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Activity Number:
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479
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Type:
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Contributed
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Date/Time:
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Wednesday, August 9, 2006 : 2:00 PM to 3:50 PM
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Sponsor:
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Section on Government Statistics
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| Abstract - #306647 |
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Title:
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Comparison of the Income Items from the CPS and Census 2000
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Author(s):
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Bruce H. Webster, Jr.*+
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Companies:
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U.S. Census Bureau
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Address:
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9348 Cherry Hill Road, College Park, MD, 20740,
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Keywords:
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income ; response errors ; Census 2000 ; CPS ASEC
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Abstract:
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The Census Bureau conducts several surveys that collect income data. Each of these surveys gives slightly different results. This paper compares income responses given by the same respondent for the same timeframe to two separate surveys, the Census 2000 long form and the 2000 Current Population Survey Annual Social and Economic supplement (ASEC), focusing on those who gave different results. Both Census 2000 and the 2000 ASEC collected 1999 calendar year data. To evaluate the sources of these differences, the Census Bureau created a dataset that contains respondents that were in both surveys. By comparing fully reported responses in each survey, this paper tries to isolate the reported differences and provide possible reasons why those differences occurred.
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