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The 2000 Census interim assessment
Title
The 2000 Census [electronic resource] : 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.
ISBN
0309510430 (electronic bk.)
9780309510431 (electronic bk.)
0309076498 (print)
9780309076494 (print)
Published
Washington, DC : National Academy Press, c2001.
Physical Description
1 online resource (xxi, 226 p.) : ill., maps.
Notes
Description based on print version record.
Variant and related titles
National Academies Press.
Other formats
Print version: 2000 Census. Washington, DC : National Academy Press, c2001
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
May 23, 2013
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 215-221).
Contents
Machine generated contents note: I Letter Report
II Interim Report
Executive Summary
1 Introduction
Charge to the Panel
Census Oversight: A Brief Review
Availability of Information
March Adjustment Decision
Scope and Limitations of this Interim Report
2 Evaluation Issues
Census Data in Context
Error
An Evaluation Program
Summary
3 Census Operations: Overview
Developing the Master Address File
Questionnaire Delivery and Mail Return
Outreach
Field Follow-Up
Data Processing
4 Census Operations: Assessment
Overall Design and Execution
Multiple Sources for MAF
Participation in LUCA
Redesigned Questionnaire and Mailing Strategy
Paid Advertising and Partnerships
Aggressive Recruitment of Enumerators
Use of Contractors and Improved Technology
Increased Use of Computers
Population Coverage
Coverage-Related Factors
Conclusions
Next Steps
5 Demographic Analysis
Methodology: Overview
The 2000 Estimates
Uncertainty in Immigration Estimates
Estimates by Race
Other Estimates
Conclusions
6 Accuracy and Coverage Evaluation: Overview
Coverage Patterns, 2000 and 1990
Dual-Systems Estimation
A.C.E. Operations
7 Accuracy and Coverage Evaluation: Assessment
Conduct and Timing
Household Noninterviews in the P-Sample
Missing and Unresolved Data
Quality of Matching
Targeted Extended Search
Post-Stratification
Variance Estimates
Final Match Codes and Rates
Gross Errors
Conclusions
8 Imputations and Late Additions
A Puzzle
People Requiring Imputation
Late Additions
Conclusions
A Census Operations
Master Address File
Questionnaire Delivery and Mail Return
Field Follow-Up
Outreach Efforts
Data Processing
B Mail Returns
Quality in 1990
Quality in 2000
1990-2000 Differences in Mail Return Rates
Conclusion
C A.C.E. Operations
Sampling, Address Listing, and Housing Unit Match
P-Sample Interviewing
Initial Matching and Targeted Extended Search
Field Follow-Up and Final Matching
Weighting and Imputation
Post-Strata Estimation
Glossary
References
Biographical Sketches of Panel Members and Staff.
Subjects
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National Research Council (U.S.). Panel to Review the 2000 Census.
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