This volume examines the Census Bureau's program of research and development of the 2000 census, focusing particularly on the design of the 1995 census tests. The tests in 1995 should serve as a prime source of information about the effectiveness and cost of alternative census design components. The authors concentrate on those aspects of census methodology that have the greatest impact on two chief objectives of census redesign: reducing differential undercount and controlling costs. Primary attention is given to processes for data collection, the quality of population coverage and public response, and the use of sampling and statistical estimation.
- A Census That Mirrors America
- Copyright
- Contents
- PREFACE
- EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
- ADDRESS LIST DEVELOPMENT AND USE OF ADMINISTRATIVE DATA
- ONE-NUMBER CENSUS
- THE 1995 CENSUS TEST
- Coverage Measurement
- Sampling
- Questionnaire Design and Telephone Follow-Up
- Outreach and Promotion
- Administrative Records
- Address List Development
- THE 2000 CENSUS
- FURTHER RESEARCH
- Record Linkage
- Sampling and Statistical Estimation
- Outreach and Promotion
- The Differential Undercount and Racial and Ethnic Classification
- Use of Administrative Records
- Continuous Data Collection
- 1 KEY CENSUS DESIGN ISSUES
- CENSUS BUREAU EVALUATION CRITERIA AND PROCESS
- ADDRESS LISTS AND OTHER RECORDS
- Address List Development
- Record Linkage
- LEGAL ISSUES
- OPERATIONAL ISSUES
- Uniform Treatment
- Residence Rules
- Continuous Infrastructure
- PLANNING FOR THE 2000 AND FUTURE CENSUSES
- 2 SAMPLING AND STATISTICAL ESTIMATION
- NONRESPONSE FOLLOW-UP
- Major Nonresponse Follow-Up Innovations
- Pros and Cons of the Innovations
- Two-Stage Nonresponse Follow-Up
- Use of Administrative Records during Nonresponse Follow-Up
- COVERAGE MEASUREMENT METHODS
- Previous Coverage Measurement Programs
- The One-Number Census
- Alternative Coverage Measurement Methods
- Selection Criteria
- Development and Testing
- Coverage Measurement Sample in the 2000 Census
- SAMPLING FOR CONTENT: MATRIX SAMPLING
- STATISTICAL ESTIMATION
- 3 RESPONSE AND COVERAGE
- RESPONSE IMPROVEMENT RESEARCH
- Response Rate Improvement
- Telephone Follow-Up
- TARGETING MODEL AND TOOL KIT
- OUTREACH AND PROMOTION
- Components of Decennial Census Outreach and Promotion
- Customized Local Outreach Programs and CAPP
- Research and Development Program and the 1995 Census Test
- National Media Campaign
- User-Friendly Help
- HARD-TO-ENUMERATE POPULATIONS
- Irregular and Complex Household Arrangements
- Irregular Housing
- Residential Mobility
- Distrust of Government
- Limited English Proficiency
- Summary
- RESIDENCE RULES
- 4 ADMINISTRATIVE RECORDS: INTRIGUING PROSPECTS, FORMIDABLE OBSTACLES
- PRIOR FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
- BASIC REQUIREMENTS FOR MORE EFFECTIVE USE OF ADMINISTRATIVE RECORDS
- Access
- Public Acceptance
- Technical Requirements
- USE OF ADMINISTRATIVE RECORDS IN THE 2000 CENSUS
- USE OF ADMINISTRATIVE RECORDS IN 2010 AND BEYOND
- 5 CONTINUOUS MEASUREMENT
- FEATURES AND GOALS OF CONTINUOUS MEASUREMENT
- POTENTIAL BENEFITS OF CONTINUOUS MEASUREMENT
- TIMING AND IMPLEMENTATION
- REFERENCES
- APPENDIX BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF PANEL MEMBERS AND STAFF
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