In this paper a more accurate index of asymmetry is studied. Specifically, the use of the left and right variance is proposed and an index of asymmetry based on them is introduced. Several examples demonstrate its usefulness. The question of evaluating more accurately the dispersion of data about the average emerges in all non-symmetric…

Fundamental to statistical analyses is the comparison of means of one variable from two or more populations. Population samples may be constructed (i.e., experimental and control groups), or they may be natural groupings (i.e., students at a particular grade in different years). If the populations are similar, the mean comparisons are…

This report presents selected findings from the school data files of the 2007-08 Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS). SASS is a nationally representative sample survey of public, private, and Bureau of Indian Education-funded (BIE) K-12 schools, principals, and teachers in the 50 states and the District of Columbia. The 2007-08 SASS sample is a…

The Office of Native American Programs serving all American Indians has primary responsibility for developing policy, legislative proposals and guidance, and for providing staff advice to the Office of the Secretary on matters of poverty relative to urban and reservation Indians. (JC)

An attempt to project the 1981 total Ontario population for each municipality in each county and district was made to provide some guidelines in projections of school enrollment, especially in those areas of apparent rapid growth or even of decline in total population. The process followed was the preparation of a preliminary estimate of the 1981…

The Bureau of Census data on American Indians are inaccurate on age, sex, and total population as published. What is needed includes: complete count data on American Indian total population, sex distribution, and age distribution for states and their subdivisions, Indian reservations, and American Indian ethnic and linguistic groups, rather than…

Census 2000 counted 281.4 million U.S. residents, of whom 12.5 percent were Hispanic. Mexicans represented 7.3 percent, Puerto Ricans 1.2 percent, Cubans 0.4 percent, and other Hispanics 3.6 percent of the population. Another 3.8 million Hispanics were counted in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. The Hispanic population increased by 57.9 percent…

This paper documents changing patterns of concentrated poverty in nonmetro areas. Data from the Decennial U.S. Census Summary Files show that poverty rates--both overall and for children--declined more rapidly in nonmetro than metro counties in the 1990s. The 1990s also brought large reductions in the number of high-poverty nonmetro counties and…

We used data from the Integrated Public Use Microdata Samples to document poverty rates among native-born and foreign-born Mexicans living in the southwest and in new regions where many Mexican families have resettled. Our analysis focused on how changing patterns of employment have altered the risk of poverty among Mexican families and children.…

This paper analyzes geographic patterns of population concentration and deconcentration among the foreign-born population during the 1990-2000 period. A goal is to examine whether the foreign-born population, including recent arrivals, are dispersing geographically from metro gateway cities into rural and other less densely populated parts of the…

Ethnic music is a strong indicator of cultural identity. Central and Eastern European ethnic groups have historically been associated with folk music traditions, such as polka, and radio broadcasting patterns in the United States reflect continued demand for and support of this music. Data from the 2000 Census was used to generate maps of the…

The Soviet Union is experiencing substantial reduction in the growth of the working-age population, accompanied by a shift in the distribution of population growth. The government is using various means to encourage workers to move to the sparsely populated developing regions and away from the large cities. (SK)

Population shifts and settlement changes in 2 townships, Buck Prairie Township and Linn Township (near Springfield, Missouri), which are of different agricultural potential and accessibility are examined. (NQ)

Excerpt from Commons Debates. (NQ)