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The American People Census 2000 / Reynolds Farley and John Haaga, editors.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- The Russell Sage Foundation Census Series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States--Population.
- United States.
- United States--Census, 2000.
- United States--Population--Statistics.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (471 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Manufacture:
- Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2016
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Russell Sage Foundation, 2005.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- For more than 200 years, America has turned to the decennial census to answer questions about itself.More than a mere head count, the census is the authoritative source of information on where people live, the types of families they establish, how they identify themselves, the jobs they hold, and much more.
- Contents:
- Contents ; Introduction / Reynolds Farley and John Haaga ; Part I. The Census ; Chapter 1. Politics and Science in Census Taking / Kenneth Prewitt ; Part II. Economic Trends and Employment ; Chapter 2. Diverging Fortunes: Trends in Poverty and Inequality / Sheldon Danziger and Peter Gottschalk ; Chapter 3. Women, Men, and Work / Liana C. Sayer, Philip N. Cohen, and Lynne M. Casper ; Chapter 4. Gender Inequality at Work / David A. Cotter, Joan M. Hermsen, and Reeve Vanneman ; Chapter 5. Cohorts and Socioeconomic Progress / Dowell Myers ; Part III. Families, Households, and Children
- Chapter 6. Marriage and Family in a Multiracial Society / Daniel T. Lichter and Zhenchao Qian Chapter 7. Trends in the Well-Being of America's Children / William P. O'Hare ; Chapter 8. The Lives and Times of the Baby Boomers / Mary Elizabeth Hughes and Angela M. O'Rand ; Part IV. Immigration and America's Racial Groups ; Chapter 9. Immigration and a Changing America / Mary M. Kritz and Douglas T. Gurak ; Chapter 10. Immigration and Fading Color Lines in America / Frank D. Bean, Jennifer Lee, Jeanne Batalova, and Mark Leach
- Chapter 11. Who Chooses to Choose Two? / Sonya M. Tafoya, Hans Johnson, and Laura E. Hill Chapter 12. Latinos and the Changing Face of America / Rogelio Saenz ; Chapter 13. African Americans and the Color Line / Michael A. Stoll ; Chapter 14. A Demographic Portrait of Asian Americans / Yu Xie and Kimberly A. Goyette ; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-61044-200-8
- OCLC:
- 915134607
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