APDU Weekly – November 3, 2022

November 3, 2022

FEATURE

The Math Behind the Poverty Line: Researcher Says Calculations Don’t Account for High Housing Costs

Here & Now’s Deepa Fernades dives into the math behind poverty lines with APDU board member Beth Jarosz, a demographer with the Population Reference Bureau. Listen in the link below.

NEWS

Census: Detailed Age, Sex Data May Be Limited Based on Place

Data Foundation Recommends Installing Federal Chief Data Officer

Health Care, Education, Food Service: A Data Snapshot of Job Departures

Jump in U.S. Job Openings May Jolt Fed Yet Again

New Federal Higher Ed Data Released 

New Home Sales Tumble 10.9% in September 

U.S. Economy Grew by 2.6% in Third Quarter 

What Baseball Statistics and BLS Productivity Statistics Have in Common

COVID-19 NEWS

Experts Are Warning of Potential ‘Tripledemic’ This Winter as COVID, Flu and Now RSV Circulate

Long COVID is Affecting Women More Than Men, National Survey Finds

NEW AND UPDATED DATA SOURCES

BTS Updates Datasets to National Transportation Atlas Database

National Transportation Statistics 10/28/22 Updated

State Energy Data System (SEDS): 2021 (Updates by Energy Source)

Science and Engineering State Profiles

DATA VISUALIZATION

The Top 100 Most Valuable Brands in 2022 

UPCOMING WEBINARS

National Center for Health Statistics

The Evolution of Health Disparities in the Healthy People initiative

November 14, 2022

2:00 PM – 3:00 PM ET

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Census Bureau

First Quarterly Workforce Indicators for Puerto Rico Provide Demographic Portrait of Island’s Employment Trends

November 16, 2022

1:30 PM – 3:00 PM ET

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EVENTS

Federal Reserve Bank of New York 

Inflation: Risks, Implications, and Policies

November 4, 2022

10:30 AM – 3:30 PM ET 

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American Public Health Association

APHA 2022 – Annual Meeting & Expo

November 6 – 9, 2022

Boston, MA

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Bureau of Justice Statistics

Analyzing Data from the National Crime Victimization Survey Workshop (American Society of Criminology Conference)

November 15, 2022

Atlanta, GA

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USDA NASS

2022 Fall Data Users’ Meeting

November 15, 2022

12:00 PM – 3:30 PM ET

Virtual

More Information 

DATA PUBLICATIONS

GOVERNMENT

Bureau of Justice Statistics

• Human Trafficking Data Collection Activities, 2022

Bureau of Labor Statistics

• Compensation Costs Up 1.2% Jun 2022 to Sep 2022 and Up 5.0% Over the Year Ending Sep 2022
• Employment up in 49 States for Year Ended September 2022 
• Exploring Price Increases in 2021 and Previous Periods of Inflation 
• Improving Estimates of Hours Worked for U.S. Productivity Measurement 
• U.S. Consumers Spent More on Recreational Reading During COVID-19 Pandemic Than Before 
• U.S. Export Prices Increased 9.5 Percent From September 2021 to September 2022

Bureau of Transportation Statistics

• Air Travel Consumer Report: August Consumer Complaints Up 6 Percent from July, More Than 320 Percent Above Pre-Pandemic Levels 

Census Bureau

• Business Trends and Outlook Survey Data Release 
• Census Bureau Releases Map Illustrating 2020 Census Operational Quality Metrics for Counties and Tracts 
• Census Bureau Shares Details on 2030 Census Preparations and Encourages Additional Public Input 
• Current Population Survey Annual Social and Economical Supplement Now Available by Sex for Race, Hispanic Origin and Foreign-Born Populations 
• Household Pulse Survey Phase 3.6 Monthly Data Release 
• Using Census Data to Inform Emergency Planning, Response and Recovery 

Economic Research Service

• People Working From Home During the Pandemic Spent Less Time Eating Away From Home 
• Rotational Grazing Adoption by Cow-Calf Operations 
• U.S. Agricultural Output Has Grown Slower in Response to Stagnant Productivity Growth 

Energy Information Administration

• Decline in Drilled but Uncompleted Wells May Limit Future Crude Oil Production Growth 
• In 2021 U.S. Natural Gas-Fired Power Generation Declined for the First Time in Four Years 
• Norway Remains a Significant Natural Gas Supplier to the European Union 
• Product Highlight: EIA’s Gasoline and Diesel Fuel Update 
• U.S. Coal-Fired Generation Declining After Brief Rise Last Year 

National Center for Health Statistics

• COVID-19 Mortality by Usual Occupation and Industry: 46 States and New York City, United States, 2020 
• PODCAST: COVID-19 Mortality by Occupation and Industry 
• QuickStats: Age-Adjusted Death Rates for Stroke Among Adults Aged ≥ 65 Years, by Region and Metropolitan Status — National Vital Statistics System, United States, 2020 

NONPROFITS & FOUNDATIONS

Brookings

• A Closer Look at a Hot Labor Market 

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 Prisoner Statistics Program (November 18, 2022)

Bureau of Labor Statistics

• Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey (JOLTS) (November 10, 2022)
• The Consumer Expenditure Surveys: The Quarterly Interview and the Diary (November 14, 2022)

Bureau of Transportation Statistics

• National Census of Ferry Operators (NCFO) (October 31, 2022)

Census Bureau

• American Community Survey and Puerto Rico Community Survey (November 14, 2022)
• Generic Clearance for Questionnaire Pretesting Research (November 13, 2022)
• Monthly Retail Surveys (December 5, 2022)
• Monthly Wholesale Trade Survey (December 5, 2022)
• Soliciting Input or Suggestions on 2030 Census Preliminary Research (November 15, 2022)
• Special Census Program (November 20, 2022)
• Survey of Construction: Questionnaire for Building Permit Official (December 13, 2022)
• Survey of State Government Research and Development (December 30, 2022) 

Energy Information Agency

• Agency Information Collection Extension: Manufacturing Energy Consumption Survey (November 23, 2022)
• Agency Information Collection Extension: Nuclear Fuel Data Survey (November 25, 2022)
• Agency Information Collection Extension: Petroleum Supply Reporting System (November 7, 2022)

Institute for Education Sciences

• 2024 Teaching and Learning International Survey (TALIS 2024) International Field Test Questionnaire Revision (November 28, 2022) 
• 2023-24 National Postsecondary Student Aid Study (NPSAS:24) Field Test—Student Data Collection and Student Records (November 28, 2022)
• Common Core of Data (CCD) School-Level Finance Survey (SLFS) 2022-2024 (November 28, 2022)
• IES Research Training Program Surveys (November 7, 2022)
• National Teacher and Principal Survey of 2023-2024 (NTPS 2023-24) Preliminary Field Activities (November 21, 2022)
• School Pulse Panel 2023-24 Preliminary Field Activities (December 27, 2022) 
• Study of the Impact of English Learner Reclassification Policies (November 28, 2022) 

National Agricultural Statistics Service

• Field Crops Production (November 21, 2022)

National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics

• Data Security Requirements for Accessing Confidential Data (December 30, 2022)