23 Mar
2000
23 Mar
'00
3:25 p.m.
Did anyone ever figure out from the '90 Census the difference in
non-response rates between short-form and long-form households? I'm getting
an earful from friends and relatives right now who got the long form. I'm
starting to understand better the rationale for getting away from the long
form toward the ACS (if in fact this was part of the rationale).
23 Mar
23 Mar
3:52 p.m.
i too have been getting an earful. if anyone knows of a good link to a site that
succinctly addresses the confidentiality of the long form data please pass it
along. i seem to be able to find lots of information on how and why there are
the long form questions but nothing on the fact that the information is highly
confidential. personally, i know about all the title 13 confidentiality
protections but i could use a link to to a site that puts it in simple
lay-terms.
"Granato, Sam" wrote:
Did anyone ever figure out from the '90 Census the
difference in
non-response rates between short-form and long-form households? I'm getting
an earful from friends and relatives right now who got the long form. I'm
starting to understand better the rationale for getting away from the long
form toward the ACS (if in fact this was part of the rationale).
24 Mar
24 Mar
3:14 p.m.
Has there been a change in the long-form sampling rate?
I have two residences (an inner-city condo, and a rural house), and managed to
get the long form at BOTH. Fortunately, I'm told I should only fill out one...
/Steve Colman
"Granato, Sam" wrote:
Did anyone ever figure out from the '90 Census the
difference in
non-response rates between short-form and long-form households? I'm getting
an earful from friends and relatives right now who got the long form. I'm
starting to understand better the rationale for getting away from the long
form toward the ACS (if in fact this was part of the rationale).
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4:58 p.m.
New subject: Sampling Rates
Steve:
The overall national sampling rate is 1-in-6 households for the
census long form (and 5-of-6 receiving the short form!) The Bureau
will sample rural (non-metropolitan) households at a 1-in-2 sampling
rate; and a 1-in-8 (12.5%) sampling rate in metropolitan areas. (I'm
fairly certain this is the case, but our Beltway Friends should chime
in if this is wrong....)
The Census Bureau, as of 3/21/00, reports that 7.3 million households
have already returned their census forms. That's about 6.3 percent of
the 115 million forms that the Bureau has mailed/sent out.
The Bureau will begin posting national, state, county and city
response rates on their web site next Monday, March 27th. I don't
have a URL just yet, but here's a link to the story:
http://news.excite.com/news/ap/000321/16/census-2000
And the Census Bureau link that discusses the federal
legislative and program requirements for census data is at:
http://www.census.gov/dmd/www/content.htm
Chuck
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Has there been a change in the long-form sampling
rate?
I have two residences (an inner-city condo, and a rural house), and
managed to get the long form at BOTH. Fortunately, I'm told I
should only fill out one...
/Steve Colman
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