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Abstract #303093

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Activity Number: 21
Type: Topic Contributed
Date/Time: Sunday, August 7, 2005 : 2:00 PM to 3:50 PM
Sponsor: Section on Survey Research Methods
Abstract - #303093
Title: Did Proxy Respondents Cause Age Heaping in Census 2000?
Author(s): Kirsten West*+
Companies: U.S. Census Bureau
Address: 11120 Wood Elves Way, Columbia, MD, 21044, United States
Keywords: Age distribution ; Age heaping ; Proxy respondents
Abstract:

Misstatement of age is a common example of content error in censuses and surveys. Different cultures have social values attached to age. In the United States, most respondents know their ages and provide date of birth and age correctly. However, there are some who choose not to reveal their true age and do not report date of birth or misstate their actual age. If age is obtained from a proxy respondent, the response might be an approximation or guess. When the true age is unknown or misstated, there is a tendency to report age in round numbers, such as the nearest even number or one that ends in 0 or 5. From a demographic perspective, this creates age heaping. In this study, we use an extract from the Master Trace Sample Database (MTSD) to identify age heaping on enumerator-completed returns in Census 2000 by respondent type and close-out status. We examine the occurrences by place of processing and type of data-collection area. We examine the data before and after edit and imputation procedures have been implemented.

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