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Age and Sex Working Papers
Age and Sex Working Papers
Working papers are intended to make results of Census Bureau research available to others and to encourage discussion on a variety of topics. They have not undergone a review and editorial process generally accorded official Census Bureau publications.
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View the list of working papers by year.
Working Paper
2016 American Community Survey Content Test: Race and Hispanic Origin
Results from the 2016 ACS Content Test of the questions about Race and Hispanic origin.
Working Paper
Retirement Income of Women Working Longer
Despite women’s increased labor force attachment over the lifecycle, household surveys do not show increases in retirement income for women at older ages.
Working Paper
Poverty by Age & Sex: Examination of Poverty Distribution 1966 - 2014
Poverty by Age and Sex: An Examination of the Distribution in Poverty between 1966 and 2014
Working Paper
Commuting Patterns of Older Workers in the United States, 2008-2012
This paper describes commuting patterns of older workers in the United States, based on data from the 5-year 2008-2012 American Community Survey (ACS).
Working Paper
Race & Hispanic Origin Reporting Across Admin. Records & Other Sources
This paper explores different methods to assign one race and one Hispanic response when responses are discrepant.
Working Paper
An outside view: What do observers say about races & Hispanic origins?
This paper studies patterns of observer identification using a unique, large, linked data source with two measures of a person’s race and Hispanic origin.
Working Paper
What are the Ages of the Oldest and Youngest Employees?
This research will look at the age distribution of the occupations of employed United States residents aged 16 and over by age group.
Working Paper
The Undercount of Young Children
This report includes a high-level review of the issue of the undercount of children ages 0 to 4 in censuses and surveys.
Working Paper
Race Reporting Among Hispanics: 2010
This paper evaluates how the Hispanic origin population reported their race in the 2010 Census, with an emphasis on Hispanics who self-reported their origin.
Working Paper
CPS Health Insurance Verification Question And Its Effects
In March 2000, the March Current Population Survey (CPS) added an experimental health insurance "verification" question.
Working Paper
Marital Homogamy and Economic Vulnerability During the Great Recession
Examines whether those employed/formerly employed in occupations that were hard‐hit by the recession were more likely to have employed partners after recession.
Working Paper
Use of Medicare Enrollment Data in the Demographic Analysis Estimates
Focus on Medicare enrollment as a source for estimating the population aged 65 and older on April 1, 2010.
Working Paper
Selected Characteristics of Baby Boomers 42 to 60 Years Old in 2006
This age and sex report contains information about baby boomers.
Working Paper
United States Population Projections: 2000 to 2050
Over the next four decades, the U.S. is expected to experience rapid growth in its older population and a large increase in racial and ethnic diversity.
Working Paper
Children's Religious Attendance and Child Well-Being
This analysis explores the role of religious attendance in relationship to parental support, school attachment and academic achievement among children.
Working Paper
Comparison of ACS and ASEC Data on Age and Sex
Comparison of age and sex data between the 2004 ACS and the 2004 Annual Social and Economic Supplement (ASEC) to the Current Population Survey.
Working Paper
Evaluation of Poverty Estimates: A Comparison of the ACS and the CPS
The data analysis in this report focuses on comparisons of national estimates of poverty between the 2003 ACS and the 2004 CPS ASEC (income year 2003).
Working Paper
How Does Ability To Speak English Affect Earnings?
This analysis explores the extent to which people who speak a non-English language are penalized by their level of English-speaking ability.
Working Paper
Report 4: Comparing Demographic/Housing Characteristics w/ Census 2000
Fourth in a series of reports about implementing the ACS: comparing demographic and housing characteristics between ACS and Census 2000.
Working Paper
Variations in State Mortality From 1960 to 1990
This paper assesses trends in mortality levels as indicated by changes in state life expectancy at birth and at age 65 from 1960 to 1990.
Working Paper
An Examination of the Increase in the Black Vote in November 1998
Download and view The Emerging American Voter: An Examination of the Increase in the Black Vote in November 1998 presentation.
Working Paper
Who are the Poor Elderly? Report Using Alternative Poverty Measures
This paper reviews the recent literature on poverty measurement among the elderly by bringing together issues that bear upon measures of resources and needs.
Working Paper
Historical Census Statistics on the Foreign Born Population: 1850-1990
This working paper presents selected decennial census data on the foreign-born population of the United States from 1850 to 1990.
Working Paper
Application of Experimental Poverty Measures to the Aged
This article examines poverty among persons aged 65 or older under experimental measures, which are based on a 1995 report released by the NAC.
Working Paper
Racial Differences in Health and Health Care Service Utilization
The primary goal of this study in to consider the association between socioeconomic status and health among blacks and whites in later life.
Working Paper
Analyzing The Characteristics Of Blacks
Detailed analysis of whether the characteristics of the black population, as estimated from SIPP, correspond to those same characteristics as measured in CPS.
Working Paper
The Statistically Invisible Minority Aged
This paper used the SIPP to show some illustrative differentials within the older population for the various age, sex, and race groups.
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