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JSM 2002 Abstract #301920
Activity Number: 278
Type: Contributed
Date/Time: Wednesday, August 14, 2002 : 8:30 AM to 10:20 AM
Sponsor: Section on Survey Research Methods*
Abstract - #301920
Title: Overview of the U.S. Census 2000 Long Form Weighting
Author(s): Steven Hefter*+
Affiliation(s): U.S. Census Bureau
Address: , Washington, District of Columbia, 20233, USA
Keywords: Estimation ; Raking
Abstract:

For the U.S. Census 2000, a systematic sample of addresses across the country received a long form, or sample, questionnaire which collected detailed socioeconomic and demographic characteristics. The selected addresses and the people at those addresses were weighted to represent the entire population and housing stock of the nation. Some of the methodologies used in the weighting process result in possible implications for data users. This paper will present a brief description of the sample design for the long form questionnaire and an overview of the methodology used in weighting the data and some resulting impacts of the implementation of these methodologies.

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