THE 1967 CENSUS OF THE WEST BANK AND GAZA STRIP: A DIGITIZED VERSION

From the Levy Economics Institute of Bard College:

In the summer of 1967, just after the Six-Day War brought the WestBank and Gaza Strip under Israel’s control, the Israeli Central Bureauof Statistics conducted a census of the occupied territories. The resulting seven volumes of reports provide the earliest detailed description of this population, including crucial data aboutrespondents’ 1948 refugee status.

In recent decades, these volumes of tables -- over 300 tables in all-- have received little or no attention from historians of the occupation, not least because it is not easy to use the reports inprint form and in any case the volumes are not widely available even in good research libraries.

The Levy Economics Institute of Bard College is making the contents of these volumes available in machine-readable form for the first time, free of charge to anyone with access to the internet. The tables canbe downloaded in Excel format for intensive research.

Many tables provide information cross-tabulated with several social characteristics at once (for example, education or occupationcross-tabulated with age, gender and refugee status) and presented for small geographic locales as well sub-totaled for regions.

Also, in conjunction with the Palestinian Authority's censuses of 1997 and 2007 these tables help provide an understanding of trends over 40 years. We hope that the data can be exploited by researchers interested in a fuller understanding of the social history of thePalestinian people in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.

For an overview of our project and to access the hundreds of tablescontained in the 1967 Census database, go to http://www.levyinstitute.org/palestinian-census/

From ICPSR: Real Students, Real-World Experiences

From ICPSR: Real Students, Real-World Experiences

Join us for a Webinar on November 29 Space is limited. Reserve your Webinar seat now at: https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/183991746 Do your students seek opportunities to get involved in social science research? (And add relevant content to their resumes?) ICPSR can help! We have opportunities that give students hands-on experience with data and the research process and opportunities to reward the research work you encourage them to complete. This Webinar will introduce you to the ins and outs of the Student Paper Competitions – did you know we actually have four separate competitions for undergraduates and Master's students? – and the Summer Internship Program. ICPSR’s Internship Program has been the recipient of the “Best Employer” award for the state of Michigan and was recently funded by the National Science Foundation as a Research Experience for Undergraduates. Tune in to see amazing work done by previous paper competition winners and interns, hear about “lessons learned” that translate into tips for interviews or graduate school applications, and more! Please share this webinar invitation with other faculty and students! Title: From ICPSR: Real Students, Real-World Experiences Date: Tuesday, November 29, 2011 Time: 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM EST After registering you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the Webinar. System Requirements PC-based attendees Required: Windows® 7, Vista, XP or 2003 Server Macintosh®-based attendees Required: Mac OS® X 10.5 or newer

A whole new world.... The new American FactFinder

The Census Bureau released the first round of data from the 2010 American Community Survey today. And it is available in the NEW American FactFinder! Check it out!

For assistance using the new AFF, here are some resources:

• AFF quick start tutorials: Good series of video tutorials for using the new AFF



• Tip sheet from the Census Bureau



• Recording of a presentation on the new AFF: From Michele Hayslett at UNC



• Classroom workbook with exercises

And don't worry, AFF won't go all Facebook on you. This new interface should be good for at least a year or two ;-)

Data from Roper Center on 9/11

What were Americans thinking & feeling immediately following 9/11?

FREE data on the tenth anniversary of 9/11— NBC News Terrorism Poll and NBC News & The Wall Street Journal New York City/Pentagon Terrorist Attacks Poll. Download datasets in SPSS/PASW along with their codebooks to get a more in-depth analysis of what Americans were thinking and feeling on the days immediately following 9/11 at Surveys from the days following September 11, 2001.

Members can access toplines for this data using the links below:

• NBC Poll # 6018: Terrorism (United States) [USNBC2001-6018]
  Survey by NBC News. Conducted by Hart-Teeter Research Companies, field dates: September 12, 2001, sample: National adult.
• NBC/WSJ Poll # 6019: New York City/Pentagon Terrorist Attacks (United States) [USNBCWSJ2001-6019]
  Survey by NBC News and The Wall Street Journal. Conducted by Hart-Teeter Research Companies, field dates: September 15-16, 2001, sample: National adult. RoperExplorer is also available for online analysis of this dataset (Off-campus access for UNCG faculty, students, and staff only).
  

get your country data here!

Featured Data Source: World dataBank and World Development Indicators Online

World dataBank is UNCG's primary database for statistics on individual countries compiling development data for over 800 indicators and 200 countries. The purpose of this compilation is to provide a statistical benchmark for the progress of development in individual countries and regions. The data is wide ranging from economic indicators, such as balance of payments data, to social indicators, such as the literacy rate.

World Development Indicators and all other World Bank data products are freely available to anyone through World dataBank. Below is a tutorial for getting started with WDI.

Census Summary File 1 for NC released

Exciting news for data nerds!

The US Census Bureau has released the 2010 Census Summary File 1 (SF1) data for North Carolina. This is the full release of data collected on the 2010 Census to the block level. The 2010 Census Summary File 1 data for North Carolina is available through the new American Factfinder.

And look! It's the UNCG block. And look at all of those gals! Could you tell UNCG is historically a women's college?

Which do I use? Try the HUD data set reference guide

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has created a helpful reference guide on HUD USER. It shows which datasets would have most to least relevance in a particular topic area (such as disabilities or demographics).

As reported by APDU: "The Data Set Reference Guide provides convenient, one-stop access to the original data sets generated by the Office of Policy Development and Research (PD&R), including data from the American Housing Survey, HUD median family income limits, microdata on housing discrimination, the HUD-insured multifamily housing stock, HUD’s assisted housing population, and other housing-related topics. Access the PD&R guide here and a guide to other HUD data sources here."

Here is a screenshot of the PD&R guide: