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Help with the American Community Survey

• New Kid in Town:  Understanding Data from the American Community Survey
• And Now for the Grain of Salt:  Margins of Error and the American Community Survey
• More than the Top Ten: A Resource for Questions about the American Community Survey
• Data Availability for Extension Regions and Areas from the American Community Survey
• Availability of County-Level Data for Kentucky from the American Community Survey (alphabetic order)
• Data Availability for Kentucky Counties from the American Community Survey (by type of estimate)
• Cautionary Tales: Comparing the American Community Survey with Data from the Decennial Census
• Quick List: Comparing the 2009 American Community Survey (ACS) with the 2000 Census Long Form

Other Publications

• What Counts? Understanding Data on Jobs, Income, and Unemployment
• Understanding the Baby Boom Bubble - Julie N. Zimmerman and Amy F. Hosier
• The 2010 Census: New Decade, New Data
• It Counts To Be Counted: Answers to Questions about the 2010 Census
• A Picture is Worth... Using a Newer Program to Make Charts and Graphs with Data from the American Community Survey
• A Picture is Worth... Using an Older Program to Make Charts and Graphs with Data from the American Community Survey

Rural Issues Briefs

Rural Issues Briefs were developed to provide timely overviews of welfare reform rural Kentucky.

They were produced by the Department of Community and Leadership Development, College of Agriculture, University of Kentucky.

No. 1, Policies and People: Welfare Reform in Kentucky.

No. 2, Counting Cases Across Kentucky: Declines in Cash Assistance 1993-1997.

No. 3, After Welfare Reform: K-TAP Cases Across Kentucky.

No. 4, The Changing Face of Cash Assistance Across Kentucky.

No. 5, Cash Assistance Across Western Kentucky.

No. 6, Cash Assistance Across Central Kentucky.

No. 7, Cash Assistance Across Eastern Kentucky.

The following Rural Issues Brief is drawn from the Chapter “Welfare Reform in Rural Areas: A Voyage Through Uncharted Waters” written for the book Challenges for Rural America in the 21st Century published by Penn State Press.

No. 8, What do We Know? Welfare Reform in Rural America.

No. 9. Why don’t We Know More? Research and Welfare Reform in Rural America.

Rural Welfare Reform

Across the nation, poverty and welfare reform presents challenges unique for rural areas. Meeting these challenges calls for both more and new information on which to base decisions. Below is a series of publications developed to help increase the knowledge and understanding of changes associated with the 1996 welfare reform legislation.

Thinking about Poverty Policy and Economic Development

Its Not Just the Numbers: A Monthly Budget Case Study Update.

The Bottom Line: Making Ends Meet in Rural Kentucky.

Getting Involved in Welfare Reform: Answers to Commonly Asked Questions.

Julie N. Zimmerman and the KY Cooperative Extension Welfare Reform Implementation Task Force - Decision Making Group
Welfare Reform: By the Numbers. (120 County Profiles)

Welfare Reform on the Internet.

Research Report: The Impacts and Outcomes of Welfare Reform across Rural and Urban Places in Kentucky