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Activity Number:
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23
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Type:
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Contributed
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Date/Time:
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Sunday, August 8, 2004 : 2:00 PM to 3:50 PM
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Sponsor:
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Section on Survey Research Methods
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| Abstract - #300957 |
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Title:
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An Alternative to the Principal Person Method for Weighting in the American Community Survey
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Author(s):
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Alfredo Navarro*+ and Keith Albright and Mark E. Asiala
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Companies:
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U.S. Census Bureau and U.S. Census Bureau and U.S. Census Bureau
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Address:
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Decennial Statistical Studies Division, Washington, DC, 20233,
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Keywords:
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American Community Survey ; New York City Housing Vacancy Survey ; weighting ; post-stratification ; principal person
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Abstract:
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The American Community Survey (ACS) is a monthly survey conducted by the Census Bureau that collects demographic and socioeconomic data about households and persons and is intended to replace the decennial census long form. Testing of the ACS began in 1996, and is now in 36 counties. An issue of considerable concern about the ACS estimates is that the estimates of occupied housing units do not equal the estimate of householders and the estimates of married men do not equal the estimates of married women. This is because the ACS currently uses the principal person method for weighting. An alternative to the ACS weighting is the person weighting method used by the New York City Housing Vacancy Survey (NYCHVS). This method will produce estimates of householders that agree with the estimates of households and occupied housing units. Additionally, it will produce estimates of married women and men that agree. This paper examines the effect of the NYCHVS weighting on other ACS housing unit and population estimates. We will first briefly describe the current weighting method for the ACS and describe the NYCHVS method.
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