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SOCL 3020: Sociology of Family Diversity

Resources and information relevant to the topics discussed in SOCL 3020.

U.S. Statistics

America's Children: Key National Indicators of Well-Being, 2013

  • There is a section on "Family and Social Environment."

Employment Characteristics of Families

Family Violence Statistics: Including Statistics on Strangers and Acquaintances (Bureau of Justice Statistics)

  • Compares family and nonfamily violence statistics from victimization through the different stages of the justice system.

Child Welfare Information Gateway Statistics

  • Find reports, databases, and other sources of statistics and demographic data on children and families in the United States, child abuse and neglect, child welfare services, children and youth in foster care, and domestic and international adoption.

National Survey of American Families

  • The National Survey of America's Families provides a comprehensive look at the well-being of children and non-elderly adults, and reveals sometimes striking differences among the 13 states studied in depth. The survey provides quantitative measures of child, adult and family well-being in America, with an emphasis on persons in low-income families.

National Survey of Family Growth (Center for Disease Control and Statistics)

  • gathers information on family life, marriage and divorce, pregnancy, infertility, use of contraception, and men's and women's health.

Statistical Abstract of the United States

  • the authoritative and comprehensive summary of statistics on the social, political, and economic organization of the United States

Family Trends

  • Adoption, Marriage, and Household Statistics

American FactFinder

  • American FactFinder provides access to data about the United States, Puerto Rico and the Island Areas. The data in American FactFinder come from several censuses and surveys. You can search by state, county, city, town or zip code.

American Community Survey

  • The American Community Survey (ACS) is an ongoing statistical survey that samples a small percentage of the population every year -- giving communities the information they need to plan investments and services
 

 

Pew Research Center Reports - United States

Pew Research Center is a nonpartisan United States fact tank that informs the public about the issues, attitudes and trends shaping America and the world. It conducts public opinion polling, demographic research, media content analysis and other empirical social science research.

International Statistics

  • Demographic Yearbook
    The United Nations Demographic Yearbook collects, compiles and disseminates official statistics on a wide range of topics. Data have been collected from national statistical authorities since 1948 through a set of questionnaires dispatched annually by the United Nations Statistics Division to over 230 national statistical offices.
  • Demographic and Social Topics
    Statistical information about family formation, families and households compiled by the UN Demographic Yearbook. The Demographic Yearbook disseminates statistics on population size and composition, births, deaths, marriage and divorce on an annual basis.
  • OECD Family database
    In view of the strong demand for cross-national indicators on the situation of families and children, the OECD Family database was developed to provide cross-national indicators on family outcomes and family policies across the OECD countries, its enhanced engagement partners and EU member states.
  • Child Welfare Information Gateway
    Adoption Statistics - These resources provide State, national, and international data and statistics on private, public foster care, and intercountry adoption. Research findings present trends and analyses in the field of adoption.

RAND Corporation Reports - United States

RAND is a nonprofit institution. RAND research is commissioned by a global clientele that includes government agencies, foundations, and private-sector firms.