The Humanities Indicators (HI) strive to utilize data that met the highest standards of social scientific rigor, and thus rely heavily on the products of the U.S. Federal statistical system, which is known internationally for data quality. Where such data are not…

The humanities include: Religion and theology; Foreign languages and cultures: living or ‘dead’ languages and their literatures, area studies; Native languages: current or vernacular language and its literature; Other humanities: interpretation and translation…