, National Low Income Housing
Coalition
Estimates of current affordability of rental housing for
states, metropolitan areas, counties, and New England
towns. Annual publication.
Low-Income
Housing, Center for Budget and Policy Priorities
Periodic reports on low-income housing needs and policy, with data for
states.
Housing
Needs Table, Department of Housing and Urban Development
Data on housing problems of low and moderate income households, by
renters, owners, elderly, for states, counties, and places, 1990 and
estimated 2002.
Hunger
and Homelessness in America's Cities, U.S. Conference of Mayors
Data and analysis on hunger and homelessness in 27 cities, annual
report (December 2001). Previous reports available for 1999
and 2000.
On-line
Information Systems, Federal Financial Institutions
Examination Council
- Home Mortgage Disclosure
Act (HMDA) Reports Data on home purchase loans, refinancing loans, home
improvement loans, and multi-family housing loans, by
race, gender and income, for MSAs, 1997-latest year.
- Mortgage
Insurance Reports Data on the disposition of mortgage
insurance applications, by race, gender, and income, for MSAs,
2000-latest year.
Case-Shiller-Weiss
Home Price Index
Housing price indices for MSAs, counties and zip codes,
based on observed changes in the value of actual housing
units.
Environmental Quality [ back to top ]
Scorecard,
Environmental Defense Fund
Data on air pollution, lead hazards, land contamination, animal waste,
chemical releases, water quality, and watersheds, for states and
counties, with rankings.
Environmental
Data,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Access to a variety of environmental databases. Of
particular interest:
Environmental
Maps (E-Maps), Department of Housing and Urban Development
Query-based tool for mapping major environmental impacts in relation to
federally-sponsored housing activity.
Links
to Sources of Environmental Statistics, Council on Environmental
Quality
Links to on-line sources of environmental data in ten topic areas.
Environmental
Reports, U.S. Public Interest Research Group
Periodic reports with data on pollution, by state. Of particular
interest:
- Toxic
Releases and Health Maps and spreadsheets on
toxic releases, categorized by health impact, for states, counties
and zipcodes. (January 2003)
- Pollution
from Power Plants Data
on carbon dioxide, sulfur dioxide, and nitrous oxide emissions from
individual power plants, by state. Also, data on the incidence of
asthma in counties likely to not meet pollution standards. (May
2002)
- Power
Plant Pollution and Child Health State fact sheets on
air, water, and land releases from power plants and exposure to
children. (May 2002)
- Drinking
Water and Human Health State reports on the impacts of
farm and urban runoff on drinking water quality (January 2002)
Spatial
Data Sources, U.S. Fish &
Wildlife Service
Access to variety of spatial data related to the mission of the U.S.
Fish &
Wildlife Service. Of particular interest:
- Environmental
Conservation Online System
Data on contaminants, habitat conservation, and threatened and
endangered species, for states and local areas. Also, access to
wetlands and environmental mappers.
- National
and State
GIS Data Sets Physical GIS data sets, from the U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service and other agencies.
- National
Wetlands Inventory Access to data on the characteristics, extent, and status of the Nation’s wetlands and deepwater
habitats, through mapping tool, data download, and publications.
- National
Wildlife System Lands Database
National Wildlife Refuge System acreage, by state.
- Migratory
Bird Data Center
Access to bird population and habitat databases and mapping tool.
U.S. Geological Survey, Department of
Interior
Data on various dimensions of environmental quality, for
states and sites. Of particular interest:
- USGS
Information by State biology, geologic,
mineral, and water information by state
- Environmental
Impact Analysis Data Links Access
to on-line databases on environmental topics including agriculture,
endangered species, energy, hydrologic, meteorologic, pollution
prevention, socio-economic, spatial, and wetlands
- Water
Resources Wide
variety of state and site-specific data on the nature and quality of
water resources
- Gap
Analysis Program State assessments of the
conservation status of native vertebrate species and natural land cover types
Conservation
Databases, National Resources Conservation Service, Department of
Agriculture
Access to on-line databases on a variety of conservation topics,
including plants, soils, water, climate, and other natural resources.
Drought
Monitor, National Drought Mitigation Center, University of
Nebraska-Lincoln
Data and maps concerning current drought conditions and drought
forecasts.
Recycling
America's Land, U.S. Conference of Mayors
Data on number and size of brownfield sites, for 231 cities. Published
February 2000. (Brownfields are abandoned or underutilized properties where expansion or redevelopment is complicated by real or perceived environmental contamination.)
Sprawl
Reports, Sierra Club
Annual reports that rank states and cities on sprawl-related issues.
Urban
Sprawl, Fannie Mae Foundation
Study measuring dimensions of sprawl in 13 metro areas.
Spatial
Growth Trends, Center for Urban and Metropolitan
Policy, The Brookings Institution
Analyses of spatial
growth and sprawl patterns for major metro areas.
Urban
Mobility Study, Texas Transportation Institute, Texas A&M
University
Annual review of highway traffic congestion in 68 urban areas, with
rankings, 1982-latest year. Data include capacity of freeways
and principal arterial streets, peak period travel speeds, level of
congestion, and extent and costs of delay.
Transportation
Facts, Surface Transportation Policy Project
Statistics on various aspects of transportation, for states and metro areas. Topics include pedestrian safety, regional congestion, federal transportation spending, and household transportation choices and spending.
Reports, Environmental Working
Group
Farming on the Edge, American Farmland Trust
Report on loss of farmland to development, periodically updated. Data
provided by state and major land resource areas.
Threatened
State Park Systems, National Park Trust
State park systems most threatened by encroaching development, by
acres at risk. Published August 2000.
Extreme
Weather Sourcebook, National Center for Atmospheric Research
Economic impacts of extreme weather phenomena, including hurricanes,
floods, tornadoes, and lightning, by state.
Climate
Data, National Climatic Data Center, National Oceanographic and
Atmospheric Administration
Current and historical climate data, including temperature,
precipitation, wind, and storms, by climate station.
Averages
and Records, The Weather Channel
Local data regarding average local weather conditions, including average temperatures, record temperatures, rainfall, and sunrise and sunset
times.
Monthly
Climate Profiles, Sperling's BestPlaces, Fast Forward, Inc.
Monthly and annual average climate data, including temperature,
precipitation, and wind, for 320 locations.
Wildland
Fires, National Interagency Fire Center
Current and historical data and maps on wildland fires in the U.S. Of
particular interest:
Wildland
Fire Mapping, Geo-Spatial Multi-Agency Coordination (GeoMAC)
Mapping tool, with data, for current wildland fires.
Municipal
Solid Waste State Data, Environmental Protection Agency
Data by state on various aspects of municipal solid waste disposal,
including landfill disposal, recycling, and waste-to-energy.
Criminal
Justice
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Bureau
of Justice Statistics, Department of Justice
Access to a variety of data and information on crime,
criminal offenders, victims of crime, and the operation
of justice systems, at all levels of government. Of
particular interest:
Uniform Crime Reports, Federal Bureau of
Investigation
Annual crime data and index for states, metro areas, and
local jurisdictions. Crimes covered include murder and
nonnegligent manslaughter, forcible rape, robbery,
aggravated assault, burglary, larceny-theft, motor
vehicle theft, arson, and hate crimes. Data available
1995-1998.
City
Crime Rates and Comparisons, Sperling's BestPlaces, Fast Forward,
Inc.
Crime statistics for over 2,500 cities and 328 metro areas, compiled from the FBI Uniform Crime Reports.
Relocation
Crime Lab, Homefair.com
Criminal justice data and index for communities; tool for
comparing cities.
Top
Vehicle Theft Areas, National Insurance Crime Bureau
Annual report on motor vehicle theft rate, for metro areas.
Most
Stolen Vehicles, CCC Information Services
Annual list of 25 most stolen vehicles (year, make, model), by state.
National
Archive of Criminal Justice Data, Inter-University Consortium for
Political and Social Research, University of Michigan
Access to over 550 criminal justice data collections.
State and City Crime
Rankings, Morgan Quitno Press 
Data and and rankings on juvenile and adult arrests,
corrections, law enforcement personnel and expenditures,
offenses, crime clearances, courts, and drug and alcohol
treatment, for states, 240 metro areas, and all cities of
75,000 or more. Annual publication.
Health [ back to top ]
Health
Workforce Data, National Center for Health Workforce Analysis,
Department of Health and Human
Services
- State
Health Workforce Profiles Data
on supply, demand, distribution, education and use of health
personnel, by state. Includes overview
of residents' health status and health services, health care
employment by place of work (including hospitals, nursing homes
and other settings), and health
care employment in more than 25 health professions and occupations.
- Health Professional
Shortage Areas Counties
designated as being in shortage of one or more
types of health care service, including primary
medical care, dental, and mental health.
- Medically
Underserved Areas and Populations Look-up of areas
designated as being medically underserved areas or with medically
underserved populations. Census tract listings available.
National Center for
Health Statistics, Department of Health and Human
Services
Access to a variety of data on health status, disease,
and health care. Of particular interest:
- Tabulated
State Data Birth and death data,
health statistics by race and sex, health status
objectives and indicators, by state. See also Data
Warehouse.
- State Health Facts Summary
of state birth, death, and other health data, one page per
state.
Provides link to state health department web
site, for more detailed state and county health
statistics. (States are listed individually in
index.)
- Index of Health
Subjects Links to reports
on various health topics.
Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Department of
Health and Human Services
Access to data on disease and prevention, particularly
surveillance data. Of particular interest:
- CDC Wonder Access to
CDC public health data. Data available on topics
such as cause of death, fatal accidents, injury
mortality, workplace mortality, cancer, AIDS and
sexually transmitted diseases, and tuberculosis.
Data available at the state level, and for some
data sets, at the county level.
- National
Center for Injury Prevention and Control Access to statistics and
maps regarding fatal and nonfatal injuries.
- Behaviorial Risk Factor
Surveillance System Access to data on
prevalence of a wide variety of risk factors, (e.g., alcohol, tobacco use,
firearms, HIV/AIDS, overweight, diabetes) by state, 1995-latest
year. Also, access to state publications
that cite risk factor data.
- Youth Risk Behavior
Surveillance System Biannual survey of
health-risk behaviors of youth, for 33 states and
17 local areas. Examples of behaviors include
alcohol and drug use, sexual activity, physical
fights, and physical exercise. Data available for
1993, 1995, and 1997.
- State
Tobacco Activities Tracking and Evaluation State data
on tobacco-related topics, including cigarette use, health
consequences and costs, tobacco industry, and cigarette sales.
State
Health Facts Online, The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
State-level data on demographics, health status, and health policy, including health coverage, access, financing, and state legislation.
Provides individual state profiles and 50 state comparisons.
State
Health Ranking--2000 edition, UnitedHealth Group
Annual rankings of states on various dimensions of health status,
including lifestyle, mortality, disease, occupational safety, and
access to health care.
Community
Reports, Center for Studying Health System Change
Data and analysis for 12 metro areas regarding the adequacy of the
community health system, 1997-latest year. Data from HSC's Community
Tracking Study and secondary data sources.
Healthcare Cost and Utilization,
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Query-based access to state inpatient hospital data, 1997-latest year. Data
include diagnoses, procedures, length of stay, total charges, discharge
status, patient characteristics, primary payer, and hospital characteristics. Ambulatory surgery data to be added. CD-ROMs that
provide more detailed data available for purchase:
Health
and Long-Term Care, AARP Research Center 
Periodic analyses on health and long-term care systems, by state. Of
particular interest:
- Reforming the Health Care System: State Profiles
Annual review of 100 dimensions of
health and health care, by state. 1999
review available on-line.
- Across the States: Profiles of Long-Term Care Systems
Bi-annual data report on long-term care systems in each state. Topic
areas include demographics, recipients, providers, and expenditures.
1998
report available on-line.
Prescription
Drug Use, Express Scripts, Inc.
Prescription utilization rate per member for eight types of drugs, by
state, 2000. (June 2001, .pdf file)
Household
Survey on Drug Abuse, Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services
Administration, Department of Health and Human Services
Data on the use of illicit drugs, cigarettes, and binge alcohol, 1999,
by state.
State Health
Department Data, CDC
Access to state health department data and publications.
Health
Data,
healthfinder®, Department of Health
and Human Services
Links to a wide variety of health data sites of
federal agencies and other health-related organizations.
Health
Analyses, Center for Budget and Policy Priorities
Periodic reports on health care policies and health insurance, with data
for states.
Health Insurance
Statistics, Bureau of the Census
Data on persons with and without health insurance
coverage, by state. Annual report, detail varies each year. For certain
years, source
data tables available from Current Population Survey health
insurance reports.
Employer-Sponsored
Health Insurance Data, Agency for Health Care Research and Quality,
Department of Health and Human Services
Estimates of workers' access to job-related health insurance, the cost of that insurance, and the choice of plans available,
by firm size, by state, 1996-latest year. For 1999-latest year,
employers also disaggregated by major industry groupings, proportion of
part-time workers, proportion of low-wage workers, ownership type, and
age of firm. Analytical
tool available to create graphs and run statistical tests.
For report, see State
Differences in Job-Related Health Insurance, 1998 (October
2001).
Regional Health Insurance
Trends, Health Cost Index Report, Milliman USA 
Quarterly report with one-year percent change in health insurance costs, by
Census region, April 1995-latest issue available. (Issues available free with one-year
delay, recent issues available for fee.)
Sources
of Health Insurance and Characteristics of the Uninsured, Employee Benefits
Research Institute
Sources of health insurance and characteristics of
insured and uninsured populations, for states and metro
areas. Drawn from Census Bureau's Current Population
Survey.
Health
Insurance and Access to Care, UCLA Center for Health Policy Research
Profiles of health insurance status and access to care for families with
incomes below 250 percent of poverty, for 85 metro areas. (August 2000)
Medicaid Enrollees and
Expenditures, Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured
State tables on Medicaid enrollment and expenditures, as well as health
insurance coverage, 1990-latest year.
Health
Action Tool Kit, Families USA
On-line briefing book with data on access to health insurance for families in
need. Topics include the uninsured, government medical programs, private insurance,
and drug coverage. Published annually.
Child Health, American Academy of
Pediatrics
Variety of state data on topics related to child health. Of particular interest:
Kid-Friendly
Cities Health Improvement Report Card, Population Connection
Data and rankings on infant mortality, births to teens, and low-weight births for 165 cities, 1990 and 1998. (Published June 2002)
Playground
Safety, U.S. Public Interest Research Group
Periodic survey of the safety of public playgrounds, with state
summaries.
Reproductive
Health, Alan Guttmacher Institute
State reports on various aspects of reproductive activity, with
particular focus on teenagers. Of particular interest:
- Custom
Tablemaker
Query-based access to state data on pregnancy, childbirth, abortion,
marriage and sexual activity, contraceptive knowledge and use, and contraceptive needs and services.
-
Teenage
Pregnancy
Pregnancy, birth, and abortion rates, 1985-96, by state (published April
1999)
- Contraceptive
Services
State data (published August 1999)
- Contraceptive
Needs and Services, 1995
Data for states and counties
Occupational
Injuries,
Illnesses, and Fatalities, Bureau of Labor Statistics
Number and incidence rate of occupational injuries, illnesses, and
fatalities, by
state and year.
Highway
Fatalities and Injuries, National Center for Statistics &
Analysis, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Access to variety of data sources on highway fatalities and injuries, by
state. Of particular interest:
Air
Bag & Seat Belt Safety, National Safety Council
Periodic data reports on injuries linked to air bags and lack of seat
belt use. Of particular interest:
Pedestrian
Fatalities, Surface Transportation Policy Project
Statistics on pedestrian fatalities, for states and metro areas.
Health
Care State Rankings, Morgan Quitno Press 
Data and rankings on health care facilities, providers,
insurance and finance, disease, mortality, physical
fitness, natality and reproductive health. Annual
publication.
Area
Resource File, Quality Resource Systems for the Health Resources and
Services Administration 
County-specific health resources database containing more than 7,000 variables for each
of the nation's counties, including information on health facilities, health professions, measures of
resource scarcity, health status, economic activity, health training programs, and socioeconomic and
environmental characteristics. Drawn from from over 50 different source files.
Dartmouth
Atlas of Health Care in the United States, Dartmouth Medical
School 
Data on rates of common surgical procedures and
hospitalization, quality of health care, and health care
resources, for 3,400 hospital service areas and 300
hospital referral regions (covering the entire U.S.).
Particular focus on Medicare enrollees. Annual
publication. For additional information, see site
provided by American
Hospital Association.
State-Level
Databook on Health Care Access and Financing, The Urban
Institute 
State-level data on the insurance coverage of different
groups; the characteristics of the uninsured; Medicaid
enrollees and expenditures; health status; and health
care costs, access, and utilization.
Health Care Organization Rankings,
U.S. News & World Report
- Best
Hospitals For each of 17 specialties,
annual ranking of top 50 hospitals.
- Best
HMO Finder Ranking of 271 health maintenance
organizations, by state (1999).
Social Welfare [ back to top ]
Assessing
the New Federalism, The Urban Institute
Multi-year Urban Institute research project to analyze the devolution of responsibility for social programs from the federal government to the states, focusing primarily on health care, income security, job training, and social services.
- State
Social Welfare Database Information on states and the District of Columbia in areas including income security, health, child well-being, demographic, fiscal and political conditions, and social services.
- National
Survey of America's Families
Examination of well-being of
adults and children in 13 states, with particular attention to low-income
families. States include Alabama, California, Colorado, Florida, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, New Jersey, New York, Texas, Washington, and Wisconsin.
ChildStats,
Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics
Access to federal and state statistics and reports on children and their families, including: population and family characteristics, economic security, health, behavior and social
environment, and education.
Children
in the States, Children's Defense Fund
State rankings and profiles regarding the condition of children and
their families. Rankings cover health insurance and health care,
natality, poverty, child support, and education. Profiles
include data on health care, child care, poverty, safety, education,
and child-related program funding.
KIDS
COUNT, Annie E. Casey Foundation
A national and state-by-state effort to track the status of children in the United States.
Includes on-line access to annual KIDS COUNT Data Book, which provides
state data on the educational, social, economic, and physical well-being of children.
Statistics on Children, Youth and
Families, Child Trends
The
Right Start, Annie E. Casey Foundation and Child Trends
Indicators of the well-being of infants, for states and metro areas,
with rankings. Annual report.
Child
Trends DataBank, Child Trends
State and local indicators on child and youth well-being. Topics
include health; social and emotional development; income, assets and
work; education and skills; demographics; and family and community.
National
Data Analysis System, Child Welfare League of America
State data on child welfare conditions and programs.
Focus on
States, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
Access to state-level reports on topics of concern to low-income families (e.g.,
health, welfare, housing, food).
Food
Insecurity and Hunger, Food Security Institute, Center on Hunger and
Poverty, Brandeis University
Data and studies on food insecurity and hunger, by state. Of particular
interest:
- State
Profiles Percentage of people and
households with food insecurity and hunger, by state.
- Publications Recent publications from the Food
Security Institute, measuring food security, with data by state.
Hunger
and Homelessness in America's Cities, U.S. Conference of Mayors
Data and analysis on hunger and homelessness in 27 cities, annual
report (December 2001). Previous reports available for 1999
and 2000.
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