Word: censuses
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...despite the official estimate of the Census Bureau that only 8.3 per cent of the adult population is functionally illiterate, the U.S. Office of Education agrees with Harmen's estimate...
...discrepaney between Harmen's calculation and the census figure stems from a difference in the definition of "functional illiterate...
...Census definition of literacy is based only on whether an individual has completed the fourth or fifth grade...
...allocate funds for such varied governmental programs as highways, schools, hospitals and urban renewal. By noting population shifts, housing conditions and the relationship between where people live and where they work, the census helps local governments, too, make long-range plans. On the federal level alone the distribution of about $5 billion a year in subsidies depends on census facts...
...countless private agencies and business firms can best reach their potential clients and customers. The census provides invaluable information for market analysts. Commercial firms will be able to secure computer tapes of this year's census results-though the names of individuals and the information linked to them are protected by law from disclosure...