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Activity Number:
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170
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Type:
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Invited
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Date/Time:
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Tuesday, August 10, 2004 : 8:30 AM to 10:20 AM
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Sponsor:
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Social Statistics Section
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| Abstract - #300211 |
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Title:
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Seasonal Swings in Population: What Can We Learn from the ACS?
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Author(s):
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Paul R. Voss*+ and Roger B. Hammer and Paul M. Van Auken and Daniel L. Veroff
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Companies:
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University of Wisconsin, Madison and University of Wisconsin, Madison and University of Wisconsin, Madison and University of Wisconsin, Madison
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Address:
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Dept. of Rural Sociology, Madison, WI, 53706,
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Keywords:
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American Community Survey ; seasonal populations ; Census long form ; demographic analysis
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Abstract:
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This paper examines monthly pooled data from the Census Bureau's American Community Survey (ACS) for the period 1999 through 2001, and compares attribute and quality measures from the ACS with comparable information from the 2000 Census. The purpose is to understand differences between the ACS and census data with an eye on the critical question of whether the ACS can be viewed as an adequate replacement in the year 2010 for the census long-form sample traditionally carried out in conjunction with the decennial census enumeration. Our analysis focuses on four counties that are part of the Census Bureau's ACS test sites: Oneida and Vilas counties in Wisconsin and Flathead and Lake counties in Montana. Portions of our analysis focus specifically on differences between census results and ACS results that may arise because of the increases in summer seasonal populations that are known to affect the monthly demographic metabolism of these northern U.S. counties blessed with environmental attributes that attract recreational visitors.
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