Once, Only Once, and in the Right Place: Residence Rules in the Decennial CensusNational Research Council, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, Committee on National Statistics, Panel on Residence Rules in the Decennial Census National Academies Press, 16 Nov 2006 - 376 halaman The usefulness of the U.S. decennial census depends critically on the accuracy with which individual people are counted in specific housing units, at precise geographic locations. The 2000 and other recent censuses have relied on a set of residence rules to craft instructions on the census questionnaire in order to guide respondents to identify their correct "usual residence." Determining the proper place to count such groups as college students, prisoners, and military personnel has always been complicated and controversial; major societal trends such as placement of children in shared custody arrangements and the prevalence of "snowbird" and "sunbird" populations who regularly move to favorable climates further make it difficult to specify ties to one household and one place. Once, Only Once, and in the Right Place reviews the evolution of current residence rules and the way residence concepts are presented to respondents. It proposes major changes to the basic approach of collecting residence information and suggests a program of research to improve the 2010 and future censuses. |
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... Population 4–D People Missed by Census Questions and Operations 4–D.1 Census Day Movers 4–D.2 Census Day Births and Deaths 4–D.3 Babies and Young Children 51 51 51 59 61 62 67 67 76 77 82 84 99 101 103 105 106 110 4 113 113 114 118 120 ...
... census Basic residence instructions and Question 1, 1970 census questionnaire Basic residence question (Question 1), 1980 census questionnaire Basic residence question (Item 1), 1990 census questionnaire Coverage probe questions, 1970 ...
... questionnaire. Rather than subject respondents to the complete and complex ... census, the Census Bureau requested that the National Academies ... census. Recommendations will address potential ways to modify census 1 Executive Summary.
... census. Recommendations will address potential ways to modify census residence rules to facilitate more accurate ... questionnaire, training materials for enumerators, census processing and editing routines, and a “frequently asked ...
... Census Bureau should collect that information on the census form and ... questionnaire assistance to respondents, but also for interested respondents ... forms depend upon the visual layout and design of questionnaires as well EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ...
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Development and Interpretation | 23 |
Challenges in Defining Residence | 59 |
3 The Nonhousehold Population | 61 |
4 Complex and Ambiguous Living Situations | 113 |
Living Situations and the Census | 165 |
7 Nonhousehold Enumeration | 225 |
8 Operations Research and Testing | 249 |
References | 273 |
Appendixes | 293 |
AResidence Rules of the 2000 Census | 295 |
BResidence Concepts and Questionsin Selected Foreign Censuses | 303 |
CAmericans Residing Overseas | 327 |
DBiographical Sketches of Panel Members and Staff | 339 |
Part III Improvements for the Future | 179 |
6 Residence Principles for the Decennial Census | 181 |
Index | 343 |