Ethnographic Evaluation of the 1990 Decennial Census Report Series Report #8 Alternative Enumeration of Haitians in Miami, Florida

By Stepick, Alex

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Title:	Ethnographic Evaluation of the 1990 Decennial Census Report Series Report #8 Alternative Enumeration of Haitians in Miami, Florida
Author:	Stepick, Alex
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Language:	English
Subject:	Government publications, Census., Census report
Collections:	Government Library Collection, U.S. Census Bureau Collection
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Publisher:	United States Census Bureau Department


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Description
Statistical Reference Document

Excerpt
Introduction: The following report is submitted as the ethnographic coverage evaluation report accompanying the coded ?resolution? of differences between the census and the Alternative Enumeration of two blocks in the City of Miami, Florida, where Haitians are the predominant ethnic group. Information relevant to this coverage report appears in the final report submitted for the ethnographic research on the possible undercount of Haitians in Miami, entitled ?What?s in it for Me? What?s in it for You??. That research was conducted under Joint Statistical Agreement 88-26 with technical guidance from the Center for Survey Methods Research, Bureau of the Census. We will refer to that earlier report as Stepick and Dutton Stepick 1990. Rather than repeat information in that background report, this report will be confined to updating information or relating information not included in the previous report, and that specifically deals with the Alternative Enumeration.

Table of Contents
TABLEOFCONTENTS INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 SITEPROFILE ............................................. 1 General Background: Little Haiti, The Neighborhood .................. 1 Potentially Confusing Cultural Issues ............................ 3 Tenancy - Garage apartments, subdivided houses and home buying .............................................. 3 Immigration Status ...................................... 3 Temporary residence for ?just comes? .......................... 4 Taking in children ...................................... 4 Haitian cousins ........................................ 5 Marriage styles ........................................ 5 Haitian names ......................................... 6 Race and Ethnicity ...................................... 6 Discrimination ......................................... 7 METHODS ................................................ 8 Factors Influencing Site Selection .............................. 8 Roles and Contributions of Researchers and Assistants ................. 9 Dates of the AE and Follow-up Fieldwork ......................... 10 Extraordinary Events Affecting Censusing and the AE ................. 10 Political change in Haiti ................................... 10 Immigration and Reform Control Act ........................... 10 Localized riots ......................................... 10 Hypotheses ............................................ 11 QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS ..................................... 11 Missed Housing Units ..................................... 12 Missing Persons ......................................... 13 A Rough Count ......................................... 14 Differences in Demographic Information .......................... 14 CONCLUSIONS.............................................15 REFERENCES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...17