Research Guides: WRIT 340: Bowers and Murray: Background Sources

Child & Family

Kids Count Data Center
Over 100 indicators of child well-being, including economic status, health, safety, and risk factors on the local community, city, state, and national level.

Use the data to create maps, graphs, and charts for use in presentations. From the Annie E. Casey Foundation.

Child Welfare Information Gateway
From the U.S. Dept of Health & Human Services. Reports, databases and demographics on topics from prevention to permanency, including child abuse and neglect, foster care, and adoption.
Adoption & Foster Care Statistics
These resources provide State and national data on the number of children in the child welfare system, trends in foster care caseloads, and well-being outcomes.

Statistics - National Institutes of Mental Health (NIMH)
The resource represents an extensive collection of NIMH's best statistics on the prevalence, treatment, and costs of mental disorders
Report - Mental Health Problems Of Prison And Jail Inmates
From Dept. of Justice, 2006. Presents estimates of the prevalence of mental health problems among prison and jail inmates using self-reported data on recent history and symptoms of mental disorders.

Centers for Disease Control - Data & Statistics
Links to statistics related to numerous topics.
Health Coverage & Uninsured - Kaiser Family Foundation
Information and data about healthcare coverage in the U.S.
Health Reform Source - Kaiser Family Foundation
Robust site about healthcare reform and the Affordable Healthcare Act.
Healthy People.gov
Healthy People provides science-based, 10-year national objectives for improving the health of all Americans. For 3 decades, Healthy People has established benchmarks and monitored progress over time in order to encourage collaborations across communities and sectors, empower individuals toward making informed health decisions, and measure the impact of prevention activities.

SimplyAnalytics
A web-based mapping, analytics, and data visualization application with 100,000+ data variables, including: demographic data from the US Census and American Community Survey (ACS), consumer spending data from the Consumer Expenditure Survey (CEX), and D&B's Points-of-Interest business file providing access to over 5 million US business profiles. Includes MRI-SimmonsLOCAL consumer behavior dataset, which includes data on over 8,000 brands, 450 categories, and the MOSAIC consumer lifestyle segmentation system. Data is available down to the Census Block Group level.

Bureau of Justice Statistics
Statistics on crime, criminal offenders, victims of crime, and the operation of justice systems at all levels of government
Drug & Crime Facts - Bureau of Justice Statistics
This site summarizes U.S. statistics about drug-related crimes, law enforcement, courts, and corrections from Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) and non-BJS sources.
Juvenile Justice page - NCJRS
Information on many aspects of juvenile justice, including sentencing, recidivism and prevention.
Statistics page - Office of Juvenile Justice & Delinquency Prevention
The OJJDP Statistical Briefing Book (SBB) enables users to access online information via OJJDP's Web site to learn more about juvenile crime and victimization and about youth involved in the juvenile justice system.

U.S. Congregational Membership
Data from the Association of Religion Data Archives
Religion- Research and Data from Pew Research
Pew Research Center is a nonpartisan fact tank that informs the public about the issues, attitudes and trends shaping the world. We conduct public opinion polling, demographic research, content analysis and other data-driven social science research. We do not take policy positions.

LGBT Demographic Studies from the Williams Institute
Information about the LGBT population from the Williams Institute, a national think tank focusing on sexual orientation, gender identity law and public policy.
Census - Same-sex couples information
Demographic data collected by the Census.