The Nation reports on increasing levels of suburban poverty in the US.

Despite greatly increased stress on the US armed forces since the start of military operations in Afghanistan and Iraq, divorce rates among military families have increased only gradually, according to a new report from RAND. Families Under Stress: An Assessment of Data, Theory, and Research on Marriage and Divorce in the Military is available for download or purchase.

Extended Measures of Well-Being: Living Conditions in the United States, 2003 (PDF) takes a new approach to measuring living conditions by using measures of well-being such instead of income from households participating in the Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP).

The report is number P70-110 in the Current Population Reports series.

A data update from the Kaiser Family Foundation shows variation across race and ethnic groups and US states for six indicators (disparities in infant mortality, diabetes-related mortality and AIDS cases among African Americans and Hispanics, and percentages of each group that are uninsured, enrolled in Medicaid and living in poverty).

Racial disparities in cancer rates and outcomes may be due to genetics as well as socioeconomic factors, according to new US research (CNN.com).

The PRI Library has received announcements from Population Action International for a Senior Research Associate and from the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE, within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services) for two Social Science Analysts.

The U.S. Census Bureau today submitted to Congress the subjects it plans to address in the 2010 Census, which include gender, age, race, ethnicity, relationship and whether you own or rent your home.

The Census Bureau also submitted its planned subjects for the American Community Survey (ACS) — a new yearly survey that eliminates the need for a decennial long-form questionnaire, while providing key socioeconomic and housing data about the nation’s rapidly changing population every year rather than once a decade.

For more, see the Census Bureau news release.

The PRI Library has received an announcement for the e-Social Science Conference 2007.

High-deductible health insurance plans are more costly for women, because women need more routine medical exams, according to a new study using Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) data. (Washington Post)

Using the American Community Survey: Benefits and Challenges, available from National Academies Press, provides guidance on using data from the survey effectively.