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Counting people in the information age [[electronic resource] /] / Duane L. Steffey and Norman M. Bradburn, editors ; Panel to Evaluate Alternative Census Methods, Committee on National Statistics, Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council
| Counting people in the information age [[electronic resource] /] / Duane L. Steffey and Norman M. Bradburn, editors ; Panel to Evaluate Alternative Census Methods, Committee on National Statistics, Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1994 |
| Descrizione fisica | x, 226 p |
| Disciplina | 304.6/0723 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
SteffeyDuane L
BradburnNorman M |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-280-19326-3
9786610193264 0-309-57338-6 0-585-02097-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910456020703321 |
| Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1994 | ||
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Counting people in the information age / / editors, Duane L. Steffey, Norman M. Bradburn ; Panel to Evaluate Alternative Census Methods, Committee on National Statistics, Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council
| Counting people in the information age / / editors, Duane L. Steffey, Norman M. Bradburn ; Panel to Evaluate Alternative Census Methods, Committee on National Statistics, Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C. : , : National Academy Press, , 1994 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (240 pages) |
| Disciplina | 304.6/0723 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
SteffeyDuane L
BradburnNorman M |
| ISBN |
1-280-19326-3
9786610193264 0-309-57338-6 0-585-02097-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910778765203321 |
| Washington, D.C. : , : National Academy Press, , 1994 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Counting people in the information age / / Duane L. Steffey and Norman M. Bradburn, editors ; Panel to Evaluate Alternative Census Methods, Committee on National Statistics, Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council
| Counting people in the information age / / Duane L. Steffey and Norman M. Bradburn, editors ; Panel to Evaluate Alternative Census Methods, Committee on National Statistics, Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1994 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (240 pages) |
| Disciplina | 304.6/0723 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
SteffeyDuane L
BradburnNorman M |
| ISBN |
9786610193264
9781280193262 1280193263 9780309573382 0309573386 9780585020976 0585020973 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
COUNTING PEOPLE IN THE INFORMATION AGE -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Summary -- THE CHALLENGE FOR 2000 -- MAJOR INNOVATIONS FOR THE 2000 CENSUS -- Sampling, Estimation, and the One-Number Census -- Response and Coverage Improvement -- OTHER KEY CENSUS DESIGN COMPONENTS -- Address List Development -- Use of Administrative Records -- Matching and Elimination of Duplicate Records -- Methods for Hard-to-Enumerate Populations -- Use of the Telephone -- ALTERNATIVE METHODS FOR LONG-FORM DATA COLLECTION -- 1 Introduction -- THE ROLE OF THE PANEL -- CENSUS BUREAU RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT -- Evaluation Criteria for the 2000 Census -- One-Number Census -- Plans for the 1995 Census Test -- Other Activities -- PLANNING FOR THE 2000 AND FUTURE CENSUSES -- The Costs of Census-Taking -- Goals for the 1995 Census Test -- Milestones for 2000 Census Planning -- Longer-Term Census Research and Development -- 2 Preliminary Census Design Issues -- ADDRESS LIST DEVELOPMENT AND RELATED ACTIVITIES -- Development of a Master Address File -- MAF/TIGER Benefits for the Decennial Census and Other Programs -- Frequency of MAF/TIGER Updating -- Cooperation With the Postal Service -- Cooperation With State and Local Governments -- RECORD LINKAGE -- LEGAL ISSUES -- Census Reference Date -- Use of Sampling and Statistical Estimation -- Access to Address Information -- Access to Administrative Records for Statistical Purposes -- OPERATIONAL ISSUES -- Uniform Treatment -- Residence Rules -- Continuous Infrastructure -- 3 Response and Coverage -- RESEARCH ON RESPONSE AND COVERAGE ISSUES TO DATE -- ROSTER IMPROVEMENT RESEARCH -- Living Situation Survey and Cognitive Research on Residence Rules -- National Coverage Test -- Discussion and Recommendations -- RESPONSE IMPROVEMENT RESEARCH -- Simplified Questionnaire Test and Implementation Test -- Mail and Telephone Mode Test.
Appeals and Long Form Experiment -- Spanish Forms Availability Test -- Discussion -- USE OF THE TELEPHONE -- Inbound Calls -- Availability of Telephone Numbers for Outbound Calling -- Outbound Reminder Calls -- Use of CATI for Nonresponse Follow-up -- Using CATI in the Integrated Coverage Measurement Program -- OTHER AUTOMATED RESPONSE TECHNOLOGIES -- HARD-TO-ENUMERATE POPULATIONS -- Challenges in Counting Poor and Migrant Populations -- Irregular and Complex Household Arrangements -- Irregular Housing -- Residential Mobility -- Distrust of Government -- Limited English Proficiency -- Persons With No Usual Residence -- Policy Initiatives for 2000 and Future Censuses -- Creating Ongoing Local Ties -- Further Comparative Studies of Hard-to-Enumerate Populations -- Strategies for Reducing Differentials in Coverage -- Enumerating Persons With No Usual Residence -- Cognitive Research on Race/Ethnic Classification -- TOOL KIT AND PLANNING DATABASE -- OUTREACH AND PROMOTION -- Responsibility for Decennial Census Outreach and Promotion -- National Media Campaign -- Cooperative Ventures With State and Local Governments -- 4 Sampling and Statistical Estimation -- NONRESPONSE FOLLOW-UP -- Background -- Plans for the 1995 Census Test -- Decisions for the 2000 Census -- Should Sampling for Nonresponse Follow-up be Used? -- Is a Unit or Block Sample Preferable? -- What Proportion of Units or Blocks Should be Sampled? -- Should Sampling Proportions be Uniform? -- How Should Late Mail Returns be Treated? -- Operations to Supplement Sampling for Nonresponse Follow-up -- INTEGRATED COVERAGE MEASUREMENT -- Previous Coverage Evaluation Programs -- Major Criteria for Selection of an ICM Method -- Alternative Methods for Integrated Coverage Measurement -- CensusPlus in the 1995 Census Test -- Issues for Evaluation of CensusPlus Methodology. Other Issues for ICM Methodology -- STATISTICAL ESTIMATION -- Estimation and the One-Number Census -- Fundamental Criteria for Estimation Methodologies -- Specific Issues in Estimation Methodology -- Estimation Methods for NRFU Sampling -- Estimation Methods for ICM: Estimating Factors -- Estimation Methods for ICM: Carrying Estimates Down to Lower Levels -- Direct and Indirect Estimates -- What Form Will Final Population Counts Take? -- Acceptable Accuracy for Estimates -- The Role of Demographic Analysis -- Other Uses of Estimation -- Prespecification and Documentation of Procedures -- Reporting of Uncertainty -- Research Program on Estimation -- 5 Administrative Records -- BASIC REQUIREMENTS FOR MORE EFFECTIVE USE OF ADMINISTRATIVE RECORDS -- Access -- Public Acceptance -- Technical Requirements -- AN ADMINISTRATIVE RECORDS CENSUS: KEY FEATURES AND ISSUES -- Definition of an Administrative Records Census -- Record Sources for an Administrative Records Census -- Income Tax and Social Security Records -- Health Care Records -- Other Major Record Systems -- Summary of Key Factors Affecting Feasibility -- Testing an Administrative Records Census Approach -- USE OF ADMINISTRATIVE RECORDS IN THE 2000 CENSUS -- The 1995 Census Test -- The 2000 Census -- USE OF ADMINISTRATIVE RECORDS IN OTHER DEMOGRAPHIC PROGRAMS -- Uses in Current Population Estimates -- Data Enhanced Through Linkages -- Estimates of Income and Poverty -- Use of Administrative Records in Surveys: The Survey of Income andProgram Participation -- Postcensal Estimates: State Programs -- Canada's Use of Administrative Records -- Matching and Informed Consent in Canada -- Summary -- SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS -- 6 Alternatives for Long-Form Data Collection -- CONTINUOUS MEASUREMENT -- Overview of the Census Bureau's Continuous Measurement Program -- Expansion of Research and Development. Program Milestones -- Current Initiatives -- Key Operational Features -- User Support for Continuous Measurement Data Products -- Total Error and Frequency of Data Products -- Costs of Long-Form Data Collection -- Implications for the Decennial Enumeration -- Data Quality -- Changes in Survey Form and Content -- Other Potential Benefits of a Continuous Measurement Program -- Supplements to Monthly Collections -- Sample Frame for Current Demographic Surveys -- Screening Device for New Demographic Surveys -- Support for Research and Development Initiatives -- Summary -- MATRIX SAMPLING -- Overview of Matrix Sampling -- Conditions Favorable to Matrix Sampling -- Matrix Sampling in the 1995 Census Test -- Matrix Sampling for the 2000 Census -- Recommendations -- CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION -- CHAPTER 2 PRELIMINARY CENSUS DESIGN ISSUES -- CHAPTER 3 RESPONSE AND COVERAGE -- CHAPTER 4 SAMPLING AND STATISTICAL ESTIMATION -- CHAPTER 5 ADMINISTRATIVE RECORDS -- CHAPTER 6 ALTERNATIVES FOR LONG-FORM DATA COLLECTION -- References -- APPENDIX Biographical Sketches of Panel Members and Staff. |
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Modernizing the U.S. census [[electronic resource] /] / Barry Edmonston and Charles Schultze, editors ; Panel on Census Requirements in the Year 2000 and Beyond, Committee on National Statistics, Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council
| Modernizing the U.S. census [[electronic resource] /] / Barry Edmonston and Charles Schultze, editors ; Panel on Census Requirements in the Year 2000 and Beyond, Committee on National Statistics, Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1995 |
| Descrizione fisica | xv, 460 p |
| Disciplina | 304.6/0723 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
EdmonstonBarry
SchultzeCharles L |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-280-19323-9
9786610193233 0-309-53839-4 0-585-03248-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910456022103321 |
| Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1995 | ||
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Modernizing the U.S. census / / editors, Barry Edmonston, Charles Schultze ; Panel on Census Requirements in the Year 2000 and Beyond, Committee on National Statistics, Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council
| Modernizing the U.S. census / / editors, Barry Edmonston, Charles Schultze ; Panel on Census Requirements in the Year 2000 and Beyond, Committee on National Statistics, Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C. : , : National Academy Press, , 1995 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (480 pages) |
| Disciplina | 304.6/0723 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
EdmonstonBarry
SchultzeCharles L |
| ISBN |
0-309-17673-5
1-280-19323-9 9786610193233 0-309-53839-4 0-585-03248-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910778764803321 |
| Washington, D.C. : , : National Academy Press, , 1995 | ||
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Modernizing the U.S. census / / Barry Edmonston and Charles Schultze, editors ; Panel on Census Requirements in the Year 2000 and Beyond, Committee on National Statistics, Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council
| Modernizing the U.S. census / / Barry Edmonston and Charles Schultze, editors ; Panel on Census Requirements in the Year 2000 and Beyond, Committee on National Statistics, Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1995 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (480 pages) |
| Disciplina | 304.6/0723 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
EdmonstonBarry
SchultzeCharles L |
| ISBN |
9786610193233
9780309176736 0309176735 9781280193231 1280193239 9780309538398 0309538394 9780585032481 0585032483 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Modernizing the U.S. Census -- Copyright -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Preface -- Summary -- OVERALL CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATION -- A REDESIGNED CENSUS -- Statistical Estimation -- Improving Response -- Reducing Costs -- Support for the New Design -- CENSUS CONTENT AND THE LONG FORM -- DATA ON RACE AND ETHNICITY -- SOME RADICAL ALTERNATIVES TO THE CENSUS -- A National Register -- An Administrative Records Census -- A Census Conducted by the U.S. Postal Service -- A Sample or Rolling Census -- INTERCENSAL SMALL-AREA DATA -- 1 The Role of the Census -- OVERVIEW OF THE REPORT -- THE NEED FOR CENSUS DATA -- Data Needs for Reapportionment and Redistricting -- Other Data Needs -- Federal Agency Needs for Census Data -- Needs of Other Data Users -- Conclusion About Data Needs -- CRITERIA FOR EVALUATING APPROACHES TO THE CENSUS -- NOTES -- 2 Population Coverage and Its Implications -- COVERAGE ESTIMATES -- Coverage Errors -- Undercount by Subgroups -- Errors in Small-Area Data -- IMPLICATIONS OF UNDERENUMERATION -- Effects on Congressional Apportionment -- Effects on Distribution of Federal Funds -- NOTES -- 3 Census Cost Increases and Their Causes -- GENERAL FACTORS -- SPECIFIC FACTORS AND MARGINAL COSTS -- Census Content -- Changes in Population and Housing -- Mail Response Rates -- Other Factors -- Census Cost Changes -- Census Staff Productivity -- SUMMARY -- NOTES -- 4 Radical Alternatives -- A NATIONAL REGISTER FOR THE BASIC CENSUS -- AN ADMINISTRATIVE RECORDS CENSUS -- A CENSUS CONDUCTED BY THE U.S. POSTAL SERVICE -- A ROLLING OR SAMPLE CENSUS -- NOTES -- 5 A Redesigned Census -- TWO APPROACHES TO COUNTING THE POPULATION -- Census Bureau Plans -- Legal Issues of Statistical Estimation -- BASIC ELEMENTS OF A NEW CENSUS DESIGN -- Decreasing the Intensity of Nonresponse Follow-Up -- Sampling for Nonresponse Follow-Up.
Truncation of Enumeration After a Reasonable Effort -- Alternative Techniques of Truncation -- What Determines a Reasonable Effort -- Survey-Based Methods to Complete the Count -- ADDITIONAL MEASURES TO IMPROVE ACCURACY AND REDUCE COSTS -- Improve Response Rates -- A Simplified Questionnaire Design -- Respondent-Friendly Long Forms and the Use of Appeals -- Partnerships with State and Local Governments -- Partnership with the U.S. Postal Service -- Current Role -- Expanded Role -- A REENGINEERED CENSUS -- BUILDING PUBLIC SUPPORT -- NOTES -- 6 Census Content -- THE PROCESS FOR DETERMINING CENSUS CONTENT -- THE LONG FORM -- Costs -- Mail Return Rates -- Effects in 1980 and 1990 -- Experiments to Improve Response -- Conclusions -- Coverage -- Matrix Sampling -- CONTINUOUS MEASUREMENT -- Costs -- Cost Savings from Dropping the Long Form -- Continuous Measurement Cost Estimates -- Missing Cost Data -- Other Cost Savings -- Data Quality -- Conceptual Issues with Cumulated Data -- Relation to Other Household Surveys -- Alternative Ways to Provide Small-Area Data -- Conclusions -- CONCLUSIONS: CONTENT IN THE 2000 CENSUS -- NOTES -- 7 Data on Race and Ethnicity -- HISTORICAL CONTEXT -- CURRENT REQUIREMENTS -- FUTURE REQUIREMENTS -- CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS -- NOTES -- 8 Intercensal Small-Area Data -- NEEDS FOR SMALL-AREA DATA -- Timeliness -- Past Attempts to Produce Intercensal Small-Area Data -- ASSESSMENT OF CURRENT METHODS -- Mid-Decade Censuses -- New and Special Surveys -- Augmenting Existing Surveys -- Model-Based Estimates -- ADMINISTRATIVE RECORDS -- A GEOGRAPHIC REFERENCE SYSTEM AND UPDATED ADDRESS FILE -- INTERAGENCY DATA SHARING -- CONCLUSION -- NOTES -- References -- Appendices -- APPENDIX A Basic Information on Census Questionnaires -- SHORT-FORM AND LONG-FORM QUESTIONNAIRE CONTENT -- QUESTIONNAIRE RECEIPT AND RESPONSE -- NOTE. REFERENCE -- APPENDIX B The Census Process -- DEVELOPMENT OF MAILING LIST (MASTER ADDRESS CONTROL FILE) -- 1988 -- 1989 -- 1990 -- COLLECTING THE DATA -- FIELD OPERATIONS (OPENING OF OFFICES) -- 1988 -- 1989 -- 1990 FIELD OPERATION-FOLLOW-UP -- Mail Return -- Nonresponse Follow-Up -- Field Follow-Up -- OTHER COVERAGE IMPROVEMENTS -- LOCAL REVIEW -- POST-ENUMERATION SURVEY -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- APPENDIX C Data Requirements for Reapportionment and Redistricting -- REAPPORTIONMENT -- The Role of Sampling -- Role of Administrative Records -- REDISTRICTING ON THE BASIS OF TOTAL POPULATION -- Legal Foundations -- Census Data for Redistricting -- Required Level of Geographic Detail -- Role of Sampling and Administrative Records -- REDISTRICTING ON THE BASIS OF RACIAL OR ETHNIC COMPOSITION -- Legal History -- Role of the Census -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- APPENDIX D Research Uses of Census Data -- RESEARCH VALUE -- Forms of Census Data -- Advantages of PUMS Files -- Examples of Research -- Aging of the Population -- Race Relations -- Education -- Concentrated Poverty -- Global Change -- DEVELOPMENT OF CENSUS MICRODATA FILES -- Development of PUMS Files -- Development of Summary Tape Files -- Historical Census Files -- ACCESS TO CENSUS DATA -- Role of the Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research -- Underutilization -- Online Access -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- APPENDIX E State and Local Needs for Census Data -- USES OF CENSUS DATA: AN OVERVIEW -- CENSUS DATA CATEGORIES -- General Demographic Data -- Race, Hispanic Origin, and Ancestry -- Immigration: Citizenship, Year of Entry, and Language -- Labor Force and Occupation -- Education: School Enrollment and Highest Grade Completed -- Disability -- Transportation -- Income and Poverty -- Housing -- USES OF CENSUS DATA -- Uses of Census Data for State and Federal Legislative Requirements. Uses of Census Data for State and Federal Grants Applications -- Uses of Census Data for Public Health and Social Service Programs -- Uses of Census Data for Community Planning and Development -- School Districts -- Law Enforcement -- Library Services -- Emergency Planning -- Uses of Census Data for Environmental Planning -- Economic Uses of Census Data: Employment, Labor Force, and Economic Development Analyses -- SMALL-AREA DATA NEEDS FOR GEOGRAPHICALLY DETAILED DATA -- CONCLUSIONS -- APPENDIX F Business Uses of Census Data -- RETAIL AND RESTAURANT -- BANKS AND OTHER FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS -- MEDIA AND ADVERTISING -- INSURANCE COMPANIES -- UTILITY COMPANIES -- HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS -- NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS -- OTHER USERS -- REFERENCES -- APPENDIX G Use of Decennial Census Data in Transportation Planning -- HISTORY OF TRANSPORTATION QUESTIONS IN THE CENSUS -- THE 1990 CENSUS -- THE URBAN TRANSPORTATION PLANNING PACKAGE (UTTP) -- Use of the 1980 UTPP Data-A Case Study -- Summary -- DIFFERENCES BETWEEN CENSUS AND TRAVEL SURVEY DATA -- Journey-to-Work Adjustments -- Problems Inherent in Census Data -- Positive Aspects of Census Data -- USE OF DECENNIAL CENSUS DATA BY TRANSPORTATION PLANNING AGENCIES -- RELATIONSHIP OF CENSUS DATA TO LEGISLATIVE REQUIREMENTS -- Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act Legislative Requirements -- Comprehensive Planning Provisions -- Transportation Improvement Program: Project Selection -- Traffic Congestion Management -- Corridor Preservation -- Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 Legislative Requirements -- Other Legislative Requirements -- STATE AND LOCAL USES -- COST AND FEASIBILITY OF REPLACING CENSUS TRANSPORTATION DATA -- NOTE -- REFERENCES -- APPENDIX H Census Data Needs for Housing and Urban Development -- FEDERAL LEGISLATIVE AND CENSUS DATA REQUIREMENTS -- Small-Area Geographic Detail -- Census Content. Population Counts -- Housing -- Income and Poverty -- Labor Market Information -- Mobility, Health, Ethnicity, and Language -- Homeless Population -- PROGRAM USES OF CENSUS DATA -- Comprehensive Housing Affordability Strategies -- Housing Policy Development -- Analysis, Development, and Evaluation of Urban Policy Initiatives -- Urban Poverty, Need, and Economic Trends -- Housing and Neighborhoods -- Urban Programs -- ALTERNATIVE SOURCES OF CENSUS DATA -- PRIORITIES FOR HOUSING DATA -- Data From Future Censuses -- Improving Data on the Condition of Housing Structures -- Outdated and Too Little Data -- Additional Decennial Census Questions -- Data for Small Areas -- CONSEQUENCES OF NOT COLLECTING CENSUS DATA -- NOTE -- REFERENCES -- APPENDIX I Alternative Ways to Produce Intercensal Small-Area Data -- QUALIFIED MILITARY POPULATION -- EMPLOYMENT ESTIMATES -- State Estimates -- Substate Estimates -- INCOME AND POVERTY -- Income -- Methodology -- Estimation Models -- Time Frame -- Poverty -- MIGRANT AND SEASONAL FARMWORKERS -- Limitations of Census Data -- A National Sample Survey -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- APPENDIX J Content and Quality of Federal and State Administrative Records -- FEDERAL FILES -- STATE FILES -- REFERENCES -- APPENDIX K Quality of Current Data on Race and Ethnicity -- REQUIREMENTS FOR RACE AND ETHNICITY DATA SINCE 1970 -- COLLECTION OF RACE AND ETHNICITY DATA IN THE CENSUS -- ALLOCATION RATES -- MEASURES OF INCONSISTENCY -- LIMITATIONS OF THE RACE AND HISPANIC ORIGIN QUESTIONS -- LIMITATIONS OF THE ANCESTRY QUESTION -- STRENGTHS OF THE RACE AND ANCESTRY QUESTIONS -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- APPENDIX L Allocation Rates -- ALLOCATION RATES FOR SHORT-FORM POPULATION ITEMS BY FORM TYPE -- ALLOCATION RATES ON LONG FORMS BY RESPONSE TYPE -- ALLOCATION RATES ON LONG FORMS BY RACE AND GEOGRAPHIC RESIDENCE -- REFERENCE -- NOTES. APPENDIX M Census Data Requirements by Federal Agencies. |
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Preparing for the 2000 census [[electronic resource] ] : interim report II / / Andrew A. White and Keith F. Rust, editors
| Preparing for the 2000 census [[electronic resource] ] : interim report II / / Andrew A. White and Keith F. Rust, editors |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1997 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (104 p.) |
| Disciplina | 304.6/0723 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
WhiteAndrew A
RustKeith |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-280-18716-6
9786610187164 0-309-59100-7 0-585-00238-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910455674003321 |
| Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1997 | ||
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Preparing for the 2000 census : interim report II / / editors, Andrew A. White, Keith F. Rust
| Preparing for the 2000 census : interim report II / / editors, Andrew A. White, Keith F. Rust |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C. : , : National Academy Press, , 1997 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (v, 98 pages) |
| Disciplina | 304.6/0723 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
WhiteAndrew A
RustKeith |
| ISBN |
1-280-18716-6
9786610187164 0-309-59100-7 0-585-00238-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910778779603321 |
| Washington, D.C. : , : National Academy Press, , 1997 | ||
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Preparing for the 2000 census : interim report II / / Andrew A. White and Keith F. Rust, editors
| Preparing for the 2000 census : interim report II / / Andrew A. White and Keith F. Rust, editors |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1997 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (v, 98 pages) |
| Disciplina | 304.6/0723 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
WhiteAndrew A
RustKeith |
| ISBN |
9786610187164
9781280187162 1280187166 9780309591003 0309591007 9780585002385 058500238X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Preparing for the 2000 Census -- Copyright -- Contents -- Executive Summary -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Application of Sampling Procedures -- NEED FOR SAMPLING -- CONCERNS ABOUT THE USE OF SAMPLING -- The Terminology of Sampling Variability -- Sampling Error and Public Confidence -- Sampling and the Mail Return Rate -- The Accuracy of Small-Area Data -- 3 Addresses Linked to Geography: Cornerstone of the 2000 Census -- NEED FOR AN ACCURATE MAF -- CENSUS BUREAU PLANS -- Use of USPS Address Lists -- Updating TIGER, MAF, and the Linkage Between Them -- Targeted Updating -- Rural Areas -- Cooperation with Local Governments: Final Stages -- Multiple Unit Structures -- ASSESSMENT -- 4 Improved Survey Methods: Making It Easier to Respond -- RESPONDENT-FRIENDLY QUESTIONNAIRES -- MULTIPLE MODES FOR RESPONSE -- TARGETING FOR SPANISH-LANGUAGE QUESTIONNAIRES -- TARGETED PROMOTIONAL CAMPAIGNS -- SERVICE-BASED ENUMERATION -- 5 Sampling for Nonresponse Follow-Up: Achieving Adequate Precision at Acceptable Cost -- ALTERNATIVE DESIGNS FOR NONRESPONSE FOLLOW-UP -- ASSESSMENT OF THE BASIC DESIGN ALTERNATIVES -- Operational and Costs Issues -- Sampling Variability Associated with Alternative Designs -- Other Criteria -- Conclusions About Design Alternatives -- OTHER DESIGN ISSUES -- Determining the Appropriate Amount of Nonresponse Follow-Up -- Unit of Sampling -- Follow-Up of Units with Postmaster Returns -- Role of Administrative Records -- 6 Integrated Coverage Measurement: Tackling the Differential Undercount -- INCLUSION OF INTEGRATED COVERAGE MEASUREMENT IN THE FINAL CENSUS ENUMERATION -- ALTERNATIVE STRATEGIES -- RESULTS FROM THE 1995 CENSUS TEST -- Face Validity of the Methodologies -- Operational Problems: Incomplete Rosters -- Operational Problems: The Integrated Coverage Measurement Interview -- Weighting Procedures -- Comparability of Blocks -- NEXT STEPS.
OTHER ISSUES AND RESEARCH -- Total Error Model -- Use of Administrative Records -- Sample Design and Estimation Methods -- 7 Administrative Records: Looking to the Future -- BUILDING AN ADMINISTRATIVE RECORDS DATABASE -- Privacy and Confidentiality -- File Acquisition -- Processing of Source Files -- Combining Files -- Evaluation of the Administrative Data -- Quality of the Individual Source Files -- Address -- Race and Hispanic Origin -- Quality of the Database -- USES OF ADMINISTRATIVE RECORDS FOR 2000 -- Master Address File Updating -- Enumeration of Special Population Groups -- Reduction of the Nonresponse Follow-Up Workload -- Augmentation of Integrated Coverage Measurement Household Rosters -- Imputation of Missing Long-Form Items -- Estimation for Nonrespondents Not Selected in the Nonresponse Follow-Up Sample -- Experimentation with an Administrative Records Census -- CONCLUSION -- References -- APPENDIX Sampling in the 2000 Census Interim Report I -- Contents -- REFERENCES. |
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Sampling and the census : a case against the proposed adjustments for undercount / / Kenneth Darga
| Sampling and the census : a case against the proposed adjustments for undercount / / Kenneth Darga |
| Autore | Darga Kenneth |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C. : , : AEI Press, , 1999 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (159 pages) : illustrations |
| Disciplina | 304.6/0723 |
| Soggetto topico |
Sampling (Statistics)
Census undercounts - United States |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910782939403321 |
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