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Abstract #303196

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Activity Number:	18
Type:	Topic Contributed
Date/Time:	Sunday, August 7, 2005 : 2:00 PM to 3:50 PM
Sponsor:	Section on Government Statistics
Abstract - #303196
Title:	Item Nonresponse Error for the 100% Data Items on the Census 2000 Long Form Questionnaire
Author(s):	Thomas Chesnut*+
Companies:	U.S. Census Bureau
Address:	2845 S. Buchanan Street, Arlington, VA, 22206, United States
Keywords:	item nonresponse ; long form ; household ; census tract
Abstract:	A major source of nonresponse error in surveys is item nonresponse. Item nonresponse occurs when a respondent fails to provide an acceptable response to one or more survey items. Like unit nonresponse, item nonresponse can potentially affect the quality of data for a given study if there are systematic differences between the respondents and the nonrespondents. Item nonresponse may arise because a respondent refuses to answer an item on the grounds it is too sensitive, does not know the answer to the item, gives an answer that is inconsistent with answers to other items, or the interviewer fails to ask the question or record the answer. This list of potential sources of item nonresponse implies the respondent and interviewer directly affect item nonresponse. Other factors that may also come into play in influencing item nonresponse include the method of data collection (mode) and the questionnaire. Research was conducted to investigate factors that affected item nonresponse for the 100% data items on the Census 2000 long form questionnaire.

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