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1 Introduction: Understanding Response Burden
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... . Moreover, even when people agree to respond to a survey, they increasingly decline to complete all questions, and both survey and item nonresponse are growing problems (National Research Council, 2013b)
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... Department of Commerce budget, a senator expressed concerns regarding the length of the ACS and asked why the Census Bureau could not get the necessary information from the private sector. At the same time, the House of Representatives passed appropriations bills in 2014 and 2015 that would have turned the ACS into a voluntary, instead of mandatory, survey.
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... It is used to allocate $400 billion of federal funds a year, and it is the only source of consistent data for many population groups, such as veterans." He also noted its importance to businesses: For example, at a White House event he attended, a number of technology companies reported on projects that combine ACS data with data for cities and other indicators. The companies had developed a rich array of applications, including one to create opportunities for disadvantaged individuals and identify schools that produced the right kind of skills and another to identify locations of affordable housing within reasonable distance of available jobs.
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... The agenda for the 2-day Workshop on Respondent Burden in the American Community Survey is in Appendix A, and biographical sketches of the steering committee and presenters are in Appendix B
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  • opening remarks
  • plumbing facilities
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  • acs data

  • director constance
  • acs questions
  • committee cochair
  • combine acs
  • cnstat director

  • director john
  • response rates
  • acs burden
  • bureau director
  • defines response

  • acs content
  • marizes methods
  • reasonable distance
  • giving rise
  • disadvantaged individuals

  • cochair joseph
  • available jobs
  • item nonresponse
  • john thompson
  • create opportunities


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