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Abstract #300951

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Activity Number: 229
Type: Contributed
Date/Time: Tuesday, August 10, 2004 : 10:30 AM to 12:20 PM
Sponsor: Section on Survey Research Methods
Abstract - #300951
Title: Statistical Methodology for the Census 2000 Public Use Microdata Samples
Author(s): Philip Gbur*+ and Mary Frances E. Zelenak
Companies: U.S. Census Bureau and U.S. Census Bureau
Address: 7975 Central Park Cir., Alexandria, VA, 22309,
Keywords: sampling ; disclosure avoidance ; variance estimation
Abstract:

Public Use Microdata Samples (PUMS) are data files that contain individual housing unit and person records with their associated characteristics. To protect confidentiality, identifying information and detailed geography is excluded. To allow data users to produce any tabulations of interest and to conduct detailed analyses, such as regression analysis and investigation of the relationships among variables, the U.S. Census Bureau created PUMS from decennial census results. Subject to the limitations on sample size and geographic identification, the user may generate tabulations interrelating any desired set of variables. This paper presents the statistical methodologies used in sampling, disclosure avoidance, and variance estimation for the United States, Puerto Rico, Guam, and U.S. Virgin Islands Census 2000 PUMS.

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