Census

Census Bureau, n.d.). For the past 12 months during the years 2012-2016, the per capita income was $29,301 (in 2016 dollars) (U.S. Census Bureau, n.d.). Also, in Los Angeles County there is a 16.3% poverty rate (U.S. Census Bureau, n.d.). This information is essential because income has a vital relationship with the public’s general health. It is known that wealthier…

representation depending on the census, which is conducted every ten years. Gerrymandering is a method that filters out the too little representation or too much representation for each state district. This term brings a balance of representation to not just the districts, but to the House of Representatives. It is important that each state district has equal representation because one state can dominate another when it comes to passing, voting, or creating new laws. Our…

Ocean. As of 2015, the population of Santa Monica was 93,220 (U.S. Census, 2015). In many ways Santa Monica is an affluent community, which one observes through its residential neighborhoods, stores and restaurants. In fact, according to Forbes, Santa Monica ranks among the most expensive cities in the country (Schiffman, 2015). In 2015, the “median household income was $76,580” compared to $50,205 in Los Angeles (U.S. Census, 2015). Similarly, only 11.3% of the population of Santa Monica…

needs to be considered before analysing the 2011 census data is that of individualism. Society within Britain today is identified as being a “fluid and diverse social environment”, in which we are free to choose our own identify and moral code, thus not being restricted due to inherited beliefs or reinforced social interactions. This can be seen to have held an adverse effect upon elements such as religious attachment, as supported by the 2011 census data. Substantial change has occurred,…

how to improve the current 2016 Canadian Census of Population are endless. However, in order to get an accurate, clear, and reliable representation, I believe that certain aspects need to be focused upon. With this, the reader will get a better understanding of how certain independent variables impact the one dependent variable in focus, this being, Economic Inequality. As a social researcher, I will be further investing the many ways to improve this census, therefore discovering different…

Outline the importance of the Mabo Decision, Native Title Act and Wik Judgement for the Land Rights movement (5 marks)
The Land Rights movement aimed to lead Aboriginal people towards regaining access and ownership to their sacred sites and traditional lands that were lost by European settlement. This movement was instigated by Charles Perkins through his Freedom Ride in 1965 and Vincent Lingiari, the elder of the Gurindji people, who promoted the Wave Hill Strike in 1966. In 1992, Eddie Mabo,…

According to Stanford University race is a powerful social category forged historically through oppression, slavery and conquest. Throughout the United States history different ethnicities have made the United States their homes. Stanford University states that ethnicities are groups such as Irish, Fijian, or Sioux, etc. that share a common identity based ancestry, language, or culture. Politics is Americas driving force behind America’s strong foundation. Without having a political foundation…

We use the census to show which area held the most votes for either Democrats or Republican. The common pack and crack strategic redistricting literature, what they do is they will go and study the candidate policy position, and then consider that the pack and crack…

decline is vice versa, meaning it is determined by the decrease in the number of individuals in a population, (Statistics SA, 2016). The total number of population in South Africa was estimated at 55.0 million people in 2015, according to the latest census figures in the year of 1960, SA had a population of 17.4 million of people during that period. Furthermore, the population of South Africa represents 0.73 percent of the world’s total population which arguably means that one person in every…

Introduction and Purpose Systematic social observation (SSO) has been used to study “physical, social, and economic characteristics of neighborhoods” and subsequently aid in the identification and construction of “profiles of community processes” ("ICPSR-SSO," n.d.; Sampson & Raudenbush, 1999). An observational study of this type is mostly unobtrusive, and, by its nature, avoids pitfalls, that might detract from uncovering new knowledge, such as “reactivity between researcher and participant,”…