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Figures Represent Alternative Way of Estimating the Nation's Population Independent of 2010 Census
WASHINGTON, Dec. 6, 2010 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The U.S. Census Bureau released today the 2010 Demographic Analysis estimates, a set of data independent of the 2010 Census counts that provides a way of measuring the nation's population. These figures provide national-level estimates of the population by age, sex, two race groups -- black and non-black -- and for the first time, the Hispanic population under age 20.
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This article uses the U.S. Federal Reserve Board's Survey of Consumer Finances to examine near retirees' (aged 50 to 61) debt holdings in 1995 and 2004. Employing a variety of measures on household borrowing, our results show that near retirees in 2004—the leading edge of the baby-boom cohort—had more consumer and housing debt than their counterparts in 1995. We observe a modest increase in the median debt service and debt-to-assets ratios between the two cohorts, but no statistical difference in their respective average. Analysis of several demographic and socioeconomic subgroups reveals certain population segments, such as single female households, with significantly higher debt service ratios in 2004.
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Although the San Fernando Valley had failed in its effort to secede from Los Angeles, it did manage to gain its own official identity in 2005, when the U.S. Census declared it a distinct geographic area worth of its own demographic analysis.
The Valley made its mark in other ways during the middle years of the decade. The renovated City Hall in Van Nuys opened with much fanfare, the region was tapped as the site for the Children's Museum, and first lady Laura Bush paid a visit to a local school.
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WASHINGTON, Dec. 3, 2010 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following is being issued by the U.S. Census Bureau:
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This article examines the effects of demographic factors on the linkages between perceptions of information technology and electronic commerce adoption. Many firms are moving to create virtual marketplace as their primary points of consumer contact. In this environment, demographic factors such as gender, age, education and income may play a role in adopting electronic commerce. Quantitative research is applied with data collected from Internet users in South Korea. The data is analyzed using factor analysis, multivariate analysis of variance, and regression analysis methods. The findings suggest that the effects of demographic factors have moderated in information technology use; the respondents demonstrate positive attitudes toward the benefits of electronic commerce and its adoption ...
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** CENSUS BUREAU MEDIA ADVISORY **
WASHINGTON, Nov. 24, 2010 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following was released today by the U.S. Census Bureau:
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We examined heroin use among 15 White middle-class women using data from in-depth qualitative interviews and ethnographic observation between May 1996 and April 1999. These women represent a subsample of a diverse group of 550 in an ethnographic study of heroin use and dealing in New York City. Our analysis is organized into four sections: (1) a demographic sketch, (2) the first time, (3) mode of administration and patterns of use, and (4) heroin in the medicine cabinet. Heroin use among these women was not related to poverty or lack of opportunity, social disenfranchisement, defective or addictive personalities, childhood trauma, or seeking membership into deviant subcultures. While some of these discourses of adversity and thrill seeking may have surfaced in individual stories, the do...
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WASHINGTON, Nov. 30, 2010 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following revised advisory is being issued by the U.S. Census Bureau:
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DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/b46122/hispanic_living_in) has announced the addition of the "Hisp...
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WASHINGTON, Nov. 30, 2010 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following advisory is being issued by the U.S. Census Bureau:
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