Using data from the Health and Retirement Study (HRS), this 2009 report explored how parental education relates to four separate outcomes in the children’s generation: education, lifetime earnings, health and (financial) wealth. The authors related parents’ educational ranks to children’s ranks on these four outcomes. more

This March 2009 study was based on the responses to an Internet survey of 200 registered voters in each of the 50 states, for a total of 10,000 observations overall. Individuals were asked about their experience voting—either in-person on Election Day, in-person early, or absentee voting. Non-voters were also surveyed. 

Explosive growth in the number of people on probation or parole has propelled the population of the American corrections system to more than 7.3 million, or 1 in every 31 U.S. adults, according to a 2009 report.

This 2009 report was the first-ever detailed public analysis of states’ voting systems for military personnel stationed overseas.

This 2008 report discussed how good data is the basis of good policymaking. In the elections field, a lack of data has often left policy makers and election officials without the tools necessary to assess successes and failures in the field. When data is available, it has usually been limited. With numerous changes to elections since 2002 – and a growing focus on the administration rather than only the outcome of elections – data collection efforts have been steadily increasing. more