Abstract #301400

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JSM 2003 Abstract #301400
Activity Number: 13
Type: Topic Contributed
Date/Time: Sunday, August 3, 2003 : 2:00 PM to 3:50 PM
Sponsor: Section on Government Statistics
Abstract - #301400
Title: Quality Assessment of Data Collected from Non-English Speaking Households in the American Community Survey
Author(s): Pamela D. McGovern*+ and Deborah H. Griffin
Companies: U.S. Census Bureau and U.S. Census Bureau
Address: 1200 Penderbrooke Ct., Crownsville, MD, 21032-1929,
Keywords: Item nonresponse ; allocation ; non-English speaking households
Abstract:

According to results from the Census 2000 Supplementary Survey (C2SS), the foreign-born population grew by 57% since 1990, and approximately 45 million people aged 5 years and older spoke a language other than English at home. Currently, there is little research investigating differences in data quality between English and non-English speaking households. To better understand the scope and depth of these differences, this paper reports results from a quantitative assessment of differences between English and non-English speaking households in the American Community Survey (ACS). The ACS is a new household survey that is being designed to produce timely demographic, socioeconomic, and housing data for the Nation. Survey data are collected by mail, telephone, and personal visit methodologies, providing varying degrees of language assistance. This research was undertaken to assess data quality for non-English speaking households, focusing on item nonresponse. The research focuses on non-English speaking households with limited English-speaking proficiency because we expect that these households face the greatest challenges in understanding and answering survey questions.

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