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Abstract #302209

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Activity Number: 400
Type: Topic Contributed
Date/Time: Thursday, August 12, 2004 : 8:30 AM to 10:20 AM
Sponsor: Section on Survey Research Methods
Abstract - #302209
Title: Converting from Paper to an Automated Mode for Collecting Group Quarters Data for Demographic Survey
Author(s): Sherry E. Thorpe*+
Companies: U.S. Census Bureau
Address: Demographic Statistical Methods Division, Washington, DC, 20233,
Keywords: frame development ; group quarters ; nonsampling error ; automated instrument ; demographic surveys ; sample redesign
Abstract:

Group Quarters is a type of living accommodations contained in the sampling frame that supports the demographic surveys that are included in the post-2000 sample redesign. One of the critical activities that historically influenced the processing operations in the creating the GQ frame was the use of paper by the field enumerators. As part of the Census Bureau's continuing initiative to improve the frame development process, the Bureau developed an automated instrument (Group Quarters Automated Instrument for Listing, GAIL) to assist enumerators in collecting group quarters information for the demographic surveys. The GAIL was placed into production in September 2003. This paper will focus on three aspects of that conversion: the implications on the GQ frame development system with respect to types of subsystems, defining requirements, testing and system integration; historical and new sources of nonsampling error; and the implication on field enumerators with respect to training and skill requirements.

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