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This data collection is part of a longitudinal survey designed to provide detailed information on the economic situation of households and persons in the United States. These data examine the distribution of income, wealth, and poverty in American society and gauge the effects of federal and state programs on the well-being of families and individuals. There are three basic elements contained in the survey. The first is a control card that records basic social and demographic characteristics for each person in a household, as well as changes in such characteristics over the course of the interviewing period. The second element is the core portion of the questionnaire, with questions repeated at each interview on labor force activity, types and amounts of income, participation in various cash and noncash benefit programs, attendance in post-secondary schools, private health insurance coverage, public or subsidized rental housing, low-income energy assistance, and school breakfast and lunch participation. The third element consists of topical modules, which are a series of supplemental questions asked during selected household visits. Topical modules include some core data to help link individuals to the core files. A topical module was not created for Wave I. The Wave II Topical Module (Part 17) covers recipiency, employment, work disability, education and training, marital status, migration, and fertility histories along with household relationships. The Wave III Topical Module (Part 19) includes data on work schedules, child care, child support agreements, support for nonhousehold members, functional limitations and disability, and utilization of health care services. Data from the Wave IV Topical Module (Part 21) include assets and liabilities, retirement expectations and pension plan coverage, and real estate property and vehicles. The Wave V Topical Module (Part 23) provides data on educational financing and enrollment. The Wave VI Topical Module (Part 25) covers time spent outside the work force, child care, child support agreements, support for nonhousehold members, functional limitations and disability, and utilization of health care services. Data in the Wave VII Topical Module (Part 27) cover selected financial assets, medical expenses and work disability, and real estate, shelter costs, dependent care, and vehicles. Wave VIII Topical Module (Part 29) includes data on annual income and retirement accounts, taxes, and school enrollment and financing. Part 33 of this study is the Wave V Topical Module Research File, an unedited version of Part 23. This research file has not been edited nor imputed but has been topcoded or bottomcoded and recoded if necessary by the Census Bureau to avoid disclosure of individual respondents' identities. Datasets: DS0: Study-Level Files DS1: Wave I Rectangular Data DS2: Data Dictionary for Wave I Rectangular File DS3: Wave II Rectangular Data DS4: Data Dictionary for Wave II Rectangular File DS5: Wave III Rectangular Data DS6: Data Dictionary for Wave III Rectangular File DS7: Wave IV Core Microdata File DS8: Data Dictionary for Wave IV Core Microdata File DS9: Wave V Core Microdata File DS10: Data Dictionary for Wave V Core Microdata File DS11: Wave VI Core Microdata File DS12: Data Dictionary for Wave VI Core Microdata File DS13: Wave VII Core Microdata File DS14: Data Dictionary for Wave VII Core Microdata File DS15: Wave VIII Core Microdata File DS16: Data Dictionary for Wave VIII Core Microdata File DS17: Wave II Topical Module Microdata File DS18: Data Dictionary for Wave II Topical Module Microdata File DS19: Wave III Topical Module Microdata File DS20: Data Dictionary for Wave III Topical Module Microdata File DS21: Wave IV Topical Module Microdata File DS22: Data Dictionary for Wave IV Topical Module Microdata File DS23: Wave V Topical Module Microdata File DS24: Data Dictionary for Wave V Topical Module Microdata File DS25: Wave VI Topical Module Microdata File DS26: Data Dictionary for Wave VI Topical Module Microdata File DS27: Wave VII Topical Module Microdata File DS28: Data Dictionary for Wave VII Topical Module Microdata File DS29: Wave VIII Topical Module Microdata File DS30: Data Dictionary for Wave VIII Topical Module Microdata File DS31: User Notes DS32: User Guide DS33: Wave V Topical Module Research File A multistage stratified sampling design was used. One-fourth of the sample households were interviewed each month, and households were reinterviewed at four-month intervals. All persons at least 15 years old who were present as household members at the time of the first interview were included for the entire study, except those who joined the military, were institutionalized for the entire study period, or moved from the United States. Original household members who moved during the study period were followed to their new residences and interviewed there. New persons moving into households of members of the original sample also were included in the survey, but were not followed if they left the household of an original sample person. Beginning with the 1990 Panel, the file structure of SIPP has changed. The unit of observation is one record for each person for each month, rather than one record per person. Also, topical modules are provided separately from core files.The codebooks are provided by ICPSR as a Portable Document Format (PDF) files and the data dictionaries are provided as ASCII text files. The PDF file format was developed by Adobe Systems Incorporated and can be accessed using PDF reader software, such as the Adobe Acrobat Reader. Information on how to obtain a copy of the Acrobat Reader is provided on the ICPSR Web site. Resident population of the United States, excluding persons living in institutions and military barracks.

Das EBDC Business Expectations Panel, BEP, besteht aus den wichtigsten Variablen des ifo Konjunkturtests und den entsprechenden Bilanzdaten aus den Unternehmensdatenbanken Amadeus (Bureau van Dijk) und Hoppenstedt (Hoppenstedt Firmeninformationen GmbH). Der ifo Konjunkturtest wird monatlich vom ifo Institut erhoben. Er setzt sich aus den EInzelerhebungen für die Sektoren Bau, Dienstleister, Handel und Verarbeitendes Gewerbe zusammen. Kern des Fragenprogramms sind qualitative Urteile zu aktuellen ökonomischen Parametern der Unternehmen wie z.B. der allgemeinen Situation, dem Umsatz, der Nachfrage, Kreditrestriktionen oder den Beschäftigten sowie Fragen zu den Entwicklungen in den kommenden Monaten, u.a. den Geschäfts-, Beschäftigten- oder Preiserwartungen. Die Bilanzdaten der Unternehmensdatenbanken wurden mit Hilfe der Programms Matching-Software MTB (Merge Toolbox), welche am „Center for quantitative Methods and Survey Research“ der Universität Konstanz entwickelt wurde dazu gespielt. The EBDC Business Expectations Panel, BEP, consists of the main variables of the ifo Business Survey and the corresponding balance sheet data from firm databases Amadeus (Bureau vanDijk) and Hoppenstedt(Hoppenstedt Information GmbH).The ifo Business Survey has been conducted by the ifo Institute on a monthly basis. The core of the questionnaire consists of qualitative assessments on the current economic parameters of companies such as, for example, the general situation, turnover, demand, credit constraints and staff numbers, as well as questions on trends in the forthcoming months in areas like business, employment and price expectations. The financial variables were merged by using the matching software MTB (Merge Toolbox) developed at the Center for Quantitative Methods and Survey Research of the University of Konstanz. Self-administered questionnaire

The main objective of the paper was to determine the significance of particular methods of supporting women's entrepreneurship in Greater Poland. Five groups of such support have been identified: socio-cultural, promotional and informational, financial, institutional, consulting and training. This led to identifying gaps in existing support and to finding the most significant support for entrepreneurial women. The study revealed a discrepancy between the assessment carried out by experts, students and women entrepreneurs. Owners of enterprises’ opinions show that the available forms of support are not as useful as it might seem from the perspective of researchers and potential owners. There are also forms of support that are not used by the female owners.

Most of the climate change models for South Africa predict a reduction in freshwater availability by 2050, which implies that water availability for sectoral production activities is expected to decline. This decline has an impact on sectoral output, value added and households’ welfare. Using a computable general equilibrium approach, this study investigates the possible impact of global change on households’ welfare. The simulation results show that water scarcity due to global change can potentially lead to a general deterioration in households’ welfare. The poor households, whose incomes are adversely impacted, are the most vulnerable to the consequences of the impact of global change on water resources in South Africa. This vulnerability can only be reduced if welfare policies that maintain food consumption levels for the least and low-income households are implemented

This data collection is part of a longitudinal survey designed to provide detailed information on the economic situation of households and persons in the United States. These data examine the distribution of income, wealth, and poverty in American society and gauge the effects of federal and state programs on the well-being of families and individuals. There are three basic elements contained in the survey. The first is a control card that records basic social and demographic characteristics for each person in a household, as well as changes in such characteristics over the course of the interviewing period. The second element is the core portion of the questionnaire, with questions repeated at each interview on labor force activity, types and amounts of income, participation in various cash and noncash benefit programs, attendance in post-secondary schools, private health insurance coverage, public or subsidized rental housing, low-income energy assistance, and school breakfast and lunch participation. The third element consists of topical modules, which are a series of supplemental questions asked during selected household visits. Topical modules include some core data to help link individuals to the core files. A topical module was not created for the first wave of the 1991 Panel. The Wave 2 Topical Module (Part 5) covers employment, work disability, education and training, marital status, migration, fertility history, and receipt of benefits from government programs. The Wave 3 Topical Module (Part 9) includes data concerning work schedule, child care, child support agreements, support for nonhousehold members, functional limitations and disability, and utilization of health care services. Data in the Wave 4 Topical Module (Part 13) include selected financial assets, medical expenses and work disability, real estate, shelter costs, dependent care, and vehicles. The Wave 5 Topical Module (Part 17) covers annual income and retirement accounts, taxes, and school enrollment and financing. The Wave 6 Topical Module (Part 20) includes information on consumer durables, living conditions, and basic needs. The Wave 7 Topical Module (Part 22) focuses on assets and liabilities, retirement expectations and pension plan coverage, and real estate property and vehicles. The Wave 8 Topical Module (Part 24) covers school enrollment and financing. Part 26 of this study is the Wave 5 Topical Module Microdata Research File, an unedited version of Part 17. This research file has not been edited nor imputed but has been topcoded or bottomcoded and recoded if necessary by the Census Bureau to avoid disclosure of individual respondents' identities. Datasets: DS0: Study-Level Files DS1: Wave 1 Core Microdata File DS2: Data Dictionary for Wave 1 Core Microdata File DS3: Wave 2 Core Microdata File DS4: Data Dictionary for Wave 2 Core Microdata File DS5: Wave 2 Topical Module Microdata File DS6: Data Dictionary for Wave 2 Topical Module File DS7: Wave 3 Core Microdata File DS8: Data Dictionary for Wave 3 Core Microdata File DS9: Wave 3 Topical Module Microdata File DS10: Data Dictionary for Wave 3 Topical Module Microdata File DS11: Wave 4 Core Microdata File DS12: Data Dictionary for Wave 4 Core Microdata File DS13: Wave 4 Topical Module Microdata File DS14: Data Dictionary for Wave 4 Topical Module Microdata File DS15: Wave 5 Core Microdata File DS16: Data Dictionary for Wave 5 Core Microdata File DS17: Wave 5 Topical Module Microdata File DS18: Data Dictionary for Wave 5 Topical Module Microdata File DS19: Wave 6 Core Microdata File DS20: Wave 6 Topical Module Microdata File DS21: Wave 7 Core Microdata File DS22: Wave 7 Topical Module Microdata File DS23: Wave 8 Core Microdata File DS24: Wave 8 Topical Module Microdata File DS25: User Notes DS26: Wave 5 Topical Module Microdata Research File A multistage stratified sampling design was used. One-fourth of the sample households were interviewed each month, and households were reinterviewed at four-month intervals. All persons at least 15 years old who were present as household members at the time of the first interview were included for the entire study, except those who joined the military, were institutionalized for the entire study period, or moved from the United States. Original household members who moved during the study period were followed to their new residences and interviewed there. New persons moving into households of members of the original sample also were included in the survey, but were not followed if they left the household of an original sample person. Beginning with the 1990 Panel, the file structure of SIPP was changed. The unit of observation is one record for each person for each month, rather than one record per person. Also, topical modules are provided separately from the core files.The codebooks are provided as Portable Document Format (PDF) files. The PDF file format was developed by Adobe Systems Incorporated and can be accessed using PDF reader software, such as the Adobe Acrobat Reader. Information on how to obtain a copy of the Acrobat Reader is provided through the ICPSR Website on the Internet. Resident population of the United States, excluding persons living in institutions and military barracks.

This round of Eurobarometer surveys diverged from the Standard Eurobarometer measures and queried respondents on the following major areas of focus: (1) poverty and social exclusion, (2) social services, (3) climate change, and (4) the national economic situation and statistics. For the first major focus, poverty and social exclusion, respondents were queried about their own definition of poverty, the extent of poverty in their area, trends in the growth or decline of poverty in their area and in the world, social and personal causes of poverty and homelessness, and negative effects of poverty. Questions also included the risk of poverty for themselves and others, the importance of governmental wealth redistribution, social tension between groups, trust in individual people, trust in and reliability of institutions in fighting poverty, minimal acceptable living standards, and the level of homelessness in their area. In addition, respondents were queried on their ability to keep their job, the relationship between their job and their family, their own personal aid to help the poor, access to financial services, the respondents' satisfaction with life, and the respondents' own living conditions and income. For the second major focus, social services, respondents were asked about such services as long term care, childcare, public employment, social housing, and social assistance. Questions focused on how much they or others around them use social services, the quality and affordability of social services, preferences for elderly care and childcare, the prioritization of group assistance, and the financing of social services. For the third major focus, climate change, respondents were asked about the seriousness of climate change, governmental attempts to fight climate change, personal actions taken to fight climate change, and the relationship between environmental protection and economic growth. Finally, for the fourth major focus, the national economic situation and statistics, respondents were asked to estimate their country's official growth rate, inflation rate, and unemployment rate, and were asked to give their opinions on the importance and trustworthiness of economic statistics. Respondents were also queried on the employment and economic situations in their country. Demographic and other background information includes left-right political placement, occupation, age, gender, marital status, age at completion of full-time education, household composition, ownership of a fixed or a mobile telephone and other durable goods, internet usage, financial situation, level in society, minority group affiliation, region of residence, type and size of locality, and language of interview (in select countries). face-to-face interviewThe original data collection was carried out by TNS Opinion & Social on request of the European Commission.The codebook and setup files for this collection contain characters with diacritical marks used in many European languages.The documentation and/or setup files may contain references to Turkey, Croatia, Macedonia, and Cyprus TCC (the Turkish Cypriot Community), but these countries were not participants in this wave of Eurobarometer surveys. This collection contains no data for Turkey, Croatia, Macedonia, and Cyprus TCC.The fieldwork dates in the data file for the Czech Republic and the Netherlands are not consistent with the fieldwork dates in the "Technical Specifications" section of the ICPSR codebook.A split ballot was used for one or more questions in this survey. The variable SPLIT defines the separate groups.Variables for those questions under embargo are not included in this version of the collection. Users should consult the setup files to see which variables are under embargo. A new version of the collection will be released by ICPSR after embargoes are lifted. Citizens of the EU aged 15 and over residing in the 27 EU member countries: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Republic of Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, and the United Kingdom. Smallest Geographic Unit: country Datasets: DS1: Eurobarometer 72.1: Poverty and Social Exclusion, Social Services, Climate Change, and the National Economic Situation and Statistics, August-September 2009 Please review the "Weighting Information" section of the ICPSR codebook for this Eurobarometer study. Multistage national probability samples.

Coal Information provides a comprehensive review of historical and current market trends in the world coal sector, including provisional data. It provides a review of the world coal market, alongside a statistical overview of developments, which covers world coal production and coal reserves, coal demand by type, coal trade and coal prices. A detailed and comprehensive statistical picture of historical and current coal developments in the OECD member countries, by region and individually is presented in tables and charts. Complete coal balances and coal trade data for selected years are presented on select major non-OECD coal-producing and consuming countries, with summary statistics on coal supply and end-use statistics for countries and regions worldwide.

Coal Information provides a comprehensive review of historical and current market trends in the world coal sector, including provisional data. It provides a review of the world coal market, alongside a statistical overview of developments, which covers world coal production and coal reserves, coal demand by type, coal trade and coal prices. A detailed and comprehensive statistical picture of historical and current coal developments in the 35 OECD member countries, by region and individually is presented in tables and charts. Complete coal balances and coal trade data for selected years are presented on 22 major non-OECD coal-producing and -consuming countries, with summary statistics on coal supply and end-use statistics for about 40 countries and regions worldwide.

The country’s unique philosophy is expressed by Bhutan’s Gross National Happiness (GNH) as the guiding principle of development. Bhutan is at a crossroads: It can maintain the current pattern of development—with rising inequality—or develop a vibrant private sector to generate jobs and diversify the economy, building resilience to future external shocks. The overarching priority of this Country Partnership Framework (CPF) is job creation. This CPF presents an integrated framework of WBG support to help Bhutan achieve inclusive and sustainable development through private sector–led job creation.

SAEON calculated a series of pressure maps to relate population, economic activity and biomass potential to the distribution of current and planned infrastructure. The infrastructure that was considered included: * Operational and decommissioned power stations; * Planned new energy infrastructure, based in NERSA permits; * Eskom planned and current transmission, distribution, and substation infrastructure; * Agriculture infrastructure - silos; * Sawmills and sugar mills; * Waste water treatment works and solid waste disposal sites. In each case, an assessment was made on the basis of four categories (below or over median): 1. Close to infrastructure, and high density of population, economic activity, or biomass potential (possibly problematic); 2. Not close to infrastructure, and high density of population, economic activity, or biomass potential (problematic); 3. Close to infrastructure, and low density of population, economic activity, or biomass potential (not problematic); 4. Not close to infrastructure, and low density of population, economic activity, or biomass potential (not problematic)