31 Mar
2000
31 Mar
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8:31 a.m.
anyone along the CTPP listserve get a copy of one these very special
forms. It is my understanding that you would know the difference since
it also asks for your SSN. If anyone knows more information about this
experiemnet please pass the information along.--thanks
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March 27, 2000
Dear Member of Congress:
As you know, Census 2000 questionnaires have arrived at households
throughout the country. Approximately 135,000 of these questionnaires
will not be the standard Census forms, but will be part of the Census
2000 Testing and Experimentation Program. The results from this program
will help guide post-2000 planning and testing for the 2010 Census, and
provide useful information for the American Community Survey, as well as
other census surveys and operations.
Of these 135,000 questionnaires, approximately 93,000 are short forms
and 42,000 are long forms. These forms are actual decennial
questionnaires that contain design and content variation reflecting the
design of those experiments included in this program. The appearance of
these experimental forms in most cases is similar to the standard Census
2000 forms.
The schedule for these experimental forms is concurrent with standard
Census 2000 activities. Data capture and processing of experimental
forms also is concurrent with the Census schedule, although experimental
forms will be processed at one location, the National Processing Center
in Jeffersonville, Indiana. An operator assistance program, similar to
the Census 2000 Telephone Questionnaire Assistance, will also be in
place to answer respondent questions on completing these forms.
We bring this to your attention to answer any inquiries you may receive
from your constituents on this matter. Please call Congressional
Affairs at 301-457-2123 if you have any questions.
Sincerely,
signed
Robin J. Bachman
Chief, Congressional Affairs
31 Mar
31 Mar
8:41 a.m.
New subject: Experimental Census Forms
At 09:31 AM 3/31/00 -0500, Ed Christopher wrote:
anyone along the CTPP listserve get a copy of one these
very special
forms. It is my understanding that you would know the difference since
it also asks for your SSN. If anyone knows more information about this
experiemnet please pass the information along.-
If this is an actual program I find this very alarming. We are having
enough problems explaining the American Community Survey which is out here
in Pima County, AZ without having another form - espcially one asking for
SSN. We have been doing informational peices for our elderly population
explaining how to know a form is the real one and not a elder fraud scam
and one of the facts we use is that no Census form will ask for SSN or ask
for money. Appreciate any information on this that can be forwarded- KLL
Karen L. Lamberton
Transportation Planner
177 N. Church Ave., Suite 501
Tucson, AZ 85701
(520) 628-5313
2:16 p.m.
To Ed Christopher and (it is hoped) the CTPP news list:
The President will push the long form tomorrow in his Saturday radio
address: I and others have been asked for testimonials re the use we make
of the data from the census and to be available to reporters for questions.
This is my statement:
In 1987 the first Commuting in America, a study of U.S. travel behavior
trends, was written by Alan E. Pisarski, supported by a consortium of state
and local governments, based entirely on 1960, 70 and 80 decennial census
data. Commuting in America II was written in 1996 based on the 1990 Census
using the expanded long form statistics. State and local governments
invested millions of dollars in the tabulation, analysis and application of
these data to their local transportation planning needs.
In the concluding paragraphs of commuting in America II Mr. Pisarski said:
THE SOURCES OF UNDERSTANDING
The 1990 census has been the dominant source of information for this report
and for metropolitan analyses across the nation. The work of the Bureau and
of the States, working through their association, AASHTO, has been
incredibly valuable. For the first time we have had national, comprehensive
coverage of commuting in detail.
THE FUTURE OF DATA; DATA OF THE FUTURE
The great "if" is the year 2000 census, which is in greater jeopardy than
any census has ever been in our era. This transcends the usual disinterest
regarding the census when it is five years away. There is pressure to
reduce the data collected to that absolute minimum needed for legislative
redistricting. While all would agree that streamlining and improvements in
efficiency would certainly be in order, the collapse of the census would be
a disaster for public understanding of our society. The journey to work
questions are of unquestioned value to public policy and public investment
questions in the range of hundreds of billions of dollars. But it is the
fundamental small area demographic data that underlies the specialized
questions that is most critical to effective public policy at the local
level.
There is a sense that we are on the cusp of major shifts from old methods
of data collection to new means just emerging - means that promise greater
efficiency and speed. We must not lose the continuity of the data resources
we depend on as these new techniques evolve.
Commuting in America II, 1996
Alan E. Pisarski Author
Eno Transportation Foundation Inc., Wash. D.C. Publisher
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