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Special Reports
The U.S. Census Bureau regularly issues special topical reports featuring data collected from a number of its censuses and surveys. Some of these reports include:
A Child's Day
A Child's Day: 2006. This report contains selected indicators of child well-being, including television viewing, sports participation, nutrition, and academic milestones. You can compare the 2006 data with an earlier report published in 2003, 2000, and 1994.
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Students get a visit from "man's best friend" in this
undated photograph from a Washington, D.C., classroom.
Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress
Aging
An Aging World: 2008 [PDF 11.55MB]. This is the ninth cross-national report in a Census Bureau series on the world’s older populations. An earlier edition from 2001 is also available.
Population Aging in Sub-Saharan Africa: Demographic Dimensions 2006
65+ in the United States: 2005
Global Population at a Glance: 2002 and Beyond
The Older Population in the United States: March 2002
The Older Population in the United States: March 1999
Education
The Big Payoff: Educational Attainment and Synthetic Estimates of Work-Life Earnings
School Enrollment data from 1946 to 2008.
Education Attainment in the United States: 2009, 2003, 2000, 1999, 1998, 1997, 1996, and 1995.
Computers
Computer and Internet Use in the United States: 2009, 2007, 2003, 2001, and reports prior to 2001.
Access Denied: Changes in Computer Ownership and Use: 1984-1997 [PDF 214KB], Robert Kominski Eric Newburger, U.S. Census Bureau, Population Division, Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association Chicago, IL August 1999.
Computer Use in the United States: The Bureau of the Census Surveys, [PDF 3MB] Robert Kominski Eric Newburger, U.S. Census Bureau, Population Division, Presented at the 1992 Annual Meeting of the American Society for Information Science, October 26-29, 1992, Pittsburgh, PA.
Who Uses Computers: 1988 [PDF 714KB]
Home Computers and Internet Use in the United States: August 2000
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