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Hurricane Maria aftermath

Inaccurate data analysis may affect Puerto Rico's recovery

4/2/18

The controversy of Puerto Rico's death toll from Hurricane Maria has put the spotlight on proper data analysis not just for the current recovery, but for future disaster and emergency efforts. The situation is particularly dire for the island because it is a territory with no representation in Congress, for example. Statistics must tell the story for Puerto Ricans, said a Penn State demographer.

concentrated poverty

Growing isolation of poor helps explain changes in concentrated poverty

3/14/17

Concentrated poverty — places where 40 percent of the population or more lives below the federal poverty level — is rising again after a brief dip in the 1990s. Penn State demographers believe that the increasing isolation of the poor might be contributing to the latest increase.

Public Housing Project

Racial divides decline but still exist in urban America

12/2/16

Blacks and Hispanics are significantly more likely than whites and Asians to live in high-poverty neighborhoods — neighborhoods that are often characterized by poor schools, limited social services and high crime rates, according to Penn State research.

$1.1M grant will fund reasearch on analyzing privacy-enhanced data

10/22/12

The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded a $1.1 million grant to a multidisciplinary Penn State team to develop methods for statistical analysis of noisy and privacy-enhanced data.The Penn State effort looks to create new techniques for extracting more accurate statistical information from these complicated, noisy datasets. The work will place special emphasis on analyses useful for social science research.

Unauthorized population would soar if birthright citizenship repealed

9/8/10

Repeal of birthright citizenship for the U.S.-born children of unauthorized immigrants would expand the nation's unauthorized population by at least 5 million over the next decade, according to a new report from the Migration Policy Institute. The report's principal author is Jennifer Van Hook, professor of sociology and demographics at Penn State and non-resident fellow at the Washington, D.C.-based institute.