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Activity Number: 191
Type: Topic Contributed
Date/Time: Monday, August 7, 2006 : 2:00 PM to 3:50 PM
Sponsor: Section on Survey Research Methods
Abstract - #305808
Title: 2010 Census Coverage Measurement: the Hunt for the Magic Variables
Author(s): Eric Schindler*+
Companies: U.S. Census Bureau
Address: FOB 2, Room 2404, Washington, DC, 20233,
Keywords: post-stratification ; dual system estimation
Abstract:

The Census 2000 Accuracy and Coverage Evaluation (A.C.E.) employed a post-stratified, dual system estimation design. The key post-stratification variables were race, Hispanic origin, age, sex, and tenure, familiarly known as ROAST. Additional variables used in or considered for A.C.E. were census region; type of enumeration area; tract mail return rate; family type; return type/return date/proxy status, state, local census office; and tract percent minority. The 2010 Census Coverage Measurement program will employ a logistic regression-based, dual-system estimator with the ROAST variables and additional variables. This paper examines the differences several of these additional variables make in the dual system estimates, especially at a higher level of aggregation, such as for states or for race/origin groups, once ROAST is included in the post-stratification model.

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