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De Philadelphie à Washington ou de l'Union des Etats d'Amérique aux Etats-Unis d'Amérique, en passant par l'État de l'Union: la documentation politique, juridique et statistique des États-Unis

Introduction to the Statistical Portal for United States Government Statistics

Major Statistical Databases

Sara HolderEducation Liaison LibrarianMcGill [email protected]://www.library.mcgill.ca/edrs/seminar/CREPUQ/us_stat.ppt

United States Government Statistics – March 2007

mailto:[email protected]

http://www.library.mcgill.ca/edrs/seminar/CREPUQ/us_stat.ppt

http://www.library.mcgill.ca/edrs/seminar/CREPUQ/us_stat.ppt

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Presentation Outline

Sara Holder – United States Government Statistics – March 2007

A.M.Introduction to the Statistical Portal for United States Government StatisticsQuestions

P.M.Major Statistical DatabasesConclusionQuestions

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FedStats (www.fedstats.gov) : the online portal to statistics from

the United States government


http://www.fedstats.gov/

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Points of Access in FedStats

• Topic

• Geography

• Publication

• Search


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Topic


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Geography – MapStats profiles


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Geography – selected agencies


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Publication – Reference Shelf


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Search – via Google


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Other Information Available via Fedstats

• List of federal agencies– Description of statistical mandate– Links to website, contact information, and key

statistical output

• Press releases (available via RSS)

• Kid’s pages

• Federal statistical policy


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Other Information (continued)

• Additional links– Other federal government sites– Other statistical sites (not from the U.S.

Government)

• Data access tools– Links to statistical databases from U.S.

Federal agencies– Pre-defined and user-defined reports– Output in a variety of forms


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• Conclusion (part I)

• Questions


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Major Statistical Databases from the U.S. Federal Government

• American FactFinder http://factfinder.census.gov

• Bureau of Labor Statisticshttp://www.bls.gov/data/home.htm

• Health Data for All Ageshttp://

www.cdc.gov/nchs/health_data_for_all_ages.htm


http://factfinder.census.gov/

http://www.bls.gov/data/home.htm

http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/health_data_for_all_ages.htm



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American FactFinder


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American FactFinderAvailable Datasets

• Decennial Census

• American Community Survey

• Puerto Rican Community Survey

• Population Estimates Program

• Economic Census

• Annual Economic Surveys


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American FactFinderFunctionality

• Quick tables– By subject– By source

• Detailed tables– Pre-defined variables– User selects geography (one or more)

• Custom tables– User defines all variables


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American FactFinderFunctionality

• Thematic maps– Pre-defined variables– Map elements can be customized

• Reference maps– Show boundaries of geographic areas for

which data has been collected– Enables positioning by address or click– Map elements can be customized


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Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)


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BLS Data

• National data by topic– Employment and unemployment– Prices and living conditions– Compensation and working conditions– Productivity and technology

• Regional data– Most requested data for each regional group

of states


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BLS Functionality

• Retrieve from lists of most requested data

• Choose data from BLS databases– One-screen form– Multiple form-based query

• Download from FTP server – for large volumes of time series data

• Customized calculators


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Health Data for All Ages (HDAA)


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HDAA Data

• Browse by topic– Pregnancy and birth– Health conditions/Risk factors– Health status and disability– Health care access and use– Mortality

• Search tables– Simple search of table titles


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HDAA Functionality

• Work online or download tables– Tables are in Beyond 20/20 format– Download software for free

• Tables include explanatory information on data sources and variables

• Each variable has several categories– Set up before viewing– Switch categories while viewing


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HDAA Functionality (continued)

• Display can be customized– Rearrange rows and columns– Nest variables– Sort columns in ascending/descending order

• Tables can be viewed in chart form

• Export data to Excel


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• Conclusion

• Questions


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