General Reference Statistical Resources

Statistical Abstract of the United States
Call Number: C 3.134:<year>
Approximately 150 tables in this publication contain statistics including data by sex and/or race and ethnic identification. Topics include abortion, alcohol use, birth rates, cancer, child support, education employment, crime, voter registration...etc. Footnotes indicate sources of statistical data.

Statistical Universe (AU users only)
Statistical Universe can be used to find all statistics issued by the U.S. government back to 1973 through the American Statistics Index (ASI); some 1,000 of the best statistical publications of  private and state government sources from 1980 forward through the Statistical Reference Index (SRI); and approximately 2,000 indispensable titles from some 100 international intergovernmental organizations, all published annually since 1983 through the Index to International Statistics (IIS).

Demographic/Economic Studies

Households and Families 
Race Data
The Black Population in the United States (Annual)
Child Support and Alimony
Child Care
Poverty

Survey of Minority-owned Business Enterprises (Economic Census)
Call Number: C 3.258:77-1 - 92-
Contains basic economic data on businesses in the U.S. owned by Blacks, people of Hispanic origin and other ethnic minorities. Includes number of firms, gross receipts, number of employees and annual payroll.

We, the... (American Women, Black Americans, Asian and Pacific Islanders, First Americans)
Call Number: C 3.2:AM 3/6/<no.>

Contains summarized data taken from the 1980 census of population and housing.

Condition of Hispanics in America Today (1984)
Call number: C 3.2:H 62

Data in this document were presented at Hearings before the Subcommittee on the Census of Population, House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service.

Illustrative Statistics on Women in Selected Developing Countries (1980)
CallNumber: C 3.2:W 84/2/980-2

Data on African, Asian and Latin American women. Topics include age, longevity, marital status, labor force participation, etc.

Women of the World (Latin America, Africa, Near East, Asia...)
Call Number: C 3.2:W 84/4 - 8

Presents and analyzes statistical data on literacy and education, labor force participation, marital status, fertility and mortality.

The Economic Status of Black Women: an exploratory investigation(1990)
Call Number: CR 1.2:B 56/3

Includes trends in wages and occupations from 1940-1980 and determinants of economic status from 1940-1986. Also discusses reasons for Black-White female wage gap.

The Growing Crisis: Disadvantaged Women and their Children (1983)
Call Number: CR 1.10:78

Data cover marital status and poverty, employment, education, and health of disadvantaged women.

Economic Progress of Black Men in America (1986)
Call Number: CR 1.10:91

An overview of racial patterns in earnings and employment from 1940-1980. Includes trends in employment and unemployment, education, geographic migration and sources of earnings gap from 1940-1980.

Economic Progress of Americans of Asian Descent (1988)
Call Number: CR 1.10:95

Covers the migration of Asians to America; data include current economic status of Asian American families, labor market status as compared to Whites, earnings and work patterns.

Health and Nutrition

Published Statistical Tables from the Center for Disease Control (CDC)
Office of Minority Health Resource Center (Office of Public Health)
Office of Women's Health (CDC)
Office on Women's Health (Public Health Service)
Impact on Black Health Research (CDC)
Impact on Hispanic Health Research (CDC)
Impact on Asian or Pacific Islander Health Research (CDC)
Impact on American Indians or Alaskan Natives Health Research (CDC)
Mortality Tables (CDC)

Vital Statistics of the United States
Call Number: HE 20.6210:<year>

Three volumes in four: Vol.1: Natality includes birth by race and sex; educational attainment of mother and father; Hispanic origin of parents. Vol.2,A-B: Mortality includes deaths by cause by sex, race, Hispanic origin; infant and perinatal deaths by sex; accidental deaths by race and sex; life tables by years of age by race and sex. Vol.3: Marriage and Divorce includes marriages classified by demographic characteristics of bride and groom, including sex, age and previous marital status; divorces by demographic characteristics of husband and wife including number of children, age, educational attainment, etc.

Health United States
Call Number: HE 20.6223:(year)

Statistics showing trends in health care and health of population. Includes tables on incidence of AIDS by sex, race, hispanic origin; cancer rates by race and sex; drug abuse by age and sex; overweight persons by age and sex; employment in the health professions--some tables divided by minority and women. Appendix provides sources of data and other publications of interest.

Low income women 19-50 years and their children (1985,1986)
Call Number: A 111.9/3:<yr./no.>

Contains data on dietary intake, analysis of nutrients and food energy of low income women and children. Data are presented by household characteristics (size, income, etc.).

Cancer among Blacks and Other Minorities (1986)
Call Number: HE 203152:B 56/3

Data include age-specific cancer incidence and mortality rates, survival rates and cancer trends for Blacks and Whites between 1978-1981.

Atlas of U.S. Cancer Mortality among Whites and among Non-Whites
Call Number: HE 20.3152:M 84/2/950-80 and HE 20.3152:M 84/2/950-80/rev.

Contains computer generated maps showing geographical distribution of cancer mortality for the United States White and Non-White populations.

Cancer Statistics Review (1973-92)
Call Number: HE 20.3186:<yr.>

Includes mortality, incidence and survival trends by sex and age for Blacks and Whites.

Indian Health Trends and Services
Call Number: HE 20.5310:978


Presents data on natality, infant and maternal mortality, other mortality statistics, disease and preventitive care.
WWW Information: Indian Health Service

Fertility Tables for Birth Cohorts by Color: United States 1917-73
Call Number: HE 20.6202:F 41/917-73


Contains fertility data for actual groups of women through their childbearing years of 14-49 for calendar years 1917-1973. Data are updated from 1974 in Vital Statistics of the United States, Vol. I: Natality

Health of Black and White Americans 1985-87
Call Number: HE 20.6209:10/171


Data are from the National Health Interview Survey and include estimates of acute and chronic conditions, assessed health status, physician contact and hospitalization by age, sex, income level, poverty status.

MMWR - Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (indexed annually)
Call Number: HE 20.7009:<vol.>


Published by the Centers for Disease Control; contains reports and statistics in epidemiology.
See also the annual Summary of Notifiable Diseases and CDC Surveillance Summaries (HE 20.7009/2:) for reports on selected racial/ethnic groups or health problems.

Health Status of Minorities and Low Income Groups
Call Number: HE 20.9302:M 66/3/991


Includes data on vital statistics, prevention and reproductive health, chronic and acute disease conditions, HIV infection, dental and mental health for all races, Black, White and Hispanic and some data for American Indians and Alaska natives.

Criminal/Correctional

Uniform Crime Reports: Crime in the U.S.
Call Number: J 1.14/7:<year>

Crime data as reported by state and local law enforcement agencies often include age, sex, race of victims and/or offender for various types of crimes and arrests.

Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics
Call Number: J 29.9/6:<year>

Data include characteristics of the criminal justice system such as number of correctional officers per state by sex and race; surveys on public attitudes toward crime, nature and distribution of known offenses, characteristics of persons arrested and/or under correctional supervision.

Historical Corrections Statistics in the United States, 1850-1984
Call Number: J 29.2:C 81/850-984

Contains data on capital punishment, jail, prison, parole and probation. Some tables (e.g., illegal lynchings and federal executions) include race and sex variables.

Criminal Victimization in the United States
Call Number: J 29.9/2:

Tables include sex, age, race/ethnicity, etc. of victims and offenders.

Correctional Populations in the United States
Call Number: J 29.17:


Data include estimated number of adults on probation, in jail, in prison, on parole by sex and race; conviction status by sex; inmates in State and Federal facilities by sex, race, Hispanic origin.

Women in Prison (Bureau of Justice Statistics Special Report)
Call Number: J 29.13:W 84


Characteristics of women in State prisons, including criminal histories, prior drug use, reported background of physical and sexual abuse and custodial situation of their children.

Women in Jail, 1989 (Bureau of Justice Statistics Special Report)
Call Number: J 29.13:J 19


Provides data on characteristics and backgrounds of women held in locally operated jails across the United States.

Black Victims (Bureau of Justice Statistics Special Report)
Call Number: J 29.13:V 66


Data include types of crimes and victimization rates by age, race, income, location of residence and presence of weapon.

Hispanic Victims (Bureau of Justice Statistics Special Report)
Call Number: J 29.13:H 62


Data include types of crimes and victimization rates by age, race, income, location of residence and presence of weapon.

Profile of Jail Inmates
Call Number: J 29.13/2:<year>


Data describe characteristics of almost 400,000 persons in more than 3,000 jails nationwide. Data include personal backgrounds, criminal histories, prior drug and alcohol use. The NESE report does not include tables.

Growth in Minority Detentions Attributed to Drug Law Violators
Call Number: J 32.10:M 66


Covers period 1985-1987 and includes characteristics of youth detained in delinquency cases and status offense cases; changes in detention over two year period by sex, White and Non-white youth.

National Household Survey on Drug Abuse (1979- )
Call Number: HE 20.8202:SU 7 and ASI Microfiche (1991) Number: 4494-5


Describes prevalence of drug, alcohol and cigarette use among youth by age, sex, and race.

Education

Minorities in Higher Education
Trends in School District Demographics, 1986-87 to 1990-91
The Educational Progress of Women
The Educational Progress of Hispanic Students
The Educational Progress of Black Students

Digest of Education Statistics
Call Number: ED 1.326:<year>


Statistical information covering education from kindergarten through graduate school. The data are collected from a variety of sources, both government and private. Includes graduation rates, degrees conferred, enrollment, etc. for minorities.

Women at Thirtysomething: Paradoxes of Attainment (National Longitudinal Study of the High School Class of 1972)
Call Number: ED 1.302:W 84


"...describes the education, careers and labor market experience of women in the high school class of 1972" until they were 32 years old. The paradox: "...women's educational achievements were superior to those of men but...rewards in the labor market were thin by comparison..."

Careers in Teaching: Following Members of the High School Class of 1972 In and Out of Teaching
ASI Microfiche (1991) Number: 4836-1.13


Examines career patterns of 1011 individuals who became teachers by sex, race/ethnicity and background characteristics.

America's Teachers Ten Years After a Nation at Risk
Call Number: ED 1.302:AM 3/3


How the teaching profession has changed over ten years.

Educational Attainment in the United States (Current Population Studies)
Call Number: C 3.186/23:<year>


Data include educational attainment by labor force status, income by educational attainment, by sex, race, Hispanic origin, educational level of spouses by age, race and Hispanic origin.

School Enrollment: Social & Economic Characteristics of Students (Current Population Reports)
Call Number: C 3.186/12:


Contains enrollment by family income and race for public and private schools, below average and drop-outs by age, race, sex, Hispanic origin; includes pre-school, elementary, high school and college.

Historically Black colleges and universities, 1976-
Call Number: ED 1.302:B 56


Includes data on "enrollment, degrees conferred, staff, faculty salaries, revenues and expenditures."

The Black/White Colleges: Dismantling the Dual System of Higher Education (1981)
Call Number: CR 1.10:66


Comparison of Black enrollments and degrees earned at schools in States named in the (Federal Court) Adams v. Richardson (1973) case of higher education desegregation.

More Hurdles to Clear: Women and Girls in Competitive Athletics (1980)
Call Number: CR 1.10:63


Comparisons of boys and girls in interscholastic athletics and proportion of budgets as well as per capita expenditures.

Race/ethnicity Trends in Degrees Conferred by Institutions of Higher Education 1976-77 through 1988-89
Call Number: ED329159 and ASI Microfiche (91) 4844-17

Data are from IPEDS (Integrated Post-secondary Education Data System) include degrees conferred by sex, race/ethnicity, field of study and level of degree.

Profiles of Faculty in Higher Education Institutions (Chapt.4: Women and Minorities in Higher Education)
Call Number: ED 1.302:P 94/6

Tables include distribution of faculty in 4-year institutions by gender, age, academic rank, etc.

Minority Participation in Higher Education
ASI Microfiche (91) 4808-29

Tables include high school graduation and college enrollment by race/ethnicity; comparison of Black and White attrition and progression rates, college completion and degrees conferred by race/ethnicity.

The American Indian in Higher Education, 1975-76 to 1984-85
Call Number: ED 1.102:IN 2/2

Graphs include educational attainment, enrollment in higher education, degrees conferred, American Indian faculty, and predominantly American Indian institutions' revenues and expenditures.

The Condition of Education for Hispanic Americans (1980)
Call Number: ED 1.102:H 62

Includes Hispanics and Whites enrolled in private and public pre-school, elementary and high school comparing various factors such as age, time spent on homework, educational attainment of parents. Distribution of Hispanics and Whites in post-secondary schools, degrees earned, fields of study, etc.

Characteristics of American Indian and Alaska native education
Call Number: ED 1.302:C 37/3/

This report summarizes the findings of the Schools and Staffing Survey with regard to schools that serve American Indian and Alaska Native students, and examines trends in Indian education since 1990-91, when the data for the first NCES report on Indian education were collected.