statistical abstract of the united states - p
PURPOSE:
- provides standard summary of statistics on the social, political,
and economic organization of the United States
- includes both, government and private statistical publications
- unpublished records are identified in the source notes as
"unpublished data"
- provides data / tables on contemporary issues
AUTHORITY:
- = United States Government publication
ARRANGEMENT:
- content is divided into 30 sections - in front of the book
Numbers following subjects are
page numbers!!!
- a comprehensive index is at the end of the book
Index citations refer to the Table
Numbers, not the
page numbers!!!
REFERENCE QUESTIONS:
- A student needs the expectancy of life and expected deaths by
race, sex, and age: 1998
- A scientist compares the national ambient air pollutant
concentrations between 1990 to 1999
- Compare the number of pancreas transplants between 1990 and 1999.
- How many pounds of sugar were consumed per capita in 1999
in the United States?
- How much did the lumber industry pay for shipping lumber and
wood products by railroad in 1999?
- How many millions of dollars were spent on billboard advertizing
in 1998?
- What is the children's involvement in home literacy activities:
1993 and 1999.
- Did the number of farms decline in Colorado in 1997?
