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Abstract #300074

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Activity Number: 206
Type: Invited
Date/Time: Tuesday, August 10, 2004 : 10:30 AM to 12:20 PM
Sponsor: Section on Government Statistics
Abstract - #300074
Title: Under-enumeration--the Census of England and Wales
Author(s): James J. Brown*+ and Ian Diamond
Companies: University of Southampton and Polaris House
Address: Highfield, Southampton, Hants, SO17 1BJ, England
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Abstract:

This paper provides a review of strategies for estimating the under-enumeration in the Census of England and Wales over the past three censuses. The paper first reviews the use of dependent coverage surveys which attempted to estimate under-enumeration and to judge that quality of the census. This approach was judged successful in 1981, but "'failed" to measure the extent of under-enumeration in 1991. Second, it discusses the deterministic demographic approach used in 1991 to adjust the Census for under-enumeration. Third, it describes the integrated post-enumeration survey/demographic adjustment model used in 2001, which estimated under-enumeration for each of 400 local authorities and which was then used to impute under-enumeration to very low levels of aggregate. The paper finishes with a broad evaluation of the 2001 approach and looks forward to possibilities for 2011.

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