The Subjective Well-Being Module of the American Time Use Survey: Assessment …

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Summary of a Workshop on Information Technology Research for Federal Statistics

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Improving Access to and Confidentiality of Research Data

The workshop summarized in this report was convened by the Commit- tee on National Statistics (CNSTAT) to promote discussion about methods for advancing the often conflicting goals of exploiting the research potential of microdata and maintaining acceptable levels of confidentiality. The primary sponsor of the workshop was the National Institute on Aging (NIA), but additional funding was recei…

Integrating Federal Statistics on Children

Jeanne Brooks-Gunn, Brett Brown, Greg Duncan, and Kristin Moore addressed the issue of improving national data to facilitate policy making for children and youth. Datasets must have reliable and, if possible, longi- tudinal assessments of child outcomes and measures should be age- and development-specific, the authors note. Sets of child supplements offer one approach to capturing such inform…

Expanding Access to Research Data: Reconciling Risks and Opportunities

The United States at present has the most extensive array of data collection programs undertaken by federal statistical, research, and administrative agencies in its history. Collectively, these data yield a detailed portrait of population groups and of organizations that affect people’s lives (employers, educators, health care providers, and others). When made available in the form of microd…