Meeting 21St Century Demographic Data Needs Implementing the American Community Survey: July 2001

By U. S. Census Bureau Department

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Title:	Meeting 21St Century Demographic Data Needs Implementing the American Community Survey: July 2001
Author:	U. S. Census Bureau Department
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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 Bureau Department, U. C. (n.d.). Meeting 21St Century Demographic Data Needs Implementing the American Community Survey: July 2001. Retrieved from http://gutenberg.cc/

Description
Statistical Reference Document

Excerpt
Excerpt: The American Community Survey (ACS) is indispensable to the successful reengineering of the 2010 census design and has proven operationally feasible for nationwide implementation in 2003. To meet the challenges of rapid demographic and technological change and in response to stakeholders? requests, Census Bureau managers have concluded that the design of the decennial census must be simplified and long form data collection must be more timely. Therefore, rather than occurring as part of the decennial census, collection of demographic and socioeconomic data will be ongoing throughout the decade via the ACS. In 2000, a critical test of operational feasibility for the ACS--the Census 2000 Supplemental Survey (C2SS)?was successfully conducted in an additional 1,203 counties nationwide.

Table of Contents
Table of Contents Executive Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Overview and Purpose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Decennial census planners continue to confront the challenge of change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 The American Community Survey?the response to stakeholder needs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 The American Community Survey?Crucial to a Successful 2010 Census Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 The American Community Survey will improve planning and simplify the 2010 decennial census design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Implementing the American Community Survey?supported by the MAF/TIGER modernization?will potentially improve decennial census coverage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 The American Community Survey Development Program?Reflecting a Changing America . . . . . . . . . 9 The American Community Survey has been designed to collect detailed demographic and housing information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 The American Community Survey development program provides current, timely information essential for governing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Communities continue to benefit from the American Community Survey development program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 The American Community Survey development program is improving the federal statistical system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Nationwide Implementation?the C2SS?was Successful . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Overview of data collection and processing activities provide insight into operational complexity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Workload projections for the C2SS were achieved . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 An effective strategy allowed the C2SS to collect much of the survey data by mail . . . . . . . . 17 Telephone Questionnaire Assistance and Edit Follow-up activities were completed although staffing limitations caused some delays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 The quality assurance process for data entry ensured accurate capture of mail returns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Computer-Assisted Telephone Interviews were conducted on schedule, successfully reducing the workload for personal visit followup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Personal visit interviewing was completed on schedule with a high rate of response . . . . . . . 22 Total survey response rates remained high in 2000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Timely release of C2SS data products is expected . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Conclusions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24