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Appendix D: Completeness of Census Returns
Pages 409-416

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From page 409...
... E-sample records in the 1990 Post-Enumeration Survey (PES) , found that mail returns were substantially more likely than returns obtained by enumerators to cover all people in the household.
From page 410...
... Nonetheless, the work is sufficiently similar that we are confident that the finclings, which largely confirm the 1990 results, are valid. D.2.a Within-Household Omissions and Erroneous Enumerations by Type of Return We linked P-sample and E-sample records in the same housing units to provide a basis for calculating rates of within-househoIc!
From page 411...
... higher proportions of these kinds of households than owner households (comparable data are not available for 1990~. D.2.b Omissions and Erroneous Enumerations by Mail Return Rate Deciles In an analysis similar to Ericksen et al.
From page 413...
... SOURCE: Tabulations by panel staff from P-Sample and E-Sample Dual-System Estimation Output Files (U.S. Census Bureau, 2001b)
From page 414...
... These results indicate that it was easier to Determine match or enumeration status in areas with higher mail return rates. D.2.c Erroneous Enumerations by Domain and Tenure In an analysis of 2000 ciata for which we have not seen comparable finclings for 1990 we examiner!
From page 415...
... Alaska Natives living on reservations, for whom people on mail returns have higher (not Tower) rates of erroneous enumerations than do people on enumerator-obtainec!
From page 416...
... (weighted) Percent Erroneous and Unresolved Cases of Total E-Sample Enumerations Mailout/Mailback TEA Race/Ethnicity Domain and Tenure Category American Indian and Alaska Native on Reservation Owner Renter American Indian and Alaska Native off Reservation Owner Renter Hispanic Owner Renter Black Owner Renter Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Owner Renter Update/Leave TEA Mail Enumerator Return Return Mail Enumerator Return Return 0.0 6.5 1.9 7.2 9.1 3.4 7.0 4.6 8.4 6.6 5.3 Asian Owner Renter White and Other Non-Hispanic Owner Renter Total 13.5 10.2 7.7 12.8 8.2 15.2 11.7 16.8 6.9 13.8 4.0 8.4 3.0 7.2 4.3 8.8 17.5 8.5 16.6 12.6 2.2 5.5 4.0 7.1 3.7 5.6 7.4 10.8 3.5 8.4 2.6 3.1 9.0 3.9 8.7 11.3 7.3 15.1 7.3 10.6 6.7 13.5 8.5 23.2 8.0 12.9 9.2 NOTES: See Table E.3 in Appendix E for definitions of race/ethnicity domains.


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