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Reach of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program-Education (SNAP-Ed) interventions and nutrition and physical activity-related outcomes, California, 2011-2012. [PDF]

, 2015
IntroductionThis study combined information on the interventions of the US Department of Agriculture's Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program-Education with 5,927 interview responses from the California Health Interview Survey to investigate ...
Aydin, May, Biehl, Michael, Levy, Melanie, Molitor, Fred, Ponce, Ninez A, Sugerman, Sharon, Yu, Hongjian   +6 more
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On Inference for Multivariate Regression Model Based on Synthetic Data Generated under Fixed-Posterior Predictive Sampling

Revstat Statistical Journal, 2017
The authors derive likelihood-based exact inference methods for the multivariate regression model, for singly imputed synthetic data generated via Posterior Predictive Sampling (PPS) and for multiply imputed synthetic data generated via a newly proposed
Ricardo Moura , Martin Klein, Carlos A. Coelho , Bimal Sinha   +3 more
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Geographic Spines in the 2020 Census Disclosure Avoidance System

The Journal of Privacy and Confidentiality
The 2020 Census Disclosure Avoidance System (DAS) is a formally private mechanism that first adds independent noise to cross tabulations for a set of pre-specified hierarchical geographic units, which is known as the geographic spine.
Ryan Cumings-Menon, Robert Ashmead, Daniel Kifer, Philip Leclerc, Jeffrey Ocker, Michael Ratcliffe, Pavel Zhuravlev, John Abowd   +7 more
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The demographic impact and development benefits of meeting demand for family planning with modern contraceptive methods

Global Health Action, 2018
Background: Meeting demand for family planning can facilitate progress towards all major themes of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): people, planet, prosperity, peace, and partnership.
Daniel Goodkind, Lisa Lollock, Yoonjoung Choi, Thomas McDevitt, Loraine West   +4 more
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SeasCen, A Python-Based Platform for Time Series Modeling and Seasonal Adjustment

Data Science in Science
Whereas X-13ARIMA-SEATS (X-13) is widely used around the world to seasonally adjust economic time series, its continued longevity is jeopardized by the ongoing difficulty of maintaining its FORTRAN codebase. The FORTRAN language is no longer the platform
Sara Alaoui, William Bell, Dan Haim, Demetra Lytras, Anup Mathur, Kathleen McDonald-Johnson, Tucker McElroy, Lijing Sun   +7 more
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Measuring Vulnerability and Resilience in the Time of Change Using Small Area Estimation

International Journal of Population Data Science, 2023
The United States Census Bureau launched a new tool for national agencies and local communities, the Community Resilience Estimates (CRE). The CRE tracks social and economic vulnerability by measuring the capacity of individuals and households to cope ...
Bethany DeSalvo
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Building the Census Bureau Index of Economic Activity (IDEA)

Data Science in Science
The Census Bureau Index of Economic Activity is constructed from 15 of the Census Bureau’s primary monthly economic indicators to provide a single time series reflecting the variation over time in the whole set of component series.
Jose Asturias, William R. Bell, Rebecca Hutchinson, Tucker S. McElroy, Katherine J. Thompson   +4 more
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Preferential Trade Agreements and Productivity: Evidence from Peru

Economía, 2023
This paper analyzes the impact of reducing output tariffs (i.e., domestic tariffs on import of final goods) and input tariffs (i.e., domestic tariffs on imports of intermediate goods) on total factor productivity growth of Peruvian manufacturing firms ...
Mario D. Tello, Cristina J. Tello-Trillo
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Belize: Decoding the Census [PDF]

, 2015
Report on demographic, social, and economic trends in Belize based on the 2010 Census. Written under the auspices of the Bridging Disciplines Programs at The University of Texas at Austin with mentor David V.
Gibson, David V., Munoz, Ilse
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Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Prevalence Projection in 2040: A Less Rare Disease

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective To project ALS prevalence across multiple countries through 2040, accounting for both population aging and increased survival. Methods Data from the Piemonte and Valle d'Aosta ALS register (PARALS) was used to estimate the trends in incidence and prevalence from 2005 to 2019. Survival trends over this period were also assessed.
Rosario Vasta, Stefano Callegaro, Antonio Canosa, Umberto Manera, Maurizio Grassano, Francesca Palumbo, Sara Cabras, Enrico Matteoni, Francesca Di Pede, Filippo De Mattei, Salvatore Tafaro, Neil M. Thakur, Ryan Grosenick, Fabiola De Marchi, Letizia Mazzini, Cristina Moglia, Andrea Calvo, Kuldip D. Dave, Adriano Chiò   +18 more
wiley   +1 more source