Pathways to Getting Ahead

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Sources of Statistical Data

• Getting the knowledge and skills to advance
  U. S. Census Bureau, The Big Pay Off: Educational Attainment and Synthetic Estimates of Work-Life Earnings, Washington, D.C., July 2002
  http://www.census.gov/prod/2002pubs/p23-210.pdf
• Exploring your choices for assistance to pay for college
  The College Board, 2001-2002 College Costs: Keeping Rising Prices in Perspective, New York, NY, 2002
  http://www.collegeboard.com/article/0,1120,6-29-0-4494,00.html?orig=sec
• Making the most of what a job offers - Health Insurance
  Sullivan, T., Warren, E., and Westbrook, J., The Fragile Middle Class: Americans in Debt, Yale University Press, New Haven, 2000.
• Insuring against major health care expenses
  Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured, The Uninsured and Their Access to Health Care
  http://www.kff.org/uninsured/index.cfm
• Getting by when your earnings are limited - Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF)
  Parrott, S., and Neuberger, Z, States Need More Federal TANF Funds, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, Washington, D.C., May 2002
  http://www.cbpp.org/5-20-02tanf.htm
• Saving for the long haul: investing in a home
  Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Flow of Funds Accounts of the United States, Flows and Outstandings Second Quarter 2003, Washington, D.C. 2003 http://www.federalreserve.gov/releases/Z1/current/z1.pdf

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