Thank you @statstas.bsky.social. Some people consider demography a discipline in its own right, but my degree was granted in a sociology department (and I taught soc for a few years) so I think I count as an honorary sociologist.

Disclosure Avoidance and the Supplemental DHC File: How PHSafe Works www.census.gov/library/publ...

Disclosure Avoidance and the Supplemental DHC: How PHSafe Works

This brief describes how differential privacy works and how it is applied to the 2020 Census Supplemental DHC File.

End of an era? Just published the final brief in the series on guidance for working with 2020 Census data products. For those who use the data, I hope the series is helpful. (Link in comments)

No lie detected.

Yeah. Similar thing here. "We should build housing, not provide a safe parking lot!" screamed the same folks who object to every new housing development.

🎉Big news from NIH to advance disability-inclusive research: -Develop agency-wide NIH Strategic Plan for Disability Research -Engage with disability community to discuss needs, challenges, and goals -Establish Council of Councils Disability Research Working Group dpcpsi.nih.gov/sites/defaul...

If memory serves, states and counties (but not places) get net migration estimates, too. But my covid-addled brain would need to double check that to be sure.

It's ACS data release day! Housing-related highlights from the 2023 1-year estimates include: 🔵 Housing costs rose between 2022 & 2023 for both homeowners and renters. 🔵 Nearly HALF of renters are cost-burdened. 🔵 In Florida, 1.2 million homeowners paid $4,000+ a year for homeowner’s insurance.

Nearly Half of Renter Households Are Cost-Burdened, Proportions Differ by Race

Over 21 million renter households spent more than 30% of their income on housing costs in 2023.

There is no such thing as a post-birth abortion. The vast majority are early in pregnancy. Most abortions are medication abortions. Learn more: www.prb.org/articles/a-p...#FactCheck

A Patchwork of Access: Self-Managed Medication Abortion in Post-Roe America

Research shows that self-managed medication abortion accessed through online telehealth is medically safe and effective, but prospective patients face a complex web of barriers.

What?!?!? I had no idea. That seems... counterproductive.