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Activity Number:
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13
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Type:
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Contributed
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Date/Time:
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Sunday, August 11, 2002 : 2:00 PM to 3:50 PM
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Sponsor:
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Section on Survey Research Methods*
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| Abstract - #301909 |
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Title:
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Results for the Census 2000 Primary Selection Algorithm
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Author(s):
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Stephanie Baumgardner*+
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Affiliation(s):
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U.S. Census Bureau
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Address:
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4700 Silver Hill Rd., 2409/2, Washington, District of Columbia, 20233, USA
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Keywords:
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Primary Selection ; Algorithm ; census response
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Abstract:
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There were several ways in which to respond to the 2000 U.S. Census. Many respondents had the choice of mailing back a questionnaire or completing the form on the internet; respondents had access to Be Counted Forms (BCF) to use if they were concerned that the census had missed them; and the Non-Response Follow-Up (NRFU) and Coverage Improvement Follow-Up (CIFU) field operations collected information from Census IDs for which a mailback questionnaire was not received by a specified date. While these methods, and others, of collecting population data were implemented with the goal of obtaining a more accurate census count, the various methods also presented the possibility of receiving multiple responses from one Census ID. The Primary Selection Algorithm (PSA) was the computer program designed to resolve situations where multiple responses were received. The PSA analyzed these responses and selected from among them the records that it deemed most likely to represent the actual census household. This paper examines the results from the PSA including the frequency of multiple responses from one Census ID and the characteristics of these responses.
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