Preparing for the 2000 census : interim report II / Andrew A. White and Keith F. Rust, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

National Research Council (U.S.). Panel to Evaluate Alternative Census Methodologies.

White, Andrew A.

Rust, Keith.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States--Census, 2000--Methodology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (v, 98 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1997.

Language Note:

English

Contents:

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

REFERENCES.

Notes:

"Panel to Evaluate Alternative Census Methodologies, Committee on National Statistics, Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council."

Appendix includes: Sampling in the 2000 census : interim report I.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 79-84).

Contains:

Sampling in the 2000 census.

ISBN:

9786610187164

9781280187162

1280187166

9780309591003

0309591007

9780585002385

058500238X

OCLC:

42328524