The Update Enumerate operation assigned enumerators to interview and update addresses in selected rural areas. These interviews were completed on paper questionnaires and collected information on housing unit status, population count at the address, and demographic data about the people living at the housing unit. All completed questionnaires were returned to the Local Census Office for check-in and subsequently shipped to a data capture center. The Update Enumerate quality assurance program ensured the Update Enumerate enumerators understood and followed interviewing and listing procedures through enumerator observations, a separate reinterview operation of enumerators to detect and deter falsification, a Dependent Quality Control Check of production listing work, and through Delete Verification. A Final Delete Verification was also conducted to verify addresses deleted for the first time by a quality control enumerator.

Others in Series

Publication

2010 Census Enumeration at Transitory Locations Quality Profile

June 29, 2012

Results of the 2010 Census Enumeration at Transitory Locations Reinterview Operation.

Publication

2010 Census Race Hispanic Origin Alternative Questionnaire Exp Report

February 18, 2013

Results of 2010 Census Race & Hispanic Origin AQE to improve the race and Hispanic origin questions.

Publication

2010 Census Field Office Administration and Payroll Assessment

July 12, 2012

Assessment of the hiring, training, and paying of 857,185 census workers to complete the 2010 Census.

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