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Abstract Details
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Activity Number:
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241
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Type:
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Contributed
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Date/Time:
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Monday, August 1, 2011 : 2:00 PM to 3:50 PM
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Sponsor:
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Section on Survey Research Methods
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| Abstract - #303144 |
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Title:
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Two Methods of Sampling New Construction for the Demographic Surveys Sample Redesign
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Author(s):
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Andreea Rawlings*+ and Danielle Castelo
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Companies:
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U.S. Census Bureau and U.S. Census Bureau
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Address:
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4600 Silver Hill Rd, Washington, DC, 20233,
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Keywords:
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skeleton sampling ;
new construction sampling ;
Master Address File
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Abstract:
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Historically for the demographic surveys, we selected a decade worth of sample after each decennial census and divided it into quarterly or monthly samples for interviewing. This raises the issue of how to capture housing units which are built after the sample is selected. In the past, these new construction units were captured by selecting "placeholder" units which were later matched to actual growth to determine which units would be in sample. We refer to this method as skeleton sampling. As we move to sampling from the Master Address File, we have an alternative method available, which is to directly sample new construction; this method of sampling mimics the sampling of the original units. In this paper we provide an overview of the two methods for sampling new construction, discuss the benefits and drawbacks, and evaluate each method's impact on variances and operations.
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