Small Populations, Large Effects Improving the Measurement of the Group Quarters Population in the American Community Survey (2012) / Chapter Skim
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2 The Group Quarters Population and the American Community Survey
2 The Group Quarters Population and the American Community Survey
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People living in group quarters are usually not related to each other. Group quarters include such places as college residence halls, residential treatment centers, skilled nursing facilities, group homes, military barracks, correctional facilities, and workers' dormitories.
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For practical reasons and in some cases because of privacy concerns, the ACS does exclude a few of the less common GQ types (for example, domestic violence shelters, soup kitchens, regularly scheduled mobile food vans, targeted nonsheltered outdoor locations, commercial maritime vessels, natural disaster shelters, and dangerous encampments) , but it remains the most comprehensive survey in the United States in terms of this target population, aside from the decennial census itself.
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Local Jails and Other Municipal Confinement Facilities Correctional facilities operated by or for counties, cities, and American Indian and Alaska Native tribal governments. These facilities hold adults detained pending adjudication and/or people committed after adjudication.
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Residential treatment centers for juveniles do not include facilities operated by or for correctional authorities.
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Military Treatment Facilities with Assigned Patients These facilities include military hospitals and medical centers with active duty pa tients assigned to the facility. Only these patients are interviewed in this category.
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Residential treatment centers do not include facilities operated by or for correctional authorities. Religious Group Quarters These are living quarters owned or operated by religious organizations that are intended to house their members in a group living situation.
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48,010 0.6 Correctional facilities intended for juveniles 65,687 0.8 Nursing facilities/skilled nursing facilities 1,502,264 18.8 Other institutional facilities 76,478 1.0 Mental hospitals and psychiatric units in other hospitals 42,035 0.5 Hospitals with patients who have no usual home elsewhere 16,902 0.2 Inpatient hospice facilities 7,751 0.1 Military treatment facilities with assigned patients 266 0.0 Residential schools for people with disabilities 9,524 0.1 Total Institutional Population 3,993,659 50.0 College/university student housing 2,521,090 31.6 Military group quarters 338,191 4.2 Military barracks and dormitories 288,718 3.6 Military ships 49,473 0.6 Other noninstitutional facilities 1,134,383 14.2 Emergency and transitional shelters for people experiencing homelessness 209,325 2.6 Group homes intended for adults 304,688 3.8 Residential treatment centers for adults 139,420 1.7 Maritime/merchant vessels 2,382 0.0 Workers' group living quarters and Job Corps centers 168,549 2.1 Other (noninstitutional) 310,019 3.9 Total Noninstitutional Population 3,993,664 50.0 Total GQ Population 7,987,323 100.0 SOURCE: U.S.
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26 TABLE 2-2 GQ Population by Sex and Age, 2010 Census Number Percentage Age Male Female Total Male Female Total Under 20 years 910,270 877,497 1,787,767 18.7 28.0 22.4 20 to 34 years 1,965,139 850,832 2,815,971 40.4 27.2 35.3 35 to 64 years 1,529,210 396,669 1,925,879 31.5 12.7 24.1 65 years and over 453,591 1,004,115 1,457,706 9.3 32.1 18.3 4,858,210 3,129,113 7,987,323 100.0 100.0 100.0 Total GQ Population Under 20 years 183,481 51,191 234,672 6.8 4.0 5.9 20 to 34 years 1,022,949 118,492 1,141,441 37.7 9.3 28.6 35 to 64 years 1,115,096 204,596 1,319,692 41.0 16.0 33.0 65 years and over 395,351 902,503 1,297,854 14.6 70.7 32.5 2,716,877 1,276,782 3,993,659 100.0 100.0 100.0 Total Institutional Population Under 20 years 726,789 826,306 1,553,095 33.9 44.6 38.9 20 to 34 years 942,190 732,340 1,674,530 44.0 39.5 41.9 35 to 64 years 414,114 192,073 606,187 19.3 10.4 15.2 65 years and over 58,240 101,612 159,852 2.7 5.5 4.0 2,141,333 1,852,331 3,993,664 100.0 100.0 100.0 Noninstitutional Population SOURCE: U.S. Census Bureau 2010 Summary File 1 (PCO2 and PCO7)
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Marital status Correctional facilities and college dorms have high never married rates. Nursing homes have high widowed rates.
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Changes made to the ACS questionnaires over the years have been relatively small. Some new questions have been added to the ACS, including health insurance coverage, marital history, Veterans Administration serviceconnected disability rating, and field of college degree.
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Data collection in federal prisons is completed during a 4-month period, from September through December. The Bureau of Prisons provides a list of inmates to the Census Bureau and conducts security clearances of field representatives who will be visiting these facilities.
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30 SMALL POPULATIONS, LARGE EFFECTS BOX 2-3 Topics Covered in the 2011 ACS Questionnaires HOUSING UNIT QUESTIONNAIRE GROUP QUARTERS QUESTIONNAIRE Demographic Characteristics Demographic Characteristics Age Age Sex Sex Hispanic origin Hispanic origin Race Race Relationship to householder Economic Characteristics Economic Characteristics Income Income Food stamps benefit Food stamps benefit Labor force status Labor force status Industry, occupation, and class of Industry, occupation, and class of worker worker Place of work and journey to work Place of work and journey to work Work status last year Work status last year Health insurance coverage Health insurance coverage Social Characteristics Social Characteristics Ancestry Ancestry Place of birth, citizenship, and year Place of birth, citizenship, and year of entry to United States of entry to United States Language spoken at home Language spoken at home Educational attainment and school Educational attainment and school enrollment enrollment Undergraduate field of degree Undergraduate field of degree Residence one year ago Residence one year ago Marital status and marital history Marital status and marital history Fertility Fertility Grandparents as caregivers Grandparents as caregivers Veteran status, period of military Veteran status, period of military service, and Veterans Administra- service, and Veterans Administra tion service-connected disability tion service-connected disability rating rating Disability Disability Housing -- Physical Characteristics Year structure built Units in structure Year moved into unit Rooms Bedrooms Kitchen facilities Plumbing facilities
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Census Bureau American Community Survey Questionnaire Archive. Avail able: http://www.census.gov/acs/www/methodology/questionnaire_archive/.
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