America Becoming: Racial Trends and Their Consequences: Volume II (2001)
Chapter: Appendix A: Acronyms
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)
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)
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)
