Mr. Shelly,

You see several datasets at my website that could be useful to you.
www.csulb.edu/~cdennis (Click on "Research")

                   Chris Dennis

On Sat, 10 Sep 2011 14:18:56 -0400
 Bryan Shelly <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>Hello all,
>
>I'm looking for some basic economic, demographic, and political data for the
>50 states that's already set up as a time series panel set that goes back to
>1990 or so.  Let's say I need the following variables:
>
>Total population
>% African American
>% Latino
>% Under age 18
>% 65 and over
>% in poverty
>%Democratic in state legislature
>Governor control Rep, Dem, or Ind
>
>In addition, almost any variables related to public education you have will
>find useful.  In particular, per pupil spending by state and year is very
>useful.
>
>A couple of people have suggested the SPPQ data resource, but unfortunately
>most of that data is either out of data or incomplete.
>
>I'm trying to avoid recreating basic information from scratch, but I am
>going to set my research assistant loose on adding a few other variables
>related specifically to public education.  To return the favor I am
>certainly willing to share the results of her work.
>
>Thanks again for your consideration
>
>Bryan Shelly
>Department of Political Science
>Wake Forest University
>
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