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Activity Number:
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397
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Type:
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Topic Contributed
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Date/Time:
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Thursday, August 15, 2002 : 10:30 AM to 12:20 PM
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Sponsor:
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Section on Survey Research Methods*
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| Abstract - #301880 |
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Title:
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Effect of Housing Unit Controls on Survey Estimates
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Author(s):
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Keith Albright*+ and Wendy Smith
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Affiliation(s):
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U.S. Census Bureau and U.S. Census Bureau
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Address:
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, Washington, District of Columbia, 20233, USA
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Keywords:
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raking ; housing unit controls ; sample survey estimation
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Abstract:
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Control totals are often used in calculating weights for survey respondents. The control totals are used to calculate a factor which is used to adjust the weights. This has the effect of making the weighted total equal to the control total. The Census Bureau's American Community Survey (ACS) and Census 2000 Supplementary Survey (C2SS) use housing unit (HU) control totals to make the weighted total number of HUs equal to the number of HUs counted in the 2000 Census in each of the sampling strata. The ACS is a monthly survey that collects demographic and socioeconomic data about households and persons and is intended to replace the decennial census long form. Testing of the ACS began in 1996, and is now in 36 counties. Full implementation of the ACS is scheduled to begin in every county in the United States in 2003. The C2SS used the same methods and instrument as the ACS, surveying approximately 700,000 HUs in 1,203 counties. It was conducted to test the feasibility of conducting a large scale national survey concurrently with the decennial census. The C2SS was designed to be used in conjunction with the ACS to produce national and state level estimates.
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