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The 2000 census : interim assessment / Panel to Review the 2000 Census, Constance F. Citro, Daniel L. Cork, and Janet L. Norwood, editors ; Committee on National Statistics, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council.
Lippincott Library HA201.12 .N38 2001
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- National Research Council (U.S.). Panel to Review the 2000 Census.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States--Census, 2000.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Census data.
- Physical Description:
- xxi, 226 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, [2001]
- Summary:
- This volume contains the full text of two reports: one is an interim review of major census operations, which also assesses the U.S. Census Bureau's recommendation in March 2001 regarding statistical adjustment of census data for redistricting. It does not address the decision on adjustment for nonredistricting purposes. The second report consists of a letter sent to William Barron, acting director of the Census Bureau. It reviews the new set of evaluations prepared by the Census Bureau in support of its October decision. The two reports are packaged together to provide a unified discussion of statistical adjustment and other aspects of the 2000 Census that the authoring panel has considered to date.
- Contents:
- I Letter Report 1
- II Interim Report 15
- Availability of Information 28
- March Adjustment Decision 29
- Scope and Limitations of this Interim Report 33
- 2 Evaluation Issues 35
- Census Data in Context 36
- Error 37
- An Evaluation Program 42
- 3 Census Operations: Overview 45
- Developing the Master Address File 48
- Questionnaire Delivery and Mail Return 50
- Outreach 51
- Field Follow-Up 53
- Data Processing 54
- 4 Census Operations: Assessment 57
- Overall Design and Execution 58
- Multiple Sources for MAF 59
- Participation in LUCA 61
- Redesigned Questionnaire and Mailing Strategy 64
- Paid Advertising and Partnerships 65
- Aggressive Recruitment of Enumerators 66
- Use of Contractors and Improved Technology 68
- Increased Use of Computers 69
- Population Coverage 70
- Coverage-Related Factors 72
- 5 Demographic Analysis 77
- Methodology: Overview 77
- The 2000 Estimates 78
- Uncertainty in Immigration Estimates 79
- Estimates by Race 83
- Other Estimates 84
- 6 Accuracy and Coverage Evaluation: Overview 87
- Coverage Patterns, 2000 and 1990 87
- Dual-Systems Estimation 92
- A.C.E. Operations 95
- 7 Accuracy and Coverage Evaluation: Assessment 103
- Conduct and Timing 103
- Household Noninterviews in the P-Sample 104
- Missing and Unresolved Data 105
- Quality of Matching 110
- Targeted Extended Search 116
- Post-Stratification 118
- Variance Estimates 121
- Final Match Codes and Rates 123
- Gross Errors 125
- 8 Imputations and Late Additions 131
- A Puzzle 132
- People Requiring Imputation 139
- Late Additions 148
- A Census Operations 155
- Master Address File 155
- Questionnaire Delivery and Mail Return 161
- Field Follow-Up 165
- Outreach Efforts 171
- Data Processing 172
- B Mail Returns 179
- Quality in 1990 180
- Quality in 2000 181
- 1990-2000 Differences in Mail Return Rates 186
- C A.C.E. Operations 195
- Sampling, Address Listing, and Housing Unit Match 195
- P-Sample Interviewing 197
- Initial Matching and Targeted Extended Search 199
- Field Follow-Up and Final Matching 201
- Weighting and Imputation 202
- Post-Strata Estimation 203.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-221).
- ISBN:
- 0309076498
- OCLC:
- 49650365
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