Abstract #301526

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JSM 2003 Abstract #301526
Activity Number: 280
Type: Topic Contributed
Date/Time: Tuesday, August 5, 2003 : 2:00 PM to 3:50 PM
Sponsor: Section on Survey Research Methods
Abstract - #301526
Title: Clerical Review of Duplicate Enumerations in Census 2000
Author(s): Rosemary L. Byrne*+ and Michael A. Beaghen and Mary H. Mulry
Companies: U.S. Census Bureau and U.S. Census Bureau and U.S. Census Bureau
Address: 4022 Hamilton St., Hyattsville, MD, 20781-1842,
Keywords: census coverage error ; nonsampling error ; Accuracy and Coverage Evaluation Survey
Abstract:

The Clerical Review of Census Duplicates (CRCD) used a review by highly trained and experienced matching staff to examine the quality of the estimates of duplicate enumerations in Census 2000. An evaluation of the 2000 Accuracy and Coverage Evaluation Survey (ACE) discovered these duplications in Census 2000. The ACE initially estimated a 1.18 percent undercount in the Census 2000 population. However, the evaluation, which included a computerized search of the census, yielded an estimate of 2.9 million duplications not discovered by the ACE methodology. Recently, the Census Bureau has refined its estimate of duplication further and produced ACE Revision II estimates that incorporate corrections for the duplications as well as other errors uncovered by evaluations.

The CRCD was restricted to duplicates between census enumerations in the A.C.E. blocks and census enumerations outside the search area. The CRCD also included links between people in the A.C.E. census enumerations outside the search area. The matching staff reviewed the whole households of these potential duplicate enumerations. Each linked pair was designated as either a confirmed duplicate, not the

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