APDU Weekly – May 12, 2022

May 12, 2022

FEATURES

APDU-CIC Symposium: Thank You!

APDU extends a warm thank you to those who attended and presented at this year’s virtual symposium, where attendees learned about equity and resiliency in public data in sessions ranging from key questions of race and ethnicity at the Census Bureau to the use of wastewater data to track COVID-19. We hope to see you at our in-person conference in September – more details coming soon!

NEWS

Census Ready to Study Combining Race, Ethnicity Questions

Motherhood Deferred: U.S. Median Age for Giving Birth Hits 30 

Less Immigrant Labor in US Contributing to Price Hikes 

US Job Market Continues Strong Comeback from Pandemic 

Immigrants Needed to Meet Anticipated U.S. Job Opening Surge: Report

Worker Output Fell 7.5% In the First Quarter, the Biggest Decline Since 1947

COVID-19 NEWS

Here Is What One Million COVID Deaths in the U.S. Looks Like 

The COVID-19 Shutdown: A Timeline of How the Pandemic Changed the US Economy 

U.S. Trade Soaring Because Of, Not Despite, COVID Lockdowns, Supply Chain Woes 

NEW AND UPDATED DATA SOURCES

U.S. Census Bureau Resources, Data Tools, New Website for Small Businesses

Esri’s 2022 Demographic Data Release Arrives in Time to Fill a Void 

DATA VISUALIZATION

Charted: U.S. Consumer Debt Approaches $16 Trillion

UPCOMING WEBINARS

Census Bureau 

Understanding the Count: A Discussion on the Latest 2020 Post-Enumeration

Survey Results

May 19, 2022

10:00 AM – 10:45 AM ET

More Information 

Census Bureau

Exploring Census Data: Healthcare

May 19, 2022

2:00 PM – 3:30 PM ET

More Information 

Economic Research Service

Data Training Webinar: Food Access Research Atlas & Food Environment Atlas

May 24, 2022

1:00 PM – 2:00 PM ET

More Information 

Data Foundation and Agree Initiative

Models for Modernizing Agriculture Data Infrastructure: Lessons Learned from Data Innovation in Other Sectors

June 9, 2022

12:00 PM – 1:00 PM ET

More Information 

EVENTS

American Association for Public Opinion Research

77th Annual Conference

May 11 – 13, 2022

Chicago, IL

More Information

Bureau of Economic Analysis

BEA Advisory Committee Meeting

May 13, 2022

Virtual Meeting

More Information

Association for Institutional Research (AIR)

2022 AIR Forum

June 6 – 9, 2022

Phoenix, AZ

More Information

American Statistical Association

Joint Statistical Meetings: Statistics: A Foundation for Innovation

August 6 – 11, 2022

Washington, DC

More Information

ICPSR

2022 ICPSR Summer Program: Stats and Methods Courses

May through August

Virtual and/or In-person in Ann Arbor, MI

More Information

National Academy of Sciences

2020 Census Data Products: Workshop on the Demographic and Housing Characteristics Files

June 21 – 23, 2022

More Information

DATA PUBLICATIONS

ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS

University of Chicago

• Mapping the Digital Divide: Data Reveals Internet Inequities Across the Country

GOVERNMENT

Bureau of Labor Statistics

• Payroll Employment up by 428,000 in April 2022; Down by 1.2 Million Since February 2020 
• Measuring Consumer Prices for New Vehicles More Accurately
• Nonfatal Injuries and Illnesses Resulting in Days off Work Among Nurses up 291 Percent in 2020
• Compensation Costs for Service Workers Increased 7.8 Percent From March 2021 to March 2022
• A Look at Falls, Slips, and Trips In the Construction Industry
• Changes to Consumer Expenditures During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Bureau of Transportation Statistics

• U.S. Airlines’ March 2022 Fuel Consumption Down 10% from Pre-Pandemic 2019; Aviation Fuel Cost per Gallon Hits 8-year High

Census Bureau

• Vintage 2021 Subcounty Population and Housing Unit Estimates
• Census Bureau to Embargo Vintage 2021 Local Population and Housing Unit Estimates
• Census Bureau to Release 2020 Post-Enumeration Survey Results for 50 States and DC

Economic Research Service

• USDA Conservation Technical Assistance and Within-Field Resource Concerns

Energy Information Administration

• East Coast Jet Fuel Prices Remain Higher Than Other Spot Price Hubs
• U.S. Ammonia Prices Rise in Response to Higher International Natural Gas Prices
• In 2021, Value of Energy Trade Between the United States and Canada Rose From 2020 Lows
• In 2021, the Value of Energy Trade Between the U.S. And Mexico Reached a Nine-Year High
• U.S. Oil Producers Increased Capital Expenditures and Cash From Operations in Late 2021
• About 20% Of U.S. Electric Power Generating Capacity Can Operate on Multiple Fuels

Federal Reserve Bank of New York

• Inflation Expectations Mixed; Credit Access Expectations Deteriorate

National Center for Education Statistics

• Revenues and Expenditures for Public Elementary and Secondary Education: FY 20 (NCES 2022-301) 
• 2017–18 National Postsecondary Student Aid Study, Administrative Collection (NPSAS:18-AC): First Look at Student Financial Aid Estimates for 2017–18

National Center for Health Statistics

• Health Insurance Coverage: Early Release of Estimates From the National Health Interview Survey, 2021
• Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Providers and Services Users in the United States, 2017–2018

National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics

• An Occupational Approach to Analyzing Regional Invention
• Science and Technology: Public Perceptions, Awareness, and Information Sources

FEDERAL RULEMAKING AND CALLS FOR COMMENT

APDU maintains a list of open calls for comment on proposed federal data collections. We periodically alert APDU members to newly added calls for comment. 

Over the last several weeks, calls for comment on the following proposed data collections were published in the Federal Register (with due date):

Bureau of Justice Statistics

• National Inmate Survey in Jails (NIS-4J) (June 17, 2022)
• National Pretrial Reporting Program (June 27, 2022)

Bureau of Labor Statistics

• American Time Use Survey (June 13, 2022)
• Consumer Expenditure Surveys: Quarterly Interview and Diary (May 9, 2022)
• Multiple Worksite Report (MWR) and the Report of Federal Employment and Wages (RFEW) (June 21, 2022)

Census Bureau

• Annual Survey of School System Finances (June 27, 2022)
• Certification of Identity (Form BC-300) (May 17, 2022)
• Current Population Survey, School Enrollment Supplement (June 3, 2022)
• Household Pulse Survey (May 18, 2022)
• National Sample Survey of Registered Nurses (May 13, 2022) 
• The American Community Survey and Puerto Rico Community Survey (May 15, 2022) 

Health and Human Services

• National Directory of New Hires (June 2, 2022)  

Institute of Education Sciences

• 2023-24 National Postsecondary Student Aid Study (NPSAS:24) Field Test-Institution Contacting and List Collection (July 5, 2022) 
• National Household Education Survey 2023 (NHES:2023) Full-Scale Data Collection (June 1, 2022) 
• NCES System Clearance for Cognitive, Pilot, and Field Test Studies 2022-2025 (June 9, 2022) 
• Request for Information on the Existence and Use of Large Datasets To Address Education Research Questions (May 31, 2022)

National Agricultural Statistics Service

• Vegetable Surveys Program (May 31, 2022)

National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics

• Higher Education Research and Development Survey (May 31, 2022)