Investigating change in American society: exploring social trends with U.S. census data and StudentChip.

This is a software and workbook package that enables students to analyze and compare data sets compiled from the U.S. census from 1950 to 1990. There are sections on population structure including cohorts ages and change; race and ethnic inequality; immigrant assimilation; labor force; marriage divorce cohabitation and childbearing; gender inequality; households and families; poverty; children; and the older population. The software package includes data sets tailored for each section as well as StudentChip a statistical package in the Chipendale family for analyzing the data. The workbook includes tutorials an introduction to each topic questions for class discussion suggestions for group projects and a short list of relevant World Wide Web sites. A floppy disk containing the data sets and StudentChip is included for use with a PC.