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JSM 2002 Abstract #301892
Activity Number: 397
Type: Topic Contributed
Date/Time: Thursday, August 15, 2002 : 10:30 AM to 12:20 PM
Sponsor: Section on Survey Research Methods*
Abstract - #301892
Title: Alternative Oversampling Options for Low Mail Response Areas
Author(s): Anthony Tersine*+ and Mark Asiala
Affiliation(s): U.S. Census Bureau and U.S. Census Bureau
Address: DSMD 3784-3, Washington, District of Columbia, 20233, USA
Keywords: American Community Survey ; sample design ; oversampling
Abstract:

The Census Bureau's American Community Survey (ACS) is planned to be an annual sample of three million housing units mailed out in monthly panels. Data collection for each monthly panel extends over a three-month period, mailout/mailback in the first month, with telephone follow-up in the second month for addresses where a telephone number can be obtained, and personal-visit followup for a one-third subsample of the remaining nonrespondents. Areas with low mail response will have a larger percentage of cases going to personal-visit, and thus will have a larger variance estimate because of the subsampling in this phase. This paper will examine several options of oversampling these areas to increase the reliability of the estimates.

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