Well-Being

Related Sites

Other Census Bureau Resources

Children: Census Bureau website for information about children. This site also includes information about children's well-being including measures of cognitive development, socaial interactions, health, and successful completion of school.
Families and Living Arrangements: Census Bureau website for information about households and families.
Experimental Poverty Measures: Census Bureau website for information about experimental measures of poverty.
American Housing Survey (AHS): Census Bureau website about the American Housing Survey (AHS). This survey collects data on the Nation's housing, and includes several questions on housing and neighborhood conditions.

Other Related Sites

Institute for Research on Poverty: A nonprofit research institute affiliated with University of Wisconsin. Researches the causes and consequences of poverty and social inequality in the United States.
International Society for Quality of Life Studies: An international society created to help promote and encourage quality of life studies among multiple disciplines.
National Poverty Center: University of Michigan: A university-based, nonpartisan research center that conducts and promotes multidisciplinary, policy-relevant research on the causes and consequences of poverty.
U.S. Department of Agriculture - Food Security Briefing Room: Federal research on food security - access by all people at all times to enough food for an active, healthy life - in U.S. households and communities.
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services: Measures of Material Hardship (2004): Report that pulls toegether various strands of research and thinking on defining and measuring material hardship in the US, particularly as they relate to research with low-income families and children.