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Ka163s |
Kaul, Chandrika. Statistical Handbook on the World’s Children . Westport, CT: Oryx Press. 2002.
Organized into eight sections covering such general subject areas as demography, education, health and disease, economics, social life and crime. *NOTE: Limited data for undeveloped countries. Some statistics cover ages 0-14 while others go all the way to age 18. |
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305.235
St29c |
Chadwick, Bruce and Tim Heaton, eds. Statistical Handbook on Adolescents in America. Phoenix: Oryx Press, 1996.
A comprehensive source regarding family context, sexual behavior, economics, health, education, quality of life, recreation, deviance, and parent/child relationships. Adolescence is “defined” by ages 12 to 21. |
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305.26
St29d |
Darnay, Arsen, ed. Statistical Record of Older Americans . Detroit. Gale. 1994.
A compilation of information on the elderly component of the US population drawn from governmental, academic, association, technical, trade, and journalistic sources. Minimum age for inclusion is 55. |
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305.4
In3h |
DiMona, Lisa and Constance Herndon, eds. The 1995 Information Please Women’s Sourcebook. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1994.
This handbook provides an overview of some major issues facing women today: education, work, childcare, and fertility. Included are statistics, tables, and charts as well as sources for finding more information. |
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305.895
St29g |
Gall, Susan B. and Timothy L. Gall, eds. Statistical Record of Asian Americans. Detroit: Gale, 1993.
It is a comprehensive record of Asian/Pacific Islander population compiled in the areas of business, crime, education, health, income, and employment. Generally, the data is not broken down into type of Asiatic descent. |
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973.0468
Hi625k |
Kanellos, Nicolas, ed. The Hispanic-American Almanac; a Reference Work on Hispanics in the United States. Detroit: Gale Research, 1993.
This almanac provides a chronology and a historical overview on Hispanic civilization and culture in the United States. There are 25 chapters dealing with a variety of subjects, from history, landmarks and historical documents to the family, demographics, education, women, and art. |
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305.897
St29r |
Reddy, Marlita A., ed. Statistical Record of Native North Americans . Detroit: Gale, 1993.
This is a compilation of information on the indigenous natives of North America. Organized by topic, this data is historical as well as current and comes mostly from two sources: the Census Bureaus and the Bureau of Indian Affairs. Statistics on Canadian tribes are included.
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305.896073
St29h |
Smith, Jessie Carney and Carrell P. Horton, eds. Statistical Record of Black America . 4th ed. Detroit: Gale Research, 1997.
Key to use of this book is the Table of Contents, which gives the title to each table within the volume. |