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Tribes
A Statistical portrait of the United States : social conditions and trends / edited by Mark S. Littman ; [contributors: Mark S. Littman ... [et. al.]]. (Ref HA214 .S73 1998)
About children / senior editors, Arthur G. Cosby ... [et al.]. (Ref HQ792.U5 A515 2005)
Aging : lifestyles, work, and money / Elizabeth Vierck and Kris Hodges. (Ref HQ1064.U5 V493 2005)
America's children : key national indicators of well-being / Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics. (Ref HQ792.U5 A44 2003)
America's children : key national indicators of well-being, 2007. (Ref RA407.3 .A54 2007 )
American immigrant cultures : builders of a nation / edited by David Levinson, Melvin Ember. (Ref E184.A1 A63448 1997 v.1-2)
Gay histories and cultures : an encyclopedia / George E. Haggerty, editor ; John Beynon, Douglas Eisner, assistant editors. (Ref HQ75.13 .G37 2000)
Gale encyclopedia of multicultural America / contributing editor, Rudolph J. Vecoli ; edited by Judy Galens, Anna Sheets, Robyn V. Young. (Ref E184.A1 G14 1995 v.1-2)
Encyclopedia of Homosexuality (HQ76.25 .E53 1990 v.1-2)
Encyclopedia of Sociology (Ref HM425 .E5 2000 v.1-5)
Encyclopedia of American Social History (Ref HN57 .E58 1992 v.1-3)
Encyclopedia of death and dying / edited by Glennys Howarth and Oliver Leaman. (Ref HQ1073 .E543 2001)
Encyclopedia of Family Life (Ref HQ534 .E53 1999 v.1-5)
Encyclopedia of Adolescence (Ref HQ796 .E58 1990 v.1-2)
Encyclopedia of Aging and the Elderly (Ref HQ1061 .R69 1992)
Handbook of family communication / edited by Anita L. Vangelisti. (Ref HQ519 .H36 2004)
The Handbook of Social Psychology (Ref HM251 .H225 1998 v.1-2)
Handbook of Qualitative Research (Ref H62 .H2455 2000)
Households and families, 2000 / by Tavia Simmons and Grace O'Neill. (OTTERBEIN GOVT DOCUMENTS C 3.205/8-2:01-8)
Households, families, and children : a 30-year perspective / by Terry Lugaila. (OTTERBEIN GOVT DOCUMENTS C 3.186:P 23-181)
International encyclopedia of marriage and family / James J. Ponzetti, Jr., editor in chief. (Ref HQ9 .E52 2003 v.1-4)
International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences (OTTERBEIN FOLIO H40.A2 I5 v.1-19)
The New American Family (HQ536 .N493 1992)
Serving families of adult offenders : a directory of programs / Family and Corrections Network ; James W. Mustin, editor ; Donna D'Arville, assistant (Ref HV6017 .S47 2002)
Statistical Abstract of the United States (Ref HA202 .S83 1998)
Statistical Yearbook (Ref HA12.5 .U63 1997)
Statistical Handbook on the American Family (Ref HQ536 .S727 1999)
Statistical Handbook on Aging Americans (Ref HQ1064.U5 S695 1994)
Statistical Handbook on Women in America (Ref HQ1420 .T34 1996)
Databases for Journal Articles
- Employment Characteristics of Families
- Families and Living Arrangements (U.S. Census Bureau)
- Family Violence Statistics: Including Statistics on Strangers and Acquaintances (Bureau of Justice Statistics)
- National Survey of American Families
- National Survey of Family Growth (Center for Disease Control and Statistics)
- Family Fact File (Public Agenda Online)
- Statistical Abstract of the United States.