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Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Institute of Medicine: Musculoskeletal Disorders and the Workplace

Every year workers’ low-back, hand, and arm problems lead to time away from jobs and reduce the nation’s economic productivity. The connection of these problems to workplace activities-from carrying …

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Committee on National Statistics & Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education: Choosing the Right Formula

The workshop was a direct outgrowth of a previous study by the CNSTAT Panel on Estimates of Poverty for Small Geographic Areas. That panel, established under a 1994 act of Congress, began its work wi …

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Committee on National Statistics & Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education: Toward a Health Statistics System for the 21st Century

The Committee on National Statistics (CNSTAT) convened a workshop on November 4-5, 1999, to identify new directions for health statistics and the implications for health data of changes in the health …

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Committee on National Statistics & Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education: Estimating Eligibility and Participation for the WIC Program

Each year the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) must estimate the number of people who are eligible to participate in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children ( …

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Committee on National Statistics & Committee on Population: Preparing for an Aging World

Aging is a process that encompasses virtually all aspects of life. Because the speed of population aging is accelerating, and because the data needed to study the aging process are complex and expens …

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Committee on Law and Justice & Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education: What’s Changing in Prosecution?

This workshop arose out of the efforts of the Committee on Law and Justice to assist the National Institute of Justice in identifying gaps in the overall research portfolio on crime and justice. It w …

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Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Committee on Population: Forced Migration and Mortality

In recent years the number of complex humanitarian emergencies around the world has been steadily increasing. War and political, ethnic, racial, and religious strife continually force people to migra …

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Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Committee on National Statistics: American Community Survey

The American Community Survey (ACS), to be run by the Census Bureau, will be a large (250, 000 housing units a month), predominantly mailout/mailback survey that will collect information similar to t …

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Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Committee on National Statistics: Small-Area Estimates of School-Age Children in Poverty

The Panel on Estimates of Poverty for Small Geographic Areas was established by the Committee on National Statistics at the National Research Council in response to the Improving America’s Schools Ac …

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Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Committee on Law and Justice: Crime Victims with Developmental Disabilities

Although violent crime in the United States has declined over the past five years, certain groups appear to remain at disproportionately high risk for violent victimization. In the United States, peo …

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Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Committee on Data and Research for Policy on Illegal Drugs: Informing America’s Policy on Illegal Drugs

How should the war on drugs be fought? Everyone seems to agree that the United States ought to use a combination of several different approaches to combat the destructive effects of illegal drug use. …

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Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Committee on Future Directions for Behavioral and Social Sciences Research at the National Institutes of Health: New Horizons in Health

New Horizons in Health discusses how the National Institutes of Health (NIH) can integrate research in the social, behavioral, and biomedical sciences to better understand the causes of disease as we …

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Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Committee on Population: Cells and Surveys

What can social science, and demography in particular, reasonably expect to learn from biological information? There is increasing pressure for multipurpose household surveys to collect biological da …

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Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Committee on Law and Justice: Education and Delinquency

The Panel on Juvenile Crime: Prevention, Treatment, and Control convened a workshop on October 2, 1998, to explore issues related to educational performance, school climate, school practices, learnin …

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Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Committee on National Statistics: Improving Access to and Confidentiality of Research Data

Improving Access to and Confidentiality of Research Data summarizes a workshop convened by the Committee on National Statistics (CNSTAT) to promote discussion about methods for advancing the often co …

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Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Committee on National Statistics: Small-Area Income and Poverty Estimates

Recent trends in federal policies for social and economic programs have increased the demand for timely, accurate estimates of income and poverty for states, counties, and even smaller areas. Every y …

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Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Committee on Community-Level Programs for Youth: After-School Programs to Promote Child and Adolescent Development

This report summarizes the presentations and discussion at a workshop entitled Opportunities to Promote Child and Adolescent Development During the After-School Hours, convened on October 21, 1999. T …

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Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Forum on Adolescence: Sleep Needs, Patterns, and Difficulties of Adolescents

Sleep is not only a biological necessity but also a physiological drive. In today’s fast-paced world, though, a good night’s sleep is often the first thing to go. The effects of inadequate sleep are …

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Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Committee on International Conflict Resolution: International Conflict Resolution After the Cold War

The end of the Cold War has changed the shape of organized violence in the world and the ways in which governments and others try to set its limits. Even the concept of international conflict is broa …

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Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Committee on National Statistics: Time-Use Measurement and Research

One of the most substantial policy changes in the past decade was the elimination of the main social welfare program for poor families, Aid to Families with Dependent Children, ending the entitlement …

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Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Committee on Integrating the Science of Early Childhood Development: Early Childhood Intervention

On June 24-25, 1999, the Committee on Integrating the Science of Early Childhood Development of the Board on Children, Youth, and Families of the National Research Council/National Academy of Science …

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Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Committee on Population: Beyond Six Billion

Is rapid world population growth actually coming to an end? As population growth and its consequences have become front-page issues, projections of slowing growth from such institutions as the United …

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Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Committee on National Statistics: Designing the 2010 Census

The Panel on Research on Future Census Methods was formed to examine alternative designs for the 2010 census and to assist the Census Bureau in planning tests and analyses to help assess and compare …

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Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Committee on Population: Consequences of Maternal Morbidity and Maternal Mortality

In 1997 the committee published Reproductive Health in Developing Countries: Expanding Dimensions, Building Solutions, a report that recommended actions to improve reproductive health for women aroun …

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Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Committee on National Statistics: Survey Measurement of Work Disability

The Social Security Administration (SSA) is engaged in redesigning its disability determination process for providing cash benefits and medical assistance to blind and disabled persons under the Soci …

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Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Forum on Adolescence: Improving Intergroup Relations Among Youth

On November 9-10, 1998, the Forum on Adolescence of the Board on Children, Youth, and Families, a cross-cutting initiative of the Institute of Medicine and the National Research Council of the Nation …

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Board on Testing and Assessment & Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education: Grading the Nation’s Report Card

The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), known as the nation’s report card, has chronicled students’ academic achievement in America for over a quarter of a century. It has been a valu …

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Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Committee on Law and Justice: Juvenile Crime, Juvenile Justice

Even though youth crime rates have fallen since the mid-1990s, public fear and political rhetoric over the issue have heightened. The Columbine shootings and other sensational incidents add to the fu …

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Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Forum on Adolescence: Risks and Opportunities

This report constitutes one of the first activities of the Forum on Adolescence, a cross-cutting activity of the Institute of Medicine and the National Research Council of the National Academies. Est …

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Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & National Research Council: America Becoming

The 20th Century has been marked by enormous change in terms of how we define race. In large part, we have thrown out the antiquated notions of the 1800s, giving way to a more realistic, sociocultura …

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Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education: Adolescent Development and the Biology of Puberty

Adolescence is one of the most fascinating and complex transitions in the human life span. Its breathtaking pace of growth and change is second only to that of infancy. Over the last two decades, the …

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Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Committee on Techniques for the Enhancement of Human Performance: Occupational Analysis: Changing Nature of Work

Although there is great debate about how work is changing, there is a clear consensus that changes are fundamental and ongoing. The Changing Nature of Work examines the evidence for change in the wor …

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Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & National Research Council: America Becoming

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Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Committee on the Health and Adjustment of Immigrant Children and Families: Children of Immigrants

Immigrant children and youth are the fastest-growing segment of the U.S. population, and so their prospects bear heavily on the well-being of the country. Children of Immigrants represents some of th …

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Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education: Adolescent Decision Making

Interest in the role that decision making plays in adolescents’ involvement in high-risk behaviors led the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Planning and Evaluation of the U.S. Department of Healt …

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Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Committee on Data and Research for Policy on Illegal Drugs: Assessment of Two Cost-Effectiveness Studies on Cocaine Control Policy

This study is an important first step in the development of a national policy on illegal drugs. It assesses two recent cost-effectiveness studies on cocaine control policy: one by RAND, Controlling C …

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Andrew Reynolds & Ben Reilly: Electoral Systems and Conflict in Divided Societies

This paper is one of a series being prepared for the National Research Council’s Committee on International Conflict Resolution. The committee was organized in late 1995 to respond to a growing need …

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Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Committee on National Statistics: Measuring a Changing Nation

This final report of the Panel on Alternative Census Methodologies provides an assessment of the Census Bureau’s plans for the 2000 census as of the time of the 1998 census dress rehearsal. It examin …

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Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education: Health Performance Measurement in the Public Sector

There is growing interest in using performance measurement as a means of holding federal, state, and local health agencies accountable for their use of public funds. Health Performance Measurement in …

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Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education: Nature’s Numbers

In order to really see the forest, what’s the best way to count the trees? Understanding how the economy interacts with the environment has important implications for policy, regulatory, and business …

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Board on Environmental Change and Society & Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education: Making Climate Forecasts Matter

El Nino has been with us for centuries, but now we can forcast it, and thus can prepare far in advance for the extreme climatic events it brings. The emerging ability to forecast climate may be of tr …

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Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Committee on Law and Justice: Pathological Gambling

As states have moved from merely tolerating gambling to running their own games, as communities have increasingly turned to gambling for an economic boost, important questions arise. Has the new age …

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Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Committee on Population: Critical Perspectives on Schooling and Fertility in the Developing World

This volume assesses the evidence, and possible mechanisms, for the associations between women’s education, fertility preferences, and fertility in developing countries, and how these associations va …

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Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Committee on National Statistics: Longitudinal Surveys of Children

The Committee and the Board on Children, Youth, and Families convened in September a workshop to discuss ways to foster greater collaboration and sharing of information among principal investigators …

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Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Committee on National Statistics: Measuring the Government Sector of the U.S. Economic Accounts

This report had its origin in a Committee on National Statistics workshop in November 1993, one of a series on improving economic statistics, jointly sponsored by the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA …

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Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Committee on Population: Demography of Forced Migration

Because forced migration situations are often physically dangerous and politically complicated, estimates of these populations are often difficult to make. Estimates of forced migration vary, but it …

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Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Committee on the Health and Adjustment of Immigrant Children and Families: From Generation to Generation

Immigrant children and youth are the fastest growing segment of the U.S. population, and so their prospects bear heavily on the well-being of the country. However, relevant public policy is shaped le …

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Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Committee on Population: Welfare, the Family, and Reproductive Behavior

The design of welfare programs in an era of reform and devolution to the states must take into account the likely effects of programs on demographic behavior. Most research on welfare in the past has …

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Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Committee on Improving the Future of U.S. Cities Through Improved Metropolitan Area Governance: Governance and Opportunity in Metropolitan America

America’s cities have symbolized the nation’s prosperity, dynamism, and innovation. Even with the trend toward suburbanization, many central cities attract substantial new investment and employment. …

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Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Committee on National Statistics: Statistics, Testing, and Defense Acquisition

For every weapons system being developed, the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) must make a critical decision: Should the system go forward to full-scale production? The answer to that question may in …

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Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Committee on Developing a Research Agenda on the Education of Limited-English-Proficient and Bilingual Students: Educating Language-Minority Children

In the past 30 years, a large and growing number of students in U.S. schools have come from homes in which the language background is other than English. These students present unique challenges for …

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Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Committee on the Health and Safety Implications of Child Labor: Protecting Youth at Work

In Massachusetts, a 12-year-old girl delivering newspapers is killed when a car strikes her bicycle. In Los Angeles, a 14-year-old boy repeatedly falls asleep in class, exhausted from his evening job …

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Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Committee on Population: Premature Death in the New Independent States

In recent years there have been alarming reports of rapid decreases in life expectancy in the New Independent States (former members of the Soviet Union). To help assess priorities for health policy, …

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Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Committee on National Statistics: Local Fiscal Effects of Illegal Immigration

The recent level of illegal immigration to the United States has increased debates about the effect of these immigrants on the cost of public services, and states have begun to enact policies that li …

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Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education: Youth Development and Neighborhood Influences

On January 25, 1996, the Committee on Youth Development of the Board on Children, Youth, and Families convened a workshop to examine the implications of research on social settings for the design and …

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Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education: Reproductive Health in Developing Countries

Sexually transmitted diseases, unintended pregnancies, infertility, and other reproductive problems are a growing concern around the world, especially in developing countries. Reproductive Health in …

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Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Committee on National Statistics: Improving Data on America’s Aging Population

The Committee on National Statistics and the Committee on Population, at the request of the NIA, convened a workshop in March 1996 to discuss data on the aging population that address the emerging an …

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Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Committee on Education and Training for Civilian Aviation Careers: Taking Flight

The commercial aviation industry is a major part of the U.S. transportation infrastructure and a key contributor to the nation’s economy. The industry is facing the effects of a reduced role by the m …

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Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education: Assessing Policies for Retirement Income

The retirement income security of older Americans and the cost of providing that security are increasingly the subject of major debate. This volume assesses what we know and recommends what we need t …

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Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education: Assessing Knowledge of Retirement Behavior

This book brings together in one volume what researchers have learned about workers, employers, and retirees that is important for formulating retirement income policies. As the U.S. population ages, …

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Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Committee on Population: Changing Numbers, Changing Needs

The reported population of American Indians and Alaska Natives has grown rapidly over the past 20 years. These changes raise questions for the Indian Health Service and other agencies responsible for …

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Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education: Issues in Civilian Outplacement Strategies

In the past six years, planned downsizing has reduced the civilian work force of the U.S. Department of Defense from over 1 million to just under 850, 000. By 2001, approximately 119, 000 more civili …

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Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Committee on Developing a Research Agenda on the Education of Limited English Proficient and Bilingual Students: Improving Schooling for Language-Minority Children

How do we effectively teach children from homes in which a language other than English is spoken?In Improving Schooling for Language-Minority Children, a committee of experts focuses on this central …

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Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Committee on the Assessment of Family Violence Interventions: Violence in Families

Reports of mistreated children, domestic violence, and abuse of elderly persons continue to strain the capacity of police, courts, social services agencies, and medical centers. At the same time, myr …

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Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Committee on Population: Racial and Ethnic Differences in the Health of Older Americans

Older Americans, even the oldest, can now expect to live years longer than those who reached the same ages even a few decades ago. Although survival has improved for all racial and ethnic groups, str …

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Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education: Beyond the Blueprint

On its 30th anniversary, public acceptance of Head Start is high, yet understanding of its goals is low, and evaluation research is limited in quality and scope. In this book, a roundtable of represe …

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Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Committee on Techniques for the Enhancement of Human Performance: Enhancing Organizational Performance

Total quality management (TQM), reengineering, the workplace of the twenty-first centurythe 1990s have brought a sense of urgency to organizations to change or face stagnation and decline, according …

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Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education: Understanding Violence Against Women

Violence against women is one factor in the growing wave of alarm about violence in American society. High-profile cases such as the O.J. Simpson trial call attention to the thousands of lesser-known …

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Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Committee on National Statistics and Committee on Population: Statistics on U.S. Immigration

The growing importance of immigration in the United States today prompted this examination of the adequacy of U.S. immigration data. This volume summarizes data needs in four areas: immigration trend …

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Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Committee on National Statistics and Board on Children and Families: Integrating Federal Statistics on Children

Those who make and implement policies for children and families are seriously hampered by several features of the federal statistical system: categorical fragmentation, sampling strategies that follo …

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Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education: Population Dynamics of Senegal

This volume, the last in the series Population Dynamics of Sub-Saharan Africa, examines key demographic changes in Senegal over the past several decades. It analyzes the changes in fertility and thei …

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Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education: Modernizing the U.S. Census

The U.S. census, conducted every 10 years since 1790, faces dramatic new challenges as the country begins its third century. Critics of the 1990 census cited problems of increasingly high costs, cont …

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Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education: Measuring Poverty

Each year’s poverty figures are anxiously awaited by policymakers, analysts, and the media. Yet questions are increasing about the 30-year-old measure as social and economic conditions change.In Meas …

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Anne Y. Kester & Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education: Following the Money

Many questions have been raised about America’s status in the increasingly interconnected global economy. Yet key factssuch as the amount of foreign assets abroad owned by U.S. citizensare not known. …

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Board on Testing and Assessment & Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education: Reporting District-Level NAEP Data

The National Assessment of Education Progress (NAEP) has earned a reputation as one of the nation’s best measures of student achievement in key subject areas. Since its inception in 1969, NAEP has su …

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Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education: Statistics, Testing, and Defense Acquisition

The Panel on Statistical Methods for Testing and Evaluating Defense Systems had a broad mandateto examine the use of statistics in conjunction with defense testing. This involved examining methods fo …

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Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Committee on National Statistics: Evaluating Welfare Reform

The Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA) of 1996 fundamentally changed the nation’s social welfare system, replacing a federal entitlement program for low-income f …

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Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Committee on National Statistics: Small-Area Estimates of School-Age Children in Poverty

The U.S. Department of Education uses estimates of school-age children in poverty to allocate federal funds under Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act for education programs to aid d …

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Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education: Sowing Seeds of Change

Every day economic decisions are made in the public and private sectors, based on limited information and analysis. The analysis and information needed for successful public policy has changed rapidl …

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Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education: Measuring Health Performance in the Public Sector

The Panel on Performance Measures and Data for Public Health Performance Partnership Grants was established at the request of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS). Its charge is to …

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Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Committee on Law and Justice: Transnational Organized Crime

Crime statistics assail us from the front pages of newspapers around the countryand around the globe. As the world’s economic systems become integrated, as barriers to trade, travel, and migration co …

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Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Committee on National Statistics: Evaluating Food Assistance Programs in an Era of Welfare Reform

This report was prepared in response to a request from the Economic Research Service (ERS) of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). It summarizes the discussions at a February 1998 workshop conv …

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Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Committee on National Statistics: Review of the Disability Evaluation Study Design

The Social Security Administration (SSA) has been engaged in a major effort to redesign the process for determining disability for cash benefits and medical assistance under its Social Security Disab …

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Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Committee on Population: Role of Diffusion Processes in Fertility Change in Developing Countries

This report summarizes presentations and discussions at the Workshop on the Social Processes Underlying Fertility Change in Developing Countries, organized by the Committee on Population of the Natio …

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Board on Testing and Assessment & Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education: Assessment of Science Meets the Science of Assessment

To explore the connections between new approaches to science education and new developments in assessment, the Board on Testing and Assessment (BOTA) of the National Research Council (NRC) sponsored …

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Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Committee on Population: From Death to Birth

The last 35 years or so have witnessed a dramatic shift in the demography of many developing countries. Before 1960, there were substantial improvements in life expectancy, but fertility declines wer …

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Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Committee on Population: Between Zeus and the Salmon

Demographers and public health specialists have been surprised by the rapid increases in life expectancy, especially at the oldest ages, that have occurred since the early 1960s. Some scientists are …

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Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education: Assessment of Performance Measures for Public Health, Substance Abuse, and Mental Health

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is carrying out an ambitious new program to assure that funds for public health programs are spent as effectively as possible. Under the new program, …

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Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education: Transforming Post-Communist Political Economies

This ground-breaking new volume focuses on the interaction between political, social, and economic change in Central and Eastern Europe and the New Independent States. It includes a wide selection of …

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Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education: Small-Area Estimates of School-Age Children in Poverty

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Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education: Improving Theory and Research on Quality Enhancement in Organizations

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€3.82

Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & National Research Council: Immigration Debate

The New Americans (NRC 1997) presents an analysis of the economic gains and losses from immigrationfor the nation, states, and local areasproviding a scientific foundation for public discussion and p …

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€3.84

Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Committee on Child Development Research and Public Policy: Risking the Future

More than 1 million teenage girls in the United States become pregnant each year; nearly half give birth. Why do these young people, who are hardly more than children themselves, become parents? The …

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Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Committee on Child Development Research and Public Policy: Risking the Future

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€3.84

Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education: Risking the Future

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€3.85

Committee on National Statistics & Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education: Choosing the Right Formula

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€27.67

Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Committee on International Conflict Resolution: International Conflict Resolution After the Cold War

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€47.51

Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Committee on National Statistics: Small-Area Estimates of School-Age Children in Poverty

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€74.46

Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Committee on Population: Cells and Surveys

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€48.08

Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Committee on National Statistics: Small-Area Income and Poverty Estimates

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€34.42

Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Committee on Population: Forced Migration and Mortality

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€31.29

Committee on National Statistics & Committee on Population: Preparing for an Aging World

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€43.67

Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & National Research Council: America Becoming

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€25.05

Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Committee on Law and Justice: Juvenile Crime, Juvenile Justice

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€39.78

Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & National Research Council: America Becoming

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Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Committee on Population: Beyond Six Billion

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€34.71

Committee on National Statistics & Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education: Estimating Eligibility and Participation for the WIC Program

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€21.15

Committee on National Statistics & Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education: Toward a Health Statistics System for the 21st Century

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€34.49

Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Committee on National Statistics: Principles and Practices for a Federal Statistical Agency

Since 1992, the Committee on National Statistics (CNSTAT) has produced a book on principles and practices for a federal statistical agency, updating the document every 4 years to provide a current ed …

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€34.33

Committee on Law and Justice & Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education: What’s Changing in Prosecution?

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€21.19

Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Committee on Future Directions for Behavioral and Social Sciences Research at the National Institutes of Health: New Horizons in Health

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Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Institute of Medicine: Musculoskeletal Disorders and the Workplace

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€64.08

Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Committee on Data and Research for Policy on Illegal Drugs: Informing America’s Policy on Illegal Drugs

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€59.06

Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Committee on Law and Justice: Education and Delinquency

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€34.49

Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Committee on Law and Justice: Crime Victims with Developmental Disabilities

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€37.06

Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Committee on National Statistics: American Community Survey

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€21.07

Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Committee on National Statistics: Improving Access to and Confidentiality of Research Data

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€34.50

Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Committee on Community-Level Programs for Youth: After-School Programs to Promote Child and Adolescent Development

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€34.68

Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Forum on Adolescence: Sleep Needs, Patterns, and Difficulties of Adolescents

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€21.21

Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education: Sowing Seeds of Change

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€31.29

Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education: Nature’s Numbers

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€47.59

Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Committee on National Statistics: Time-Use Measurement and Research

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€31.99

Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Committee on Integrating the Science of Early Childhood Development: Early Childhood Intervention

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Board on Testing and Assessment & Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education: Reporting District-Level NAEP Data

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€21.09

Board on Testing and Assessment & Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education: Grading the Nation’s Report Card

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€44.33

Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Forum on Adolescence: Improving Intergroup Relations Among Youth

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€34.71

Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Forum on Adolescence: Risks and Opportunities

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€21.21

Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Committee on National Statistics: Designing the 2010 Census

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€21.09

Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Committee on Population: Consequences of Maternal Morbidity and Maternal Mortality

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€14.69

Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Committee on National Statistics: Survey Measurement of Work Disability

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€38.24

Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education: Bureau of Transportation Statistics

How can the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), the nation’s newest federal statistical agency, contribute to the work of the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT)? What is the appropriate …

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€34.68

Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Committee on National Statistics: Small-Area Estimates of School-Age Children in Poverty

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€33.23

Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Committee on the Health and Safety Implications of Child Labor: Protecting Youth at Work

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€47.52

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€34.68

Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education: Health Performance Measurement in the Public Sector

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€34.68

Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Committee on Techniques for the Enhancement of Human Performance: Occupational Analysis: Changing Nature of Work

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€51.29

Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Committee on National Statistics: Evaluating Food Assistance Programs in an Era of Welfare Reform

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€21.04

Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education: Adolescent Decision Making

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€14.80

Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Committee on Population: Role of Diffusion Processes in Fertility Change in Developing Countries

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€14.62

Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Committee on Data and Research for Policy on Illegal Drugs: Assessment of Two Cost-Effectiveness Studies on Cocaine Control Policy

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€21.14

Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Committee on National Statistics: Measuring a Changing Nation

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€31.29

Andrew Reynolds & Ben Reilly: Electoral Systems and Conflict in Divided Societies

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Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Committee on the Health and Adjustment of Immigrant Children and Families: Children of Immigrants

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€80.90

Board on Testing and Assessment & Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education: Assessment of Science Meets the Science of Assessment

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€34.49

Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Committee on National Statistics: Statistics, Testing, and Defense Acquisition

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€41.51

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€54.29

Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Committee on Law and Justice: Pathological Gambling

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€49.63

Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Committee on Law and Justice: Transnational Organized Crime

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€21.19

Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education: Adolescent Development and the Biology of Puberty

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€14.77

Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education: Measuring Health Performance in the Public Sector

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€34.55

Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Committee on Population: Demography of Forced Migration

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€34.50

Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Committee on the Health and Adjustment of Immigrant Children and Families: From Generation to Generation

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€49.26

Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Committee on National Statistics and Board on Children and Families: Integrating Federal Statistics on Children

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Anne Y. Kester & Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education: Following the Money

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Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Committee on Population: Welfare, the Family, and Reproductive Behavior

The design of welfare programs in an era of reform and devolution to the states must take into account the likely effects of programs on demographic behavior. In the past, most research on welfare ha …

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€14.77

Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Committee on Techniques for the Enhancement of Human Performance: Enhancing Organizational Performance

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€39.41

Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Committee on National Statistics: Small-Area Estimates of School-Age Children in Poverty

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€41.51

Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Committee on National Statistics: Measuring the Government Sector of the U.S. Economic Accounts

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€34.42

Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Committee on Population: Welfare, the Family, and Reproductive Behavior

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€38.59

Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Committee on Equivalency and Linkage of Educational Tests: Equivalency and Linkage of Educational Tests

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Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Committee on the Assessment of Family Violence Interventions: Violence in Families

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€42.28

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€63.90

Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Committee on Population: Critical Perspectives on Schooling and Fertility in the Developing World

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€41.80

Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Committee on National Statistics: Longitudinal Surveys of Children

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€43.19

Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education: Paying Attention to Children in a Changing Health Care System

America’s health care system is being reshaped by a variety of market-driven changes, and states are emerging as the major governmental influence on health care policy.Amid these changes, the health …

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€25.68

Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Committee on National Statistics: Local Fiscal Effects of Illegal Immigration

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€14.58

Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Committee on Population: Data Priorities for Population and Health in Developing Countries

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€14.70

Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education: Assessing Policies for Retirement Income

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€47.89

Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Committee on National Statistics: Improving Data on America’s Aging Population

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€21.19

Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education: Reproductive Health in Developing Countries

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€51.37

Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education: Youth Development and Neighborhood Influences

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€14.79

Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Committee on Education and Training for Civilian Aviation Careers: Taking Flight

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€53.03

Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education: New Findings on Poverty and Child Health and Nutrition

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Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education: New Findings on Welfare and Children’s Development

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€14.58

Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Committee on Population: Premature Death in the New Independent States

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€58.32

Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Committee on Occupational Classification and Analysis: Women, Work, and Wages

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Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Committee on National Urban Policy: Rethinking Urban Policy

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Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Committee on National Urban Policy: Urban Policy in a Changing Federal System

When the United States’ founding fathers set up a federal system of government, they asked a question that has never been satisfactorily settled: How much governmental authority belongs to the states …

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€24.91

Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education: Women’s Work, Men’s Work

Even though women have made substantial progress in a number of formerly male occupations, sex segregation in the workplace remains a fact of life. This volume probes pertinent questions: Why has the …

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€29.65

Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education: Work and Family

The United States has seen a dramatic increase in the number of dual-earner and single-adult families. This volume reviews accompanying changes in work and family structures and their effects on work …

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€34.69

Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education: Modernizing the U.S. Census

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Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education: Measuring Poverty

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€54.69

Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education: Learning from Experience

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Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Committee on National Urban Policy: Perspectives on Urban Infrastructure

In this provocative volume, distinguished authorities on urban policy expose the myths surrounding today’s "infrastructure crisis" in urban public works. Five in-depth papers examine the ev …

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€58.29

Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Committee on National Statistics: Sharing Research Data

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Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Committee on Basic Research in the Behavioral and Social Sciences: Behavioral and Social Science

In 1933, President Herbert Hoover commissioned the "Ogburn Report, " a comprehensive study of social trends in the United States. Fifty years later, a symposium of noted social and behavior …

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€29.47

Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education: Risking the Future

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€88.17

Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Committee on Basic Research in the Behavioral and Social Sciences: Behavioral and Social Sciences

This volume explores the scientific frontiers and leading edges of research across the fields of anthropology, economics, political science, psychology, sociology, history, business, education, geogr …

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€29.37

Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education: Pay Equity

Are women paid less than men when they hold comparable jobs? Is there gender bias in the way wages are set? Or can wage differences between men and women be explained by legitimate market forces? Pay …

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€27.71

Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Committee on National Statistics: Precollege Science and Mathematics Teachers

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€25.06

Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Committee on Vision: Advances in Photoreception

One of a continuing series on Frontiers of Visual Science, this short volume contains papers presented at a recent symposium. These papers describe techniques for assessing the structure and function …

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€15.94

Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Committee on National Urban Policy: Inner-City Poverty in the United States

This volume documents the continuing growth of concentrated poverty in central cities of the United States and examines what is known about its causes and effects. With careful analyses of policy imp …

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€75.12

Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Committee on National Statistics: Assessing Evaluation Studies

Bilingual education has long been the subject of major disagreements in this country. This book provides a detailed critique of the two largest studies of U.S. bilingual education programs. It examin …

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€41.10

Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education: Quality in Student Financial Aid Programs

Federal financial aid for postsecondary education students involves both large expenditures and a complex distribution system. The accuracy of the needs-based award process and the system of accounta …

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€34.81

Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education: Understanding Child Abuse and Neglect

The tragedy of child abuse and neglect is in the forefront of public attention. Yet, without a conceptual framework, research in this area has been highly fragmented. Understanding the broad dimensio …

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€101.66

Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Committee on Population: Demography of Aging

As the United States and the rest of the world face the unprecedented challenge of aging populations, this volume draws together for the first time state-of-the-art work from the emerging field of th …

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€104.67

Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Committee on Population: Racial and Ethnic Differences in the Health of Older Americans

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€48.16

Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Committee on Population: Changing Numbers, Changing Needs

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€82.88

Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Committee on Child Development Research and Public Policy: Placing Children in Special Education

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€97.70

Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education: Tinnitus

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Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Committee on Vision: Video Displays, Work, and Vision

Along with the widespread use of computers have come growing fears that working in front of video display terminals (VDTs) can irritate and even damage the eyes. Separating scientific fact from popul …

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€19.80

Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Committee on Women’s Employment and Related Social Issues: Sex Segregation in the Workplace

How pervasive is sex segregation in the workplace? Does the concentration of women into a few professions reflect their personal preferences, the "tastes" of employers, or sex-role socializ …

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€79.76

Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Committee on Child Development Research and Public Policy: Development During Middle Childhood

For the first time, a report focuses specifically on middle childhooda discrete, pivotal period of development. In this review of research, experts examine the physical health and cognitive developme …

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€106.98

Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Committee on Youth Employment Programs: Youth Employment and Training Programs

Do government-sponsored youth employment programs actually help? Between 1978 and 1981, the Youth Employment and Demonstration Projects Act (YEDPA) funded extensive programs designed to aid disadvant …

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€123.88

Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Committee on Research on Law Enforcement and the Administration of Justice: Criminal Careers and "Career Criminals, "

By focusing attention on individuals rather than on aggregates, this book takes a novel approach to studying criminal behavior. It develops a framework for collecting information about individual cri …

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€112.37

Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Committee on Women’s Employment and Related Social Issues: Computer Chips and Paper Clips

This companion to Volume I presents individually authored papers covering the history, economics, and sociology of women’s work and the computer revolution. Topics include the implications for equal …

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€111.18

Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Committee on National Urban Policy: Urban Change and Poverty

This up-to-date review of the critical issues confronting cities and individuals examines the policy implications of the difficult problems that will affect the future of urban America. Among the top …

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€96.61

Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Committee on National Statistics: Aging Population in the Twenty-First Century

It is not news that each of us grows old. What is relatively new, however, is that the average age of the American population is increasing. More and better information is required to assess, plan fo …

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€27.63

Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Committee on the Status of Black Americans: Common Destiny

"[A] collection of scholars [has] released a monumental study called A Common Destiny: Blacks and American Society. It offers detailed evidence of the progress our nation has made in the past 50 …

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€23.15

Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Committee on the General Aptitude Test Battery: Fairness in Employment Testing

Declining American competitiveness in world economic markets has renewed interest in employment testing as a way of putting the right workers in the right jobs. A new study of the U.S. Department of …

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€92.46

Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education: Evaluating AIDS Prevention Programs

With insightful discussion of program evaluation and the efforts of the Centers for Disease Control, this book presents a set of clear-cut recommendations to help ensure that the substantial resource …

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€39.39

Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Committee on National Statistics: Behind the Numbers

America’s international economic decisions rest to a large degree on the information available to policymakers. Yet the quality of international trade and financial data is in serious doubt. This boo …

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€29.14

Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Committee on Techniques for the Enhancement of Human Performance: Learning, Remembering, Believing

Can such techniques as sleep learning and hypnosis improve performance? Do we sometimes confuse familiarity with mastery? Can we learn without making mistakes? These questions apply in the classroom, …

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€44.31

Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education: Statistics, Testing, and Defense Acquisition

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€41.25

Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Committee on National Statistics: Improving Information for Social Policy Decisions — The Uses of Microsimulation Modeling

This book reviews the uses and abuses of microsimulation modelslarge, complex models that produce estimates of the effects on program costs and who would gain and who would lose from proposed changes …

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€90.88

Assembly of Behavioral and Social Sciences & Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education: Alcohol and Public Policy

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€112.99

Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education: AIDS, Sexual Behavior, and Intravenous Drug Use

The AIDS virus is spread by human behaviors enacted in a variety of social situations. In order to prevent further infection, we need to know more about these behaviors. This volume explores what is …

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€39.88

Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education: Who Cares for America’s Children?

Few issues have aroused more heated public debate than that of day care for children of working parents. Who should be responsible for providing child caregovernment, employers, schools, communities? …

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€34.67

Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education: Behavioral Measures of Neurotoxicity

Exposure to toxic chemicalsin the workplace and at homeis increasing every day. Human behavior can be affected by such exposure and can give important clues that a person or population is in danger. …

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€42.41

Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Committee on Techniques for the Enhancement of Human Performance: In the Mind’s Eye

The archer stands and pulls back the bow, visualizing the path of the arrow to the target. Does this mental exercise enhance performance? Can we all use such techniques to improve performance in our …

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€77.41

Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Committee on Child Development Research and Public Policy: Making Policies for Children

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€69.35

Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Committee on Research on Law Enforcement and the Administration of Justice: Research on Sentencing

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€81.20

Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education: Education and Learning to Think

The economic and social challenges confronting the nation today demand that all citizens acquire and learn to use complex reasoning and thinking skills. Education and Learning to Think confronts the …

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€30.62

Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education: Demographic Change in Sub-Saharan Africa

This overview includes chapters on child mortality, adult mortality, fertility, proximate determinants, marriage, internal migration, international migration, and the demographic impact of AIDS. …

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€98.17

Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Committee on Vision: Eyes on the Workplace

About 25 million Americans are 65 and older. That figure will double during the next 25 years. Over the next 15 years, the baby boom generation will swell the ranks of middle-aged workers. But the nu …

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€10.31

Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Committee on Contraceptive Development: Developing New Contraceptives

There are numerous reasons to hasten the introduction of new and improved contraceptivesfrom health concerns about the pill to the continuing medical liability crisis. Yet, U.S. organizations are far …

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€57.91

Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Committee on the Federal Role in Education Research: Research and Education Reform

The Office of Educational Research and Improvement (OERI) in the U.S. Department of Education has a mandate for expanding knowledge of teaching and learning and for improving education in this countr …

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€55.60

Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Committee on Substance Abuse and Habitual Behavior: Analysis of Marijuana Policy

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Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Committee on Population: Socioeconomic Determinants of Fertility Behavior in Developing Nations

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Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Committee on Occupational Classification and Analysis: Work, Jobs, and Occupations

Various editions of the Dictionary of Occupational Titles have served as the Employment Service’s basic tool for matching workers and jobs. The Dictionary of Occupational Titles has also played an im …

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€105.46

Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Committee on Research on Law Enforcement and the Administration of Justice: Research on Sentencing

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Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Committee on National Statistics: Immigration Statistics

This book examines the needs for and availability of statistics concerning immigrants and immigration. It concentrates on the needs for statistics on immigrants, refugees, and illegal aliens for poli …

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€83.05

Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Committee on Research on Law Enforcement and the Administration of Justice: Criminal Careers and "Career Criminals, "

Volume II takes an in-depth look at the various aspects of criminal careers, including the relationship of alcohol and drug abuse to criminal careers, co-offending influences on criminal careers, iss …

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€100.16

Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education: AIDS

Expanding on the 1989 National Research Council volume AIDS, Sexual Behavior, and Intravenous Drug Use, this book reports on changing patterns in the distribution of cases and the results of interven …

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€39.81

Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Committee on Vision: Reports of the Committee on Vision

This is a summary of reports issued since 1947 under the aegis of the National Research Council’s Committee on Vision. An abstract summarizing the contents of each report is provided together with in …

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€14.73

Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Committee on Contributions of Behavioral and Social Science to the Prevention of Nuclear War: Soviet-American Dialogue in the Social Sciences

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Anne S. Mavor & Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education: Pay for Performance

"Pay for performance" has become a buzzword for the 1990s, as U.S. organizations seek ways to boost employee productivity. The new emphasis on performance appraisal and merit pay calls for …

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€24.79

Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education: Transition to Democracy

One of the most exciting and hopeful trends of the past 15 years has been the worldwide movement away from authoritarian governments. The collapse of the communist regimes in Eastern Europe is only t …

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€19.12

Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Committee on Vision: Considerations in Contact Lens Use Under Adverse Conditions

This book summarizes current understanding of the scientific, clinical, and technical issues surrounding the use of contact lenses. It discusses the special occupational conditions experienced by mil …

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€22.94

Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Committee on National Statistics: Toward a National Health Care Survey

The nation’s health care system has changed dramatically and the country is debating further significant changes. Comprehensive information is needed to guide policymakers in understanding and evalua …

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€26.91

Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education: Counting People in the Information Age

How do you count a nation of more than 250 million peoplemany of whom are on the move and some of whom may not want to be counted? How can you obtain accurate population information for apportioning …

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€64.08

Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Committee on Women’s Employment and Related Social Issues: Comparable Worth

Comparable worthequal pay for jobs of equal valuehas been called the civil rights issue of the 1980s. This volume consists of a committee report that sets forth an agenda of much-needed research on t …

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€53.40

Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Committee on Techniques for the Enhancement of Human Performance: Enhancing Human Performance

In its evaluation, Enhancing Human Performance reviews the relevant materials, describes each technique, makes recommendations in some cases for further scientific research and investigation, and not …

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€79.79

Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education: Private Lives and Public Policies

Americans are increasingly concerned about the privacy of personal datayet we demand more and more information for public decision making. This volume explores the seeming conflicts between privacy a …

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€73.47

Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education: Understanding and Preventing Violence, Volume 3

This volume examines social influences on violent events and violent behavior, particularly concentrating on how the risks of violent criminal offending and victimization are influenced by communitie …

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€142.04

Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Committee on Population: Population Growth and Economic Development

This book addresses nine relevant questions: Will population growth reduce the growth rate of per capita income because it reduces the per capita availability of exhaustible resources? How about for …

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Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Committee on Vision: Myopia

This book considers the issues surrounding the occurrence, progression, and predictability of myopia (near-sightedness), with special emphasis on the 16- to 26-year-old population. Myopia reviews onl …

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Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Committee on the Use of Volunteers in Schools: Volunteers in Public Schools

Among the most prominent of President Bush’s "thousand points of light" are volunteers who work with our nation’s students. The last several decades show considerable growth in the numbers …

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Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Committee on Mandatory Retirement in Higher Education: Ending Mandatory Retirement for Tenured Faculty

The proportion of older faculty is increasing nationwide. This book offers guidance not only for dealing with the elimination of mandatory retirement in higher education but also for current retireme …

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€47.25

Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education: Effective Services for Young Children

This nation has an enormous stake in reversing the alarming deterioration of the circumstances in which poor and otherwise disadvantaged children grow up. Many past efforts to reverse unfavorable tre …

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Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education: Caring for America’s Children

Do child care centers and family day care homes provide quality care for the children they serve? Do parents know how to identify quality when selecting a center or family home for their children?Thi …

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Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Committee on Substance Abuse Prevention Research: Preventing Drug Abuse

As the nation’s drug crisis has deepened, public and private agencies have invested huge sums of money in prevention efforts. Are the resulting programs effective? What do we need to know to make the …

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Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education: Social Impact of AIDS in the United States

Europe’s "Black Death" contributed to the rise of nation states, mercantile economies, and even the Reformation. Will the AIDS epidemic have similar dramatic effects on the social and polit …

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Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education: Understanding and Preventing Violence, Volume 2

This volume contains commissioned reviews of research on biological influences on violent or aggressive behavior. The areas reviewed include genetic contributions to the probability of violent and re …

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Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Committee on National Statistics: Teacher Supply, Demand, and Quality

This book examines policy issues, projection models, and data bases pertaining to the supply of, demand for, and quality of teachers in the United States from kindergarten to twelfth grade.It identif …

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Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education: Future of the Survey of Income and Program Participation

This book evaluates changes needed to improve the usefulness and cost-effectiveness of the Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP). Conducted by the Census Bureau, SIPP is a major continuin …

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€37.96

Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Committee on Population: Population and Land Use in Developing Countries

This valuable book summarizes recent research by experts from both the natural and social sciences on the effects of population growth on land use. It is a useful introduction to a field in which lit …

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€26.32

Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education: Social Dynamics of Adolescent Fertility in Sub-Saharan Africa

This examination of changes in adolescent fertility emphasizes the changing social context within which adolescent childbearing takes place. …

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€59.34

Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education: Demographic Effects of Economic Reversals in Sub-Saharan Africa

This book examines the effects of economic downturns in recent decades on first marriages, first and second births, and child mortality in Botswana, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, Senegal, Togo, and Uganda. …

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Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Committee on Postsecondary Education and Training for the Workplace: Preparing for the Workplace

Job training has taken a central place among strategies to boost U.S. competitiveness in the world and ensure a high standard of living. Decision making in this area has a major impact on American wo …

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€34.24

Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education: Effects of Health Programs on Child Mortality in Sub-Saharan Africa

This book examines the effects of health interventions on infant and child mortality. Discussions of levels and trends of infant and child mortality and causes of death provide the background for an …

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Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education: Population Dynamics of Kenya

This detailed examination of recent trends in fertility and mortality considers the links between those trends and the socioeconomic changes occuring during the same period. …

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Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education: Factors Affecting Contraceptive Use in Sub-Saharan Africa

This book discusses current trends in contraceptive use, socioeconomic and program variables that affect the demand for and supply of children, and the relationship of increased contraceptive use to …

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Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education: Census that Mirrors America

This volume examines the Census Bureau’s program of research and development of the 2000 census, focusing particularly on the design of the 1995 census tests. The tests in 1995 should serve as a prim …

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Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Committee on Law and Justice: Violence in Urban America

In this summary of a unique conference on urban violence, mayors, police chiefs, local, state, and federal agency experts, and researchers provide a wealth of practical ideas to combat violence in ur …

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Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Committee on Military Enlistment Standards: Modeling Cost and Performance for Military Enlistment

This book describes a cost/performance trade-off model useful for illustrating the effects of budget decisions on the quality of expected performance in the military enlisted force. The model links r …

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Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education: Understanding and Preventing Violence, Volume 4

This book analyzes the consequences of violence and strategies for controlling them. Included are reviews of public perceptions and reactions to violence; estimates of the costs; the commonalities an …

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€101.46

Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education: Losing Generations

At least 7 million young Americansfully one-quarter of adolescents 10 to 17 years oldmay be at risk of failing to achieve productive adult lives. They use drugs, engage in unprotected sex, drop out o …

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€24.92

Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Committee on National Statistics and Committee on Population: Statistics on U.S. Immigration

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€23.51

Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education: Population Dynamics of Senegal

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€34.67

Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education: Understanding Violence Against Women

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Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Committee on Vision: Procedures for Testing Color Vision

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Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education: Preventing and Mitigating AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa

The AIDS epidemic in Sub-Saharan Africa continues to affect all facets of life throughout the subcontinent. Deaths related to AIDS have driven down the life expectancy rate of residents in Zambia, Ke …

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€92.03

Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education: Beyond the Blueprint

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Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education: Issues in Civilian Outplacement Strategies

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Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education: Assessing Knowledge of Retirement Behavior

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Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education: Understanding and Preventing Violence

By conservative estimates, more than 16, 000 violent crimes are committed or attempted every day in the United States. Violence involves many factors and spurs many viewpoints, and this diversity imp …

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Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education: Preparing For the 2000 Census

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Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Committee on Techniques for the Enhancement of Human Performance: Enhancing Human Performance

Is it possible for people to register and retain what is said in their presence while they sleep? If it is possible, is the learning that takes place during sleep efficient enough to be of practical …

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Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Committee on Vision: Emergent Techniques for Assessment of Visual Performance

Recent vision research has led to the emergence of new techniques that offer exciting potential for a more complete assessment of vision in clinical, industrial, and military settings. Emergent Techn …

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Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Committee on National Statistics: Cognitive Aspects of Survey Methodology

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Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education: Investing in Research Infrastructure in the Behavioral and Social Sciences

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Board on Environmental Change and Society & Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education: Making Climate Forecasts Matter

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Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education: Improving Information for Social Policy Decisions — The Uses of Microsimulation Modeling

This volume, second in the series, provides essential background material for policy analysts, researchers, statisticians, and others interested in the application of microsimulation techniques to de …

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Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Committee on National Statistics: Evaluating Welfare Reform

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Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Committee on National Statistics: Review of the Disability Evaluation Study Design

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Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Committee on Basic Research in the Behavioral and Social Sciences: Behavioral and Social Science Research

Behavioral and Social Science Research: A National Resource specifies appropriate criteria for assessing the value, significance, and social utility of basic research in the social sciences. This rep …

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Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Committee on Vocational Education and Economic Development in Depressed Areas: Education for Tomorrow’s Jobs

The ways in which vocational education can be strengthened to contribute most effectively to national education and economic goals are the subject of this book. It discusses changes in the economy an …

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Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Committee on Women’s Employment and Related Social Issues: Computer Chips and Paper Clips

Drawing on the historical changes in five areasthe jobs of telephone operators, workers in the printing and publishing industries, information and data processors, retail clerks, and nursesthis volum …

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Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Committee on the Performance of Military Personnel: Performance Assessment for the Workplace, Volume II

Volume II covers a number of measurement and analytical issues in greater technical detail, including: range restriction adjustments, methods for evaluating multiple sources of error in measurement, …

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Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Committee on Population and Demography: Rapid Population Change in China, 1952-1982

The remarkable changes in fertility, nuptiality, and mortality that have occurred in the People’s Republic of China from the early 1950s to 1982 are summarized in this report. Data are based largely …

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€30.75

Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Committee on Indicators of Precollege Science and Mathematics Education: Indicators of Precollege Education in Science and Mathematics

Many studies point to the inadequacy of precollege education in the United States. How can it be improved? The development of effective policy requires information on the condition of education and t …

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€62.28

Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Committee on Indicators of Precollege Science and Mathematics Education: Improving Indicators of the Quality of Science and Mathematics Education in Grades K-12

This book presents a carefully developed monitoring system to track the progress of mathematics and science education, particularly the effects of ongoing efforts to improve students’ scientific know …

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Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Committee on Population: Contraception and Reproduction

This book examines how changes in reproductive patterns (such as the number and timing of births and spacing between births) have affected the health of women and children in the developing world. It …

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Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Committee on Population: Contraceptive Use and Controlled Fertility

These four papers supplement the book Contraception and Reproduction: Health Consequences for Women and Children in the Developing World by bringing together data and analyses that would otherwise be …

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€17.98

Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education: Valuing Health Risks, Costs, and Benefits for Environmental Decision Making

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Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Committee on Drug Use in the Workplace: Under the Influence?

Drug use in the workplace, its effect on performance and safety, and the role of workplace drug testing has received much attention in the popular press. But what do we actually know about this troub …

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€48.94

Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & National Academy of Engineering: People and Technology in the Workplace

Quick introduction of new technology is essential to America’s competitiveness. But the success of new systems depends on their acceptance by the people who will use them. This new volume presents pr …

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Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Committee on the Performance of Military Personnel: Performance Assessment for the Workplace

Although ability testing has been an American preoccupation since the 1920s, comparatively little systematic attention has been paid to understanding and measuring the kinds of human performance that …

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€70.11

Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems: National Energy Modeling System

This book addresses the process and actions for developing enhanced capabilities to analyze energy policy issues and perform strategic planning activities at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) on an …

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€19.14

Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education: Democratization in Africa

The global movement toward democracy, spurred in part by the ending of the cold war, has created opportunities for democratization not only in Europe and the former Soviet Union, but also in Africa.T …

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€26.91

Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Committee on National Statistics: Providing National Statistics on Health and Social Welfare Programs in an Era of Change

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Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Dean R. Gerstein: Alcohol in America

Alcohol is a killer1 of every 13 deaths in the United States is alcohol-related. In addition, 5 percent of the population consumes 50 percent of the alcohol. The authors take a close look at the prob …

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Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Committee on Computing and Communications Research to Enable Better Use of Information Technology in Government: Summary of a Workshop on Information Technology Research for Federal Statistics (

Part of an in-depth study of how information technology research and development could more effectively support advances in the use of information technology (IT) in government, Summary of a Workshop …

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Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Committee on Future Directions for Cognitive Research on Aging: Aging Mind

Possible new breakthroughs in understanding the aging mind that can be used to benefit older people are now emerging from research. This volume identifies the key scientific advances and the opportun …

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€56.40

Board on Testing and Assessment & Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education: Grading the Nation’s Report Card

Since the late 1960s, the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP)the nation’s report cardhas been the only continuing measure of student achievement in key subject areas. Increasingly, edu …

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€55.90

Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Committee on Education Finance: Equity and Adequacy in Education Finance

Spending on K-12 education across the United States and across local school districts has long been characterized by great disparitiesdisparities that reflect differences in property wealth and tax r …

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€56.50

Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Committee on Early Childhood Pedagogy: Eager to Learn

Clearly babies come into the world remarkably receptive to its wonders. Their alertness to sights, sounds, and even abstract concepts makes them inquisitive explorersand learnersevery waking minute. …

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€37.60