Abstract #301550

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JSM 2003 Abstract #301550
Activity Number: 464
Type: Topic Contributed
Date/Time: Thursday, August 7, 2003 : 10:30 AM to 12:20 PM
Sponsor: Section on Survey Research Methods
Abstract - #301550
Title: Income in the American Community Survey: Comparisons to Census 2000
Author(s): Charles T. Nelson*+ and Kirby Posey and Edward J. Welniak
Companies: U.S. Census Bureau and U.S. Census Bureau and U.S. Census Bureau
Address: 405 Green St., Alexandria, VA, 22314-4319,
Keywords: American Community Survey (ACS) ; Census 2000 Supplementary Survey (C2SS) ; Census 2000 ; reference period ; split-panel test
Abstract:

The long-term goal of the American Community Survey (ACS) is to produce more timely local area estimates. Currently, the only sources of Census Bureau local-area income estimates are the decennial census, which provides data only once every ten years, and the Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates (SAIPE) program, which provides biennial county and state estimates of median household income. To evaluate the ACS performance, we designed a battery of income questions as well as edit and allocation specifications for the ACS to be as similar as possible to that of the census. There are, of course, some differences inherent with the ACS that forced us to make changes. The most notable change between the Census and the ACS is the reference period, "past 12 months" verses "last calendar year." Other differences include slight changes in the edit and allocation process. The purpose of this paper is to explain these differences and provide a preliminary overview of ACS results.

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