American Community Survey staff produce item allocation rates for the nation and states. However, we do not produce final item allocation rates for the smallest tabulation geographies (i.e. Census tract and block groups), demographic subgroups, or operational categories in an easy-to-digest format. What sets the American Community Survey apart from other surveys is its ability to capture data for small areas and populations. Therefore, the purpose of this research was to provide an indicator of data quality by calculating item allocation rates for these subgroups using 2013 1-year and 2009-2013 5-year ACS data.

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Ungeocoded Delivery Sequence File Records in the ACS Sampling Frame

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Update of criterion to rely on more recent information for the area in which we use ungeocoded Delivery Sequence File records from Census 2000.

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Analysis of the Household Roster Questions on the ACS

April 07, 2017

Learn more about the household roster questions that help respondents determine who should be included as members of their household.

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Use of Optical Character Recognition to Capture Numeric Write-ins

April 10, 2014

Examines the use of optical character recognition (OCR) software to capture ACS numeric write-ins and reports on the accuracy of the OCR software.

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