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Suggested Citation:"Appendix A: Acronyms." National Research Council. 2001. America Becoming: Racial Trends and Their Consequences: Volume II. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/9719.
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APPENDIX
A
Acronyms


AAP

American Academy of Pediatrics (McLoyd)

AFDC

Aid to Families with Dependent Children (Moffitt)

AFQT

Armed Forces Qualification Test (Conrad)


BRFSS

Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (Kington)


CBO

Characteristics of Business Owners (Boston)

CPS

Current Population Survey (Zhou, Conrad, Smith)


ECA

Epidemiologic Catchment Area Study (Williams)

EEO

Equal Employment Opportunity (Holzer)

EPESE

Established Populations for Epidemiologic Studies of the Elderly (Kington)

ETS

Educational Testing Service (Ferguson)


FAS

fetal alcohol syndrome (McLoyd)


HDS

Housing Discrimination Study (Massey)

HHNES

Hispanic Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (Kington)

HRS

Health and Retirement Study (Oliver/Shapiro)

HUD

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (Pastor)

IHS

Indian Health Service (USDHHS) (Kington, Williams)

Suggested Citation:"Appendix A: Acronyms." National Research Council. 2001. America Becoming: Racial Trends and Their Consequences: Volume II. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/9719.
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JTPA

Job Taining Partnership Act (Moffitt)


LBW

low birth weight (Kington, Jenkins)

LFPR

labor-force participation rate (Conrad)

LULUs

locally undesirable land uses (Pastor)


NAEP

National Assessment of Educational Progress (Ferguson)

NCES

National Center for Education Statistics (Ferguson)

NCHS

National Center for Health Statistics (Kington, Williams)

NCS

National Comorbidity Survey (Williams)

NHANES III

Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (McLoyd)

NHIS

National Health Interview Survey (Kington)

NICHHD

National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (Smith)

NLMS

National Longitudinal Mortality Survey (Kington)

NLSAH

National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (McLoyd)

NLSY

National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (Holzer, Conrad)

NMES

National Medical Expenditures Survey (Kington)


OMB

U.S. Office of Management and Budget (Kington, Williams)


PRWORA

Personal Responsibility and Work Reconciliation Act (Moffitt)

PSID

Panel Study of Income Dynamics (Smith, Oliver/ Shapiro)

PUMAs

Public Use Microdata Areas (in Los Angeles) (Pastor)

PUMS

Public Use Micro Samples (Conrad)


SCF

Survey of Consumer Finances, Federal Reserve Board (Oliver/Shapiro)

SEP

socioeconomic position (Kington)

SES

socioeconomic status (Williams, McLoyd)

SIE

Survey of Income and Education (Conrad)

SIPP

Survey of Income and Program Participation (Oliver/ Shapiro)

SMOBE

Survey of Minority-Owned Business Enterprises (Boston)

Suggested Citation:"Appendix A: Acronyms." National Research Council. 2001. America Becoming: Racial Trends and Their Consequences: Volume II. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/9719.
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SMSAs

Standard Metropolitan Statistical Areas (Sandefur)

SNC

The State of the Nation’s Cities (Pastor)

SSI

Supplemental Security Income (Moffitt)

SSRC

Social Science Research Council (Massey)


TANF

Temporary Assistance to Needy Families, was AFDC until 1996 (Moffitt)

TSDFs

toxic storage and disposal facilities (Pastor)


UCLA

University of California, Los Angeles (Kington)

USBC

U.S. Bureau of the Census (Kington, Williams, Boston)

USDHHS

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (Kington, Williams)


WIC

Women, Infants, and Children (McLoyd)

Suggested Citation:"Appendix A: Acronyms." National Research Council. 2001. America Becoming: Racial Trends and Their Consequences: Volume II. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/9719.
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