Abstract #301758

This is the preliminary program for the 2003 Joint Statistical Meetings in San Francisco, California. Currently included in this program is the "technical" program, schedule of invited, topic contributed, regular contributed and poster sessions; Continuing Education courses (August 2-5, 2003); and Committee and Business Meetings. This on-line program will be updated frequently to reflect the most current revisions.

To View the Program:
You may choose to view all activities of the program or just parts of it at any one time. All activities are arranged by date and time.

The views expressed here are those of the individual authors
and not necessarily those of the ASA or its board, officers, or staff.

Back to main JSM 2003 Program page
JSM 2003 Abstract #301758
Activity Number: 408
Type: Topic Contributed
Date/Time: Wednesday, August 6, 2003 : 2:00 PM to 3:50 PM
Sponsor: Section on Government Statistics
Abstract - #301758
Title: Matching Census 2000 to Administrative Records
Author(s): James Farber*+
Companies: U.S. Census Bureau
Address: 7140 Blue Grass Way, Owings, MD, 20736-4314,
Keywords: race ; ethnicity ; Hispanic origin ; record linkage ; evaluation
Abstract:

The Census Bureau uses administrative records in a number of statistical programs because they are an inexpensive, comprehensive, timely and generally accurate source of data. The utility of administrative records is reduced, however, due to limited race and ethnicity data, particularly on the Social Security Administration's Numident file. The Numident is the main source of demographic data in administrative records, but its race and ethnicity categories are too coarse, and missing data rates are unacceptably high. Attempts to improve these data through modeling have had limited success. The decennial census represents the most comprehensive and accurate source of information on race and ethnicity. Matches between the census and administrative records have been infeasible in the past due to lack of required data, especially names. Census 2000 was the first census in which names were captured onto data files, which enabled a match between administrative records and Census 2000. The goal of the match was to improve the race and ethnicity data of administrative records. This paper presents some background on administrative records and the methods and results of the match.

  • The address information is for the authors that have a + after their name.
  • Authors who are presenting talks have a * after their name.

Back to the full JSM 2003 program

JSM 2003 For information, contact meetings@amstat.org or phone (703) 684-1221. If you have questions about the Continuing Education program, please contact the Education Department.
Revised March 2003