Research Guides: Relationships & Marriage: Statistics

What are statistics?

Statistics is the plural form of statistic, which means either a single item in a statistical study, or a quantity calculated from the data in a sample, which characterizes an important aspect in the sample (such as a mean or an average).

Statistics can be used to support your thesis or ideas on a particular topic.

Source: Wiktionary

Print Statistical Resources

Statistical Handbook on the American Family by Chadwick, Bruce A.
Call Number: REF HQ536 .S727 1992
ISBN: 0897746872
Publication Date: 1992
Nearly 40 tables, charts, and figures display information on such topics as marital status and satisfaction, employment, education, politics, and religion, of American families. The data is from government agencies, polls, scientific journals, and some original research during the early 1990s. A typical table is "living arrangements of children under 18 years old, by selected characteristics of parent: 1988." Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Statistical Record of Women Worldwide, 2nd ed. by Gale Research Inc.
Call Number: REF HQ1150 .S73 1995
ISBN: 9780810388727
Publication Date: 1995
Presenting facts from hundreds of published sources not readily available to the public, Statistical Record of Women Worldwide contains thousands of facts and figures on all topics concerning women and society. Health and vital statistics, employment issues and education are covered in 15 subject sections.

Electronic Statistical Resources

Green Book by The House Ways and Means Committee
Provides program descriptions and historical data on a wide variety of social and economic topics, including Social Security, employment, earnings, welfare, child support, health insurance, the elderly, families with children, poverty and taxation.