The Social Sciences Library is offering a workshop on OECD.Stat on Nov. 14.

Kathleen DeBoer, from the OECD Washington Office, will present a 2 hour, hands-on training session on using the statistical resource OECD.Stat. OECD.Stat enables users to search for and extract data from across OECD’s many databases included in SourceOECD Statistics.

American Journal of Sociology, Volume 11 Number 1, July 2008.

Demography, Volume 45 Number 3, August 2008.

Demographic Research, Volume 19, 2008. Childbearing Trends and Policies in Europe: Book I, II and III.

National Longitudinal Surveys News, No.08-132, 2008.

NCHS Data Brief, Number 7, September 2008. Depression in the United States Household Population, 2005-2006.

NCHS Data Brief, Number 8, September 2008. Use of Mental Health Services in the Past 12 Months by Children Aged 4-17 United States, 2005-2006.

Office of Research Protection Newsletter, Issue 20, September-October 2008.

PaSDC News, Volume 24 Number 2, Summer 2008. The Past, Present and Future of Data: What Does It Means for You, The 2008 Pennsylvania Data User Conference, September 11, 2008.

The Stata Journal, Volume 8 Number 3, 3rd Quarter 2008.

Central Statistics Office Mbabane, Swaziland
Swaziland Demographic and Health Survey, 2006-07
DHS Africa
707 Oswald (Library) - New Books/Course Readings Shelf

Delwiche, Lora D. Slaughter, Susan J.
Little SAS Book: a primer
QA276.4.D45 2008
707 Oswald (Library) - New Books/Course Readings Shelf

Gebreselassie, Tesfayi
Spousal agreement on reproductive preferences in
Sub-Saharan Africa
DHS General
707 Oswald (Library) - New Books/Course Readings Shelf

Hout, Michael
Mobility tables
HD5717.H84
707 Oswald (Library) - New Books/Course Readings Shelf

Khan, Shane. Mishra, Vinod. Arnold, Fred. Abderrahim, Nouredddine.
Contraceptive trends in developing countries
DHS General
707 Oswald (Library) - New Books/Course Readings Shelf

Macro International Inc.
Angola Malaria Indicator Survey, 2006-07
DHS Africa
707 Oswald (Library) - New Books/Course Readings Shelf

Makagon, Daniel. Neumann, Mark
Recording culture: Audio documentary and the
ethnographic experience
GN348.M35 2009
707 Oswald (Library) - New Books/Course Readings Shelf

National Bureau of Statistics, Tanzania
Tanzania Service Provision Assessment Survey
DHS Africa
707 Oswald (Library) - New Books/Course Readings Shelf

Pennsylvania State Data Center
Pennsylvania abstract: A statistical fact book: 2008
HA607.P41 2008
707 Oswald (Library) - New Books/Course Readings Shelf

Population Reference Bureau
2008 World population data sheet
FILE Population Reference Bureau WOR
707 Oswald (Library) - New Books/Course Readings Shelf

United Nations
World mortality report, 2005
HB1321.W67 2005
707 Oswald (Library) - New Books/Course Readings Shelf

United Nations. Department for Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division
World abortion policies 2007 [wall chart]
FILE United Nations
707 Oswald (Library) - New Books/Course Readings Shelf

The following grant announcements are new this week on the Population Research Institute Funding Announcements web page.

Breast Cancer Research Program (BCRP) Postdoctoral Award - U.S. Department of Defense (DOD)

Contextual Approaches to Prevention of Unintended Pregnancy (R01) - Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)

Contextual Approaches to Prevention of Unintended Pregnancy (R21) - Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)

Pre-Application for the 2009 NIH Director’s New Innovator Award Program (X02) - National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Pre-Application for the 2009 NIH Director’s Pioneer Award Program (X02) - National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Research Grants for Preventing Violence and Violence-Related Injury (R01) - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

Understanding and Promoting Health Literacy (R21) [NIA added as sponsor] - Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) - National Cancer Institute (NCI) - National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute - National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB) - National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR) - National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) - National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) - National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR) - National Institute on Aging (NIA) - Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research (OBSSR)

The PRI Library has received announcement of an associate service fellowship position with the NCHS division of the U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention.

The US is the only industrialized country in which children are less likely than their parents to graduate from high school, according to a new report from the Education Trust.

Citation: Habash, A. (2008). Counting on Graduation: An Agenda for State Leadership.  Washington, DC: The Education Trust.

The number of working poor families in the US increased between 2002 and 2006, according to a new report from the Working Poor Families Project. The report, Still Working Hard, Still Falling Short, includes state-level data and maps.

The following grant announcements are new this week on the Population Research Institute Funding Announcements web page.

2007 Julie Martin Mid-Career Award in Aging Research - American Federation for Aging Research (AFAR)

AERA Dissertation Grants Program - American Educational Research Association (AERA)

AERA Institute on Statistical Analysis for Education Policy - American Educational Research Association (AERA)

AERA Research Grants Program - American Educational Research Association (AERA)

AERA-AIR Fellows Program - American Educational Research Association (AERA)

AERA-ETS Fellowship Program in Measurement - American Educational Research Association (AERA) - Educational Testing Service (ETS) Research Division

Breast Cancer Research Program (BCRP) Concept Award - U.S. Department of Defense (DOD)

Erskine A. Peters Dissertation Year Fellowship at Notre Dame - University of Notre Dame

Interactions between Physical Activity and Drug Abuse (R01) - National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)

Interactions between Physical Activity and Drug Abuse (R03) - National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)

Interdisciplinary Nursing Quality Research Initiative - Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

Multi-Country Research Fellowship Program - Council of American Overseas Research Centers

National Spatial Data Infrastructure Cooperative Agreement Program - U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)

Neurodevelopment and Neuroendocrine Signaling in Adolescence: Relevance to Mental Health (R01) - National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)

Neurodevelopment and Neuroendocrine Signaling in Adolescence: Relevance to Mental Health (R21) - National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)

The following grant announcements are new this week on the Population Research Institute Funding Announcements web page.

Administration on Aging Open Solicitation - Administration on Aging (AoA)

Enhancing Access to Quality HIV Care for Women of Color 1) Demonstrations Sites and 2) Evaluation and Technical Assistance Center - Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)

Health Services Research on the Prevention and Treatment of Drug and Alcohol Abuse (R01) - National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) - National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)

Health Services Research on the Prevention and Treatment of Drug and Alcohol Abuse (R03) - National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) - National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)

Health Services Research on the Prevention and Treatment of Drug and Alcohol Abuse (R21) - National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) - National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)

Small Grants for Behavioral Research in Cancer Control (R03) - National Cancer Institute (NCI)

Unique Interactions Between Tobacco Use and HIV/AIDS (R01) - Fogarty International Center (FIC) - National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)

Unique Interactions Between Tobacco Use and HIV/AIDS (R03) - Fogarty International Center (FIC) - National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has announced that it will only accept one resubmission per application, starting with new and competing renewal applications submitted for the January 25, 2009 due date.