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Suggested Citation:"Appendix A Acronyms and Abbreviations." National Research Council. 2007. Using the American Community Survey: Benefits and Challenges. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11901.
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APPENDIX A
Acronyms and Abbreviations

ACS American Community Survey

AHS American Housing Survey

APDU Association of Public Data Users

BEA Bureau of Economic Analysis

BLS Bureau of Labor Statistics

C2SS Census 2000 Supplementary Survey

CAPI Computer-assisted personal interviewing

CATI Computer-assisted telephone interviewing

CAUS Community Address Updating System

CES Current Employment Statistics Program (of the Bureau of Labor Statistics)

CI Confidence interval

CIC Census Information Center

CNSTAT Committee on National Statistics

CPI Consumer Price Index

CPI-U-RS Consumer Price Index, Urban Consumers, Research Series

CPS Current Population Survey

CPS ASEC Current Population Survey Annual Social and Economic Supplement

CTPP Census Transportation Planning Package

CV Coefficient of variation

DMAF Decennial Master Address File

DSF Delivery Sequence File (of the U.S. Postal Service)

Suggested Citation:"Appendix A Acronyms and Abbreviations." National Research Council. 2007. Using the American Community Survey: Benefits and Challenges. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11901.
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e-StARS Electronic Statistical Administrative Records System (of the U.S. Census Bureau)

FSCPE Federal State Cooperative Program for Population Estimates

FTP File transfer protocol

GQ Group quarters

HUD U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

IRS Internal Revenue Service

LAUS Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program (of the Bureau of Labor Statistics)

LUCA Local Update of Census Addresses

MAF Master Address File (of the U.S. Census Bureau)

MBF Mode bias factor (ACS weight adjustment)

MOE Margin of error

NHIS National Health Interview Survey

NIF1 Noninterview factor 1 (ACS weight adjustment)

NIF2 Noninterview factor 2 (ACS weight adjustment)

NIF3 Noninterview factor 3 (ACS weight adjustment)

NRC National Research Council

OMB U.S. Office of Management and Budget

PE Population Estimates Program (of the U.S. Census Bureau)

PRCS Puerto Rico Community Survey

PUMA Public use microdata area

PUMS Public use microdata sample

SAHIE Small Area Health Insurance Estimates Program (of the U.S. Census Bureau)

SAIPE Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates Program (of the U.S. Census Bureau)

SDC State Data Center

SE Standard error

SF Summary file

SIPP Survey of Income and Program Participation

StARS Statistical Administrative Records System (see e-StARS)

TAZ Traffic analysis zone

UI Unemployment insurance records (of state governments)

USPS U.S. Postal Service

VMS Variation in monthly response (ACS weight adjustment)

Suggested Citation:"Appendix A Acronyms and Abbreviations." National Research Council. 2007. Using the American Community Survey: Benefits and Challenges. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11901.
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Suggested Citation:"Appendix A Acronyms and Abbreviations." National Research Council. 2007. Using the American Community Survey: Benefits and Challenges. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11901.
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The American Community Survey (ACS) is a major new initiative from the U.S. Census Bureau designed to provide continuously updated information on the numbers and characteristics of the nation’s people and housing. It replaces the “long form” of the decennial census. Using the American Community Survey covers the basics of how the ACS design and operations differ from the long-form sample; using the ACS for such applications as formula allocation of federal and state funds, transportation planning, and public information; and challenges in working with ACS estimates that cover periods of 12, 36, or 60 months depending on the population size of an area.

This book also recommends priority areas for continued research and development by the U.S. Census Bureau to guide the evolution of the ACS, and provides detailed, comprehensive analysis and guidance for users in federal, state, and local government agencies, academia, and media.

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