PSYCH 169; FALL, 2006; TONAY

General Demographic statistics:
1. American Factfinder: factfinder.census.gov/ It is linked from
the Gov Pubs U.S. Census page [Gov Pubs - U.S. Census - American
Factfinder]

From the left menubar select FACT SHEET. Fill in the address search
form with the CITY and STATE only. Hit Go. This will give you basic
information about the population of the city: total population, race,
education, median household income, etc.

Drug and Alcohol Abuse statistics:
1. Rand California: Select Statistics - health and socioeconomic -
drug and alcohol abuse statistics. They must read the choices
carefully and decide which categories are of interest to them. The
lower section contains boxes for selecting a city in California.

2. Community Indicators of Alcohol and Drug Abuse Risk. Typing this
title into CRUZCAT will give you a link to the Santa Cruz County
report. To find reports from other counties go to:
http://www.adp.cahwnet.gov/risk_indicators.shtml

OR from the research page go to: How to...get started - Find
Statistics - Santa Cruz Area Sources - Health and Education, find
Community Indicators in the list. Scroll to the county (near the
bottom of the page).

Homeless Statistics:
1. If the student is looking at homeless anywhere in Santa Cruz
county, they should use "Life in Santa Cruz County: Community
Assessment Project...Year 8". McH & Gov Pubs Ref HN79.C22 S45 2002.
Indicator 97 p.213+ discusses homeless in the county with a breakdown
by geographic area.

2. American Factfinder: Select PEOPLE from the left menubar. Find a
city as above. Look at the first box of results (Basic
Counts/Population) Scroll down to "Group Quarters Population by Age
and Sex." The term "homeless" does not appear in the Census,
instead, look for Noninstitutionalized Group Quarters. In this
table, look for the section titled "Type of Group Quarters". The
last line under the section "Other noninstitutionalized group
quarters" gives the best count of homeless in a given city.