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The panel's findings in this final report cover the planning process for 2000, major innovations in census operations, the completeness of population coverage in 2000, ancl the quality of both the basic demographic data collectecl from all census respondents ancl the cletailecl socioeconomic data collected from the census long-form 1
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Despite problems with the census aciciress list, the completeness of population coverage ant! the quality of the basic demographic data were at least as goof!
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technology for capturing the ciata on questionnaires, ant! aggressively recruiting enumerators and implementing nonresponse follow-up all innovations in 2000 contributes!
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(2) Improved MAF development procedures: Because a complete, accurate Master Aciciress File is critical not only for the 2010 census but also for the 2008 ciress rehearsal, the new American Community Survey, ant!
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large numbers of wholly imputed census records (three times as many such records as in 1990, including imputations for members of enumeratecl househoIcls who lacked all basic characteristics as well as imputations of people into housing units that were presumed to be occupied. Both the cluplicate enumerations ant!
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as an A.C.E. resident; the possible errors in subnational estimates from the choice of one of several alternative "correlation bias" acljustments to compensate for higher proportions of missing men relative to women; the inability to make correlation bias adjustments for population groups other than blacks and nonblacks; and the possible errors for some small areas from the use of different population groups for estimating erroneous census enumerations and census .
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to substantially underestimate duplicate census enumerations in 2000. Many of these cluplications occurred!
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is important as the basis for postcensal population estimates. Coverage Evaluation in 2010 A large postenumeration survey is an essential part of a coverage measurement program for the U.S.
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We also recommence that the Census Bureau strengthen its program to improve demographic analysis estimates, particularly estimates of net immigration ant! measures of uncertainty for the demographic results (Recommendation 6.24.
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One reason for higher missing data rates in 2000 than in 1990 is that the 2000 census placecl greater reliance on imputation routines to supply values for missing ant! inconsistent responses, in contrast to the greater reliance on telephone ant!
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employment status tabulations to provide data for the household population and to exclucle group quarters residents because of high missing data rates ant! imputation errors for them.
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processing information for a sample of aciciresses, ant! a forthcoming match of census records with the March 2000 Current Population Survey, to aciciress important outstanding questions about 2000 data quality and suggest research to improve the 2010 census ant!
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provide aciclitional knowIecige to the user community about the strengths ant! weaknesses of census ciata.
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