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Global Attitudes & Trends - Pew Research Center

Global Attitudes & Trends - Pew Research Center

Home HarrisPoll - The Harris Poll Introduction - Statistics - Hoover Library's Subject Guides at McDaniel College Here are five important search tips for finding statistics online Tip 1: Favor sources consisting Primarily of statistics, like almanacs, statistical compendia, and numeric databases. Tip 2: At web sites, look for links to areas named Statistics; Publications, Reports, or Bulletins; Library or Archive(s); Data or Databases; and Presss Release. Tip 3: In full text, look for statistics-indicating word patterns, such as: " According to a study/survey/repert..." or "71 percent of Americans polled by Gallup..." Tip 4: Look for data placed outside the text as figures, tables, charts, graphs, infoboxes, and captions. Tip 5: Use numbers-indicating index terms, such as Statistics, Market share, Numeric, Demographics, Industry overview, and Forecasts. --By Paula Berinstein, author of "Finding Statistics Online..."

Global Health Observatory (GHO) data Global Strategy for Women's, Children's and Adolescents' Health (2016-2030): Data portal The Every Woman Every Child Global Strategy indicator and monitoring framework includes 60 indicators from health and other sectors. 34 indicators are from the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and 26 from related global monitoring initiatives. From these, 16 key indicators are highlighted to provide a snapshot of progress. The Global Strategy portal provides open access to the latest available data and estimates for the 60 indicators across 194 countries. This involves collaboration across WHO departments, H6 agencies (UNAIDS, UNFPA, UNICEF, UN Women, WHO and the World Bank), other UN organizations - including the UN Statistics Division and UNESCO, and global monitoring partnerships, including the Countdown to 2030 and academic institutions. – Access the portal Global Observatory on Health Research and Development (R&D) – Access the Observatory fact buffet Child care Care seeking for pneumonia

MappingMcDaniel : Satirical infographic meant... United Nations Surveys on Crime Trends and the Operations of Criminal Justice Systems General Background The collection of statistics on crime at the international level was first considered in 1853. The Economic and Social Council, in its resolution 1984/48 of 25 May 1984, requested that the Secretary-General maintain and develop the United Nations crime-related database by continuing to conduct surveys of crime trends and the operations of criminal justice systems. The major goal of the United Nations Surveys on Crime Trends and the Operations of Criminal Justice Systems is to collect data on the incidence of reported crime and the operations of criminal justice systems with a view to improving the analysis and dissemination of that information globally. The survey results provide an overview of trends and interrelationships between various parts of the criminal justice system to promote informed decision-making in administration, nationally and internationally. Reference Publications Compiling and comparing International Crime Statistics UN-CTS data collection:

Government Will Shut Down Websites Even if It Costs More Than Keeping Them Up, Just to Show You Who Is Boss In case you doubted the purely punitive nature of certain aspects of the "government shutdown," Julian Sanchez at Cato examines the strange case of federal websites: It’s a bit hard to make sense of why some sites remain up (some with a “no new updates” banner) while others are redirected to a shutdown notice page—and in many cases it’s puzzling why a shutdown would be necessary at all..... For agencies that directly run their own Web sites on in-house servers, shutting down might make sense if the agency’s “essential” and “inessential” systems are suitably segregated. Running the site in those cases eats up electricity and bandwidth that the agency is paying for, not to mention the IT and security personnel who need to monitor the site for attacks and other problems. Fair enough in those cases. The determination of which services continue during an appropriations lapse is not affected by whether the costs of shutdown exceed the costs of maintaining services.

The State of the World's Children reports | The State of the World's Children The State of the World's Children reports Each year, UNICEF’s flagship publication, The State of the World's Children, closely examines a key issue affecting children. The report includes supporting data and statistics and is available in French and Spanish language versions. In 2016, the report was also released in Arabic and Chinese. State of the World’s Children 2017: Children in a digital world La situation des enfants dans le monde 2017 : Les enfants dans un monde numérique El Estado Mundial de la Infancia 2017: Niños en un mundo digital تقرير وضع الأطفال في العالم لعام 2017: الأطفال في عالم رقمي 2017年世界儿童状况:数字时代的儿童 Previous reports The State of the World’s Children 2016: A fair chance for every child La Situation des enfants dans le monde 2016: L’égalité des chances pour chaque enfant Estado mundial de la infancia 2016: Una oportunidad justa para cada niño تقرير وضع الأطفال في العالم 2016: فرصة عادلة لكل طفل 2016年世界儿童状况:每个儿童,机会均等 Estado mundial de la infancia 2015: Reimaginar el future

State Health Facts Custom State Reports Compile data from hundreds of State Health Facts indicators on health coverage, access, and costs, as well as demographic and economic data, into interactive custom reports for a single state or multiple states. View Data Medicaid State Fact Sheets What percentage of people are covered by Medicaid in your state? View Data Medicaid Managed Care Market Tracker The Medicaid Managed Care Market Tracker houses extensive information about states, MCOs, and managed care firms to support understanding and analysis of the growing Medicaid managed care market. View Data Medicaid Benefits Data Collection This data collection reflects Medicaid benefits covered in each state, limitations applied to those benefits, cost-sharing charges, and the reimbursement methodologies used for those benefits as of October 1, 2012. View Data Medicaid Policy Action Trends View Data Section 1115 Medicaid Waiver Tracker View Data Section 1332 State Innovation Waiver Tracker View Data View Data

Gun Violence in America: The 13 Key Questions (With 13 Concise Answers) It's not like no one has ever asked them before. There's data everywhere and decades of research. We tracked down the best of it so you don't have to. A Seattle police officer inspects an M-16 turned in during a recent gun buyback event. Jump to a question: How much gun violence is there in the U.S.? There were 8,583 homicides by firearms in 2011, out of 12,664 homicides total, according to the FBI. It's worth noting that violent crime rates of all types have been steadily decreasing since the early 1990s. Gun violence also affects more than its victims. Guns are also involved in suicides and accidents. 19,392 of 38,264 suicides in 2010 involved a gun (50%), according to the CDC. How many guns are there in the U.S.? There are about 310 million guns in the country. (More: A long running poll by Gallup; the wide-ranging General Social Survey; aNew York Times demographic breakdownby Nate Silver) How do mass shootings differ from other types of gun violence? (More: Gun Rhetoric vs. A lot!

Data.gov Policy Research on Legislative Issues | Legislative Studies NCSL conducts policy research in a variety of areas ranging from agriculture and budget and tax issues and education to health care and immigration and transportation. NCSL’s experts are here to answer your questions and give you unbiased, comprehensive information as soon as you need it on issues facing state legislatures. We answer more than 20,000 requests for information a year. Our consulting services on policy issues go beyond testifying. We also offer access to 50-state information and other legislative resources, such as weekly session schedules.

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