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Activity Number:
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284
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Type:
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Contributed
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Date/Time:
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Tuesday, August 4, 2009 : 8:30 AM to 10:20 AM
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Sponsor:
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Section on Survey Research Methods
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| Abstract - #303830 |
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Title:
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Pretesting 2010 Census Questionnaires for People with Atypical Living Situations
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Author(s):
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Jennifer H. Childs*+ and Nathan Jurgenson and Dawn R. Norris
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Companies:
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U.S. Census Bureau and U.S. Census Bureau and U.S. Census Bureau
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Address:
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4600 Silver Hill Rd., Washington, DC, 20233,
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Keywords:
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Pretesting ; Mobile Populations ; Literacy ; Cognitive Testing ; Special Populations ; Address Collection
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Abstract:
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In preparation for the 2010 Census, the U.S. Census Bureau pretested two forms that are targeted at populations that could be missed using traditional census procedures. The populations of interest are those who have no "usual place to stay" but who frequent transitory locations like RV parks and marinas; people experiencing homelessness; and people who do not have a city-style street address (including basement apartments and very rural addresses). This paper reviews the pretesting of the Be Counted and Enumeration of Transitory Locations forms, examining results specific to populations in atypical living situations. Issues of particular concern are, having a questionnaire that is easy to navigate given the low levels of literacy and form literacy of some respondents and the ability to gather geographically specific address information from respondents who are often highly mobile.
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