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Educator Self-Study Module
STEP 4. Collect audience information relevant to the enviromental practice and specific behaviors

III. What methodologies or technologies are available for exploring the social dimensions of a particular environmental concern?

Linking to pre-existing information

Table 2: Sample sources of background information
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Type

Potential sources

Target audience searchable database

A searchable data base of research findings from studies of outreach and education about water and watersheds that could claim to identify best education practices for specific audiences
http://wateroutreach.uwex.edu/beps/TargetAudienceResearch.cfm

American Community Survey

Estimates for states and the larger counties include statistics such as age of housing stock, number of vacancies, lack of plumbing, etc.
http://www.census.gov/acs/www/

US Census 2000

The U.S. Census Bureau
http://www.census.gov/

Census of Agriculture

Query the Census of Agriculture:1987,1992,1997 at Cornell University: http://agcensus.mannlib.cornell.edu.

1997, 2002, and 2007 Census of Agriculture:
http://www.agcensus.usda.gov/

Data queries, topic and area summaries:
http://www.nass.usda.gov/census/census92/agrimenu.htm
http://www.census.gov/prod/2/agr/92area/92agr.html

Economic Census

Economic Census, 1992: Report series 1J on CD-ROM [machine-readable data files] / prepared by the Bureau of the Census. Washington: The Bureau [producer and distributor], 1997. (SuDoc # C 3.277:CD-EC 92-1 J)

Economic Census, 1992 and 2002: Nonemployer Statistics Series / prepared by the Bureau of the Census. Washington: The Bureau [producer and distributor], 1995. Economic Census on CD-ROM, 1992: ZIP Code Statistics Series / prepared by the Bureau of the Census. Washington: The Bureau [producer and distributor], 1995.

PDFs are available for all reports through a list published on the web site.

For 1992 Economic Census Reports:
http://www.census.gov/epcd/www/92result.html

For 2002 Economic Census Reports:
http://www.census.gov/econ/census02/

How to find the latest business data (since 2002)
http://www.census.gov/epcd/www/recent.htm

USA Counties

USA Counties 1996 on CD-ROM [machine-readable data files] / prepared by the Bureau of the Census. Washington: The Bureau [producer and distributor], 1996. (SuDocs # C 3.287:18)

CD-ROMs are available at most depository libraries. Locate a Federal depository library using this website: http://www.gpoaccess.gov/libraries.html

Please refer to http://www.census.gov/statab/www/county.html for order information.

Other sources for this information:

Online: Refer to USA Counties 1998 (database) when you just need data for one county. http://censtats.census.gov/usa/usa.shtml

Maps can be produced from the data at http://www.maproom.psu.edu/mapper/usa/usacounties.html

USGS

 

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