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Alexis Santos appointed to Census Bureau’s National Advisory Committee
Sep 23, 2022
Alexis Santos, assistant professor of human development and family studies and co-funded faculty member in the Social Science Research Institute at Penn State, has been appointed to the U.S. Census Bureau’s National Advisory Committee (NAC). The committee considers issues related to hard-to-reach…
Santos quoted on underrepresented communities in the census
Mar 12, 2022
SSRI cofund and PRI associate Alexis Santos was recently quoted in an ABC News story about Latino, Black, and Native American communities underrepresented in the 2020 Census. It's important for the bureau to accurately measure how many people are living in the United States; the census determines…News Topics: Census
Penn State researchers evaluate 2020 Census data privacy changes
Jun 2, 2020
After the U.S. Census Bureau announced that it was changing how it protects the identities of individuals for the 2020 Census, a Penn State-led research team began to evaluate how these changes may affect census data integrity. The Census Bureau is proposing to use differential privacy, a new…News Topics: CensusRacial and Ethnic Minorities
Take Note: Penn State Prof. Jenny Van Hook On Coronavirus And The Census
May 27, 2020
SSRI cofund and PRI affiliate Jenny Van Hook is interviewed for WPSU's Take Note on the consequences of a Census undercount. Van Hook is the Roy C. Buck Professor of Sociology and Demography at Penn State and a former member of the Census Advisory Board. She was an expert witness in the legal fight…
Podcast episode explores how the Census impacts public health
Apr 9, 2020
Decisions about where to build hospitals and how to allocate emergency medical equipment are critical during a pandemic, and driven by a source you might not expect. This week’s episode of the Democracy Works podcast, produced by the McCourtney Institute for Democracy and WPSU, examines the role…
Van Hook talks U.S. census on McCourtney Institute podcast
May 8, 2018
The next U.S. census won’t happen until 2020, but it’s already a hot topic of conversation as controversy builds over a proposed question on citizenship. Jennifer Van Hook, Roy C. Buck Professor of Sociology and Demography in the College of the Liberal Arts, recently discussed the implications of…
Van Hook interviewed about U.S. 2020 Census and citizenship
Apr 18, 2018
Trump officials claim they can avoid 2020 census problems caused by controversial citizenship question. Experts are very skeptical By Jeffrey Mervis, for Science Magazine The Trump administration’s plan to deal with a possible significant undercount on the 2020 U.S. census is seriously flawed,…News Topics: CensusImmigration
Why the 2020 census shouldn’t ask about your citizenship status
Feb 21, 2018
By Jennifer Van Hook, Roy C. Buck Professor of Sociology and Demography, for The Conversation “Is this person a citizen of the United States?” In Dec. 2017, the Department of Justice formally proposed adding a citizenship question to the 2020 census. This question would ostensibly help to enforce…News Topics: CensusImmigration
News from the Federal Statistical Research Data Center
Jan 18, 2018
The University of Pittsburgh has joined the Penn State Federal Statistical Research Data Center (FSRDC) consortium. The consortium includes Penn State, University of Pennsylvania, Drexel, Temple, and the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia. The institutions jointly oversee and fund the operation…