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Ethnographic Evaluation of the 1990 Decennial Census: Koreatown, LA
Ethnographic Evaluation of the 1990 Decennial Census: Koreatown, LA
Working Paper Number ev1992-05
Abstract
This is the final report for one of the 29 independent Joint Statistical Agreement projects which conducted an ethnographic evaluation of the behavioral causes of undercount. All 29 studies followed common methodological guidelines. This report is based on an analysis of the results of a match between the author's Alternative Enumeration to data from the 1990 Decennial Census forms for the same site. Each ethnographic site contained about 100 housing units. Information was compiled from census forms that were recovered through October 10, 1990. This site is in Koreatown, Los Angeles, and was chosen as representing an urban, Asian (Korean)-concentrated block. Located to the west of downtown Los Angeles in Southern California, Koreatown is a symbolic location for Koreans in Southern California, the state with the largest Korean population
in the United States.
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