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SW 202: Introduction to Social Work

Finding Statistics

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, FastStats
Centers for Disease Control: Adolescent and School Health
Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance Summaries - nationwide statistics
Community and individual race/ethnicity and home health care use among elderly persons in the United States
From PubMed and the National Institutes of Health
Data.gov
Provides many useful statistics in a wide variety of topics, including health, law, ethics, and finance.
Disability Reports and Briefs
Educating Teenagers About Sex in the United States - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Federal Statistics
More than 100 agencies in the U.S. Federal government produce statistics you can navigate by agency or with an A-Z list of topics.
Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies
Socioeconomic data of African Americans and other people of color
Statistical abstract of the U.S.
United States Census Bureau. American fact finder
United States Legislative Information from the Library of Congress

Women and family

The Women Stats Project
"The most comprehensive compilation of information on the status of women in the world."
WomensLaw.org
"Providing legal information and support to victims of domestic violence and sexual assault."