Investigating Change in American Society, IBM Version

by Frey, William H.

• ISBN13: 9780534523442
• ISBN10: 0534523447
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Digital
• Copyright: 1996-09-12
• Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing

Summary

This is an exciting, inexpensive new software and workbook package that lets you compare data sets from the '50s to the '90s! This easy-to-use software package allows students to critically analyze data from huge data sets drawn from the U.S. Census.

Table of Contents

Timeline: World War II to the Present	p. 2
Investigating Change	p. 6
Using StudentChip to Create Tables	p. 9
Graphing Overview	p. 20
Population Structure: Cohorts, Ages, and Change	p. 27
Race and Ethnic Inequality	p. 47
Immigrant Assimilation	p. 67
Labor Force	p. 89
Marriage, Divorce, Cohabitation, and Childbearing	p. 107
Gender Inequality	p. 123
Households and Families	p. 137
Poverty	p. 157
Children	p. 173
The Older Population	p. 189
References for Topics	p. 207
What is the Census?	p. 215
Resources on the World Wide Web	p. 219
Index of Key Concepts	p. 221
Guide to Datasets	p. 223
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