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JSM 2002 Abstract #301915
Activity Number: 13
Type: Contributed
Date/Time: Sunday, August 11, 2002 : 2:00 PM to 3:50 PM
Sponsor: Section on Survey Research Methods*
Abstract - #301915
Title: Nonresponse Follow-up for Census 2000
Author(s): Darlene Moul*+
Affiliation(s): U.S. Census Bureau
Address: 7743 Frances Drive, Alexandria, Virginia, 22306, USA
Keywords: Late Mail Return ; personal visit interviews ; proxy interviews ; refusal ; partial interviews
Abstract:

The objective of Nonresponse Follow-up (NRFU) was to obtain completed questionnaires from households in the mailback areas that did not respond by mail. If a questionnaire was not checked-in on or before April 10, 2000, the housing unit was targeted for NRFU. A Late Mail Return operation subsequently identified housing units that were checked in after the initial universe was identified. A list of these IDs were sent to the field offices where staff clerically removed them from the assignment workload. The enumerator's first objective was to visit each household in person to try to obtain an interview. If no interview was obtained after the specified number of visits, then enumerators were instructed to obtain information from a proxy respondent. The NRFU operation was scheduled to occur from April 27 through July 7, 2000. This paper reports on the results of the Nonresponse Follow-up operation.

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