Population

What Do We Know About The Undercount of Children?

There is a pressing need for statistics to inform policy makers of the size and characteristics of the nation's children.

Access Denied: Changes in Computer Ownership and Use: 1984-1997

This report is from the 1999 CPS questions about Computer and Internet Use.

Evaluaiton of Accuracy of U.S. Census Bureau

Population Estimates Methods Conference - June 8, 1999 Papers and Presentations

Development of a National Accounting of Address and Housing Inventory

Population Estimates Methods Conference - June 8, 1999 Papers and Presentations

On the Measurement of Accuracy for Subnational Demographic Estimates

Population Estimates Methods Conference - June 8, 1999 Papers and Presentations

Overview of California's County Population Estimating Methods

Population Estimates Methods Conference - June 8, 1999 Papers and Presentations

Population Estimates for Very Small Areas in the UK

The major part of this paper reproduces a summary of the evidence and conclusions from an extensive study of small area population estimates in Britain.

Review of Administrative Records and Ratio-Correlation Methods

Population Estimates Methods Conference - June 8, 1999 Papers and Presentations.

Case Study of 1990 Population Estimates in Florida

Population Estimates Methods Conference - June 8, 1999 Papers and Presentations

Spatially Arrayed Growth Forces and Small Area Population Estimates

The enterprise of making small-area population estimates rests on a foundation composed of both methodology and data.

Design Alternatives for Building Block Estimates

The Census Bureau has been involved in a major research effort directed towards the expansion of administrative records utilization since 1996.

Testing Population Estimation Models in Virginia

Population Estimates Methods Conference - June 8, 1999. Papers and Presentations

Evaluation of Texas Population Estimates and Projections Program: 1990

Population estimates and projections are difficult to complete with accuracy for small areas.

Using Water Demand to Determine Population Estimates: Kansas

In Kansas, population estimates and projections are widely used by state agencies, local governments, and individuals.

Racial-Ethnic and Gender Differences in Cohabitation and Marriage

Explores the relationship between earnings and cohabitation as well as other marital statuses across racial-ethnic groups for men and women.

Is Childlessness Among American Women on the Rise?

Examines the trends in childlessness from 1980 to 1998 and identifies which socioeconomic groups have experienced the most significant changes.

How Does POSSLQ Measure Up?

An overview of the indirect and direct methods used to measure cohabitation prevalence.

Evaluation of Relationship, Marital Status, and Grandparents Items

Examines the items on relationship-to-householder, grandparents-as-caregivers, and marital status using the current version of the Census Unedited File (CUF).

Unbinding the Ties

Assesses current Census Bureau edit procedures for marital status and household relationship among same gender couples.

Context Effects for Census Measures of Race and Hispanic Origin

This paper reports on the results of a split-ballot experiment conducted in 1987 to test alternative versions of the decennial census long form.