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  <title>StateMaster Stats Feed: Background Category</title>
  <tagline>StateMaster Stats Feed: Background Category</tagline>
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  <modified>Sun, 19 May 2013 13:35:01 +0000</modified>
    <entry>
  <title>Background > Date of join</title>
  <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.statemaster.com/graph/bac_dat_of_joi"/>
  <issued>Thu, 08 Jan 2009 23:16:54 +0000</issued>
  <modified>Thu, 08 Jan 2009 23:16:54 +0000</modified>
  <id></id>
  <summary>Definition: &lt;br/&gt;Source: Wikipedia: U.S. state&lt;br/&gt;Number of states: 50</summary>
  <author>
    <name>StateMaster</name>
    <url>http://www.statemaster.com</url>
  </author>
  </entry>
    <entry>
  <title>Background > US postal abbreviations > FIPS State Code</title>
  <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.statemaster.com/graph/bac_us_pos_abb_fip_sta_cod"/>
  <issued>Thu, 08 Jan 2009 23:16:54 +0000</issued>
  <modified>Thu, 08 Jan 2009 23:16:54 +0000</modified>
  <id></id>
  <summary>Definition: &lt;br/&gt;Source: Wikipedia: United States postal abbreviations&lt;br/&gt;Number of states: 17</summary>
  <author>
    <name>StateMaster</name>
    <url>http://www.statemaster.com</url>
  </author>
  </entry>
    <entry>
  <title>Background > North American area codes > Codes</title>
  <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.statemaster.com/graph/bac_nor_ame_are_cod_cod"/>
  <issued>Thu, 24 May 2007 07:15:28 +0000</issued>
  <modified>Thu, 24 May 2007 07:15:28 +0000</modified>
  <id></id>
  <summary>Definition: 
&lt;br/&gt;Source: Wikipedia: List of North American area codes
&lt;br/&gt;Number of states: 51</summary>
  <author>
    <name>StateMaster</name>
    <url>http://www.statemaster.com</url>
  </author>
  </entry>
    <entry>
  <title>Background > Landscapes and History</title>
  <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.statemaster.com/graph/bac_sum"/>
  <issued>Thu, 08 Jun 2006 14:30:52 +0000</issued>
  <modified>Thu, 08 Jun 2006 14:30:52 +0000</modified>
  <id></id>
  <summary>Definition: Landscapes and history profiles.&lt;br/&gt;Source: StateMaster&lt;br/&gt;Number of states: 51</summary>
  <author>
    <name>StateMaster</name>
    <url>http://www.statemaster.com</url>
  </author>
  </entry>
    <entry>
  <title>Background > Children Ages 0-5 Who Are Read To Every Day, Percentage</title>
  <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.statemaster.com/graph/bac_chi_age_05_who_are_rea_to_eve_day_per"/>
  <issued>Fri, 26 May 2006 23:28:20 +0000</issued>
  <modified>Fri, 26 May 2006 23:28:20 +0000</modified>
  <id></id>
  <summary>Definition: Percentage of children, ages 0-5, who are read to every day as reported by parents.&lt;br/&gt;Source: 2003 National Survey of Children's Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Available at HRSA.&lt;br/&gt;Number of states: 22</summary>
  <author>
    <name>StateMaster</name>
    <url>http://www.statemaster.com</url>
  </author>
  </entry>
    <entry>
  <title>Background > People and Politics</title>
  <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.statemaster.com/graph/bac_bac"/>
  <issued>Fri, 14 Apr 2006 15:50:01 +0000</issued>
  <modified>Fri, 14 Apr 2006 15:50:01 +0000</modified>
  <id></id>
  <summary>Definition: People and politics profiles, includes information on state cityscapes.&lt;br/&gt;Source: StateMaster&lt;br/&gt;Number of states: 56</summary>
  <author>
    <name>StateMaster</name>
    <url>http://www.statemaster.com</url>
  </author>
  </entry>
    <entry>
  <title>Background > Children Who Attend Religious Services Weekly, Percentage</title>
  <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.statemaster.com/graph/bac_chi_who_att_rel_ser_wee_per"/>
  <issued>Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000</issued>
  <modified>Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000</modified>
  <id></id>
  <summary>Definition: Percentage of children who attend religious services at least weekly as reported by parents.&lt;br/&gt;Source: 2003 National Survey of Children's Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Available at HRSA.&lt;br/&gt;Number of states: 0</summary>
  <author>
    <name>StateMaster</name>
    <url>http://www.statemaster.com</url>
  </author>
  </entry>
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