September 07, 2007

Population

Custodial Mothers and Fathers and Their Child Support: 2005. This report shows national-level trends of child-support income received by parents for children whose other parent lives elsewhere. It also examines other types of support received for the children, such as health insurance and noncash assistance.

Health and Health Care of the Older Population in Urban and Rural China: 2000. Report providing an examination of activity limitations, self-assessed health, chronic disease status and lifestyle behaviors of China's older population. Also looks at the mental health and utilization of health care services by Chinese 60 and older.

International Data Base Update: 2007. Internet files showing demographic indicators such as infant mortality, life expectancy, fertility rates, net migration, and population growth for 228 countries and areas of the world. Includes current estimates and moving population pyramids that project age and sex distribution to 2050.

Reasons People Do Not Work: 2004. People 15 or older list reasons they had not worked at a paid job for at least the prior four consecutive months, according to the national Survey of Income and Program Participation.

Government

2006 State and Local Government Employee-Retirement Systems. Annual data on revenues, expenditures, financial assets and membership for public employee-retirement systems. Data are shown for individual retirement systems as well as aggregately at the national, state, and local levels.

Housing

2006 State and County Housing Unit Estimates. Updated estimates of the nation's housing stock at the national, state and county levels for 2006.

Economic Indicators

Monthly Wholesale Trade: July 2007. Press release showing estimates for sales, inventories on a non-LIFO ("last in-first out") basis, and stock-sales ratios for merchant wholesalers by three-digit major kind-of-business groups. Scheduled for release September 7, 2007

Quarterly Financial Report: Manufacturing, Mining, and Wholesale Trade: 2nd Quarter 2007. Press release showing up-to-date aggregate statistics on U.S. manufacturing, mining, and wholesale trade corporations. Scheduled for release September 10, 2007.

US International Trade in Goods and Services: July 2007. Press release showing monthly exports, general imports (including data by country), and limited data on imports for consumption. Scheduled for release September 11, 2007.

Quarterly Services Survey: 2nd Quarter 2007. Press release showing quarterly estimates of total operating revenue and the percentage of revenue by class of customer for the services industries. Scheduled for release September 12, 2007.

Advance Monthly Sales for Retail and Food Services: August 2007. Press release presenting advance monthly estimates of retail store sales by kind-of-business groups. Report includes seasonally adjusted estimates and percentage changes for major kind-of-business groups. Scheduled for release September 14, 2007.

Manufacturing and Trade: Inventories and Sales: July 2007. Press release showing sales, inventories, and inventories-to-sales ratios for the combined domestic activities of retailers, wholesalers, and manufacturers. Scheduled for release September 14, 2007.

Housing Starts and Building Permits: August 2007. Press release showing data for housing starts, completions, and building permits. Scheduled for release September 19, 2007.

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