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Activity Number: 234
Type: Topic Contributed
Date/Time: Tuesday, August 8, 2006 : 8:30 AM to 10:20 AM
Sponsor: Social Statistics Section
Abstract - #306318
Title: Coverage Assessment and Adjustment in the 2011 UK Census
Author(s): Owen Abbott*+
Companies: Office for National Statistics
Address: Room 4300W, Fareham, PO155RR, UK
Keywords: census ; coverage ; post-enumeration survey ; administrative data
Abstract:

It is traditional that census coverage be measured and the outcome disseminated to users. Most census-taking countries undertake this, usually using some form of post-enumeration survey (PES). For the 2001 UK Census, the ONS instigated the one number census (ONC) project and embarked on a program to research coverage measurement and adjustment. For the 2011 Census, it is expected that ONS will improve upon the success of the ONC significantly and use it as a platform to develop improved coverage measurement and adjustment. This paper lays out the aims of the 2011 coverage assessment and adjustment project and the areas of research that will be addressed. Early ideas for key innovations and improvements, such as the potential for using external information (e.g., administrative data) and information collected in the census on visitors away from their usual residences, will be discussed.

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