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I Residence and the Census - 1 Introduction
Pages 13-22

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... Part I Residence and the Census
From page 15...
... Through this change, the U.S. Census Bureau hopes not only to provide more immediate and accurate data on the detailed economic and demographic topics formerly covered on the census long form, but also to streamline and focus the decennial census on the basic "short-form" questions that provide the population counts used to reapportion legislatures and allocate federal funds.
From page 16...
... Alternatively, a pure de jure approach counts people at a place of legal residence, which may not be the same as the place of enumeration. Both the de jure and de facto approaches are ideal models that are difficult or impossible to execute in their purest forms.
From page 17...
... of the National Research Council convene a Panel on Residence Rules in the Decennial Census, with the following charge: This study will examine census residence rule issues and make recommen dations for research and testing to develop the most important residence rules for the 2010 census. Recommendations will address potential ways to modify census residence rules to facilitate more accurate counting of the population or identify the reasons why the rules should stay the same.
From page 18...
... Our panel is one of three CNSTAT panels simultaneously studying different aspects of the decennial census; the others are the Panel on the Functionality and Usability of Data from the American Community Survey and the Panel on Coverage Evaluation and Correlation Bias in the 2010 Census. Though the three panels differ in their core topics, there are areas of substantive overlap between them -- for instance, the difference in the underlying residence concept between the ACS and the decennial census and the design of residence probe questions for census follow-up and coverage measurement operations.
From page 19...
... In its interim report, that panel argued strongly for continued ethnographic studies and improved methods for collecting information from traditionally hard-to-enumerate populations, of the sort which typically present difficulties for the "usual residence" concept (National Research Council, 1993)
From page 20...
... The major share of activities in the Census Bureau's MAF/TIGER Enhancements Program is aimed at realigning TIGER features using local geographic information system sources and other sources, such as satellite and aerial photography. The Census Bureau has planned for a mix of mail-only and field census tests (the latter involving deployment of enumerators to follow up with nonresponding households)
From page 21...
... The Census Bureau's test schedules -- and the difficulty of making changes in census procedure in a short time frame -- limit the ability of this panel to effect major changes in census operations for the next census. The decennial census is a highly complex and resource-intensive operation, requiring substantial lead time not only to test new proposed changes, but also to procure the equipment and materials needed to conduct the count.
From page 22...
... The Census Bureau's residence rules for the 2000 census are reproduced in Appendix A The residence concepts and questionnaire structures used in selected foreign censuses are outlined in Appendix B


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