Data Processing in Census 2000

By Cooper, Kathleen B.

Book Id: WPLBN0000582345
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Title:	Data Processing in Census 2000
Author:	Cooper, Kathleen B.
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Language:	English
Subject:	Government publications, Census., Census report
Collections:	U.S. Census Bureau Collection
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Publisher:	U.S. Census Bureau Department


Citation APA MLA Chicago Cooper, K. B. (n.d.). Data Processing in Census 2000. Retrieved from http://gutenberg.cc/

Description
Statistical Reference Document

Excerpt
Excerpt: The Data Processing Topic Report provides a synthesis of the results, recommendations and lessons learned from the Census 2000 post-data capture data processing. The Census 2000 incorporated varied methods of data collection and data capture. Once census data were collected and captured a collection of interdependent processes were implemented to organize and integrate the data. These processes accomplished the tasks of organizing and integrating individual responses to the census, editing and coding data, integrating geographic data with census response data, identifying and geocoding addresses added through enumeration activities, identifying the best data to represent each household and group quarters, determining the final Census housing universe and ultimately the Census population based on all available data.

Table of Contents
Contents Foreword . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .v 1. Background . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 1.1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 1.2 Data processing background . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 2. Methods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7 2.1 Decennial Management Division (DMD) operational assessments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 2.2 Census 2000 evaluations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7 3. Limitations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9 3.1 General limitations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9 3.2 Evaluation L.2 - Operational Analysis of the Decennial Response File Linking and Setting of Housing Unit Status and Expected Household Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9 3.3 Evaluation L.4 - Census Unedited file creation . . . . . . . . . .9 4. Results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11 4.1 Decennial Response File - Phase 1 (DRF1) . . . . . . . . . . . .11 4.2 Decennial Response File - Phase 2 (DRF2) . . . . . . . . . . . .12 4.3 Hundred percent census unedited file for housing units .17 4.4 Non-ID addresses processing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18 4.5 Group quarters processing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19 5. Conclusions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21 5.1 Processing systems design architecture . . . . . . . . . . . . .21 5.2 Development . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21 5.3 Quality Assurance processes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22 5.4 Non-ID processing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22 5.5 Count imputation of housing unit status . . . . . . . . . . . .22 5.6 Primary selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23 6. Recommendations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25 References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27 LIST OF TABLES Table 1. Number of response records comprising a return . . . . .13 Table 2. Housing unit status by type of return . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13 Table 3. Formation of PSA households at addresses with two returns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15 Table 4. Combinations of return types for PSA households with two returns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16 Table 5. Source of housing unit status for DMAF addresses . . . . .17