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Investigating Alternative Methods to Estimate Time Use Behaviors

Wed May 18 2016

Time diary surveys collect information about the different activities the survey respondents participate in throughout the pre-selected diary day, including a general description of the activity and the amount of time spent in each activity.

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Sun May 15 2016

When interviewers administer a survey in a Computer Assisted Personal Interview (CAPI) mode, survey organizations like the U.S. Census Bureau incur great costs acquiring and maintaining devices such as laptops, tablets or cell phones for interviewers to use in the field.

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Sun May 15 2016

As a scientific investigation, evaluation of web survey usability requires sound methodology.

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Sat May 14 2016

Several U.S. Census Bureau employees with the Center for Survey Measurement’s Language and Cross-Cultural Research Group will be presenting in a special panel at the American Association for Public Opinion Research conference in Austin, Texas, this May.

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Sat May 14 2016

Communicating messages about privacy, data use and access, and confidentiality is critical to earning and keeping the trust of respondents and to ensuring their willingness to participate in surveys.

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Sat May 14 2016

Survey programs are operating in a difficult climate. Response rates for a number of major government surveys have declined. Among them is the Current Population Survey, where the response rate has fallen below 90 percent.

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Sat May 14 2016

The U.S. Census Bureau’s Planning Database is a publicly available data set derived from the 2009-2013 American Community Survey (ACS) and 2010 Census data.

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Sat May 14 2016

Many federal, state and private surveys include questions that measure health insurance coverage.

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Fri May 13 2016

The U.S. Census Bureau conducted a test of digital advertising and other communications techniques as part of the 2015 Census Test in the Savannah, Ga., test site.

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Thu May 12 2016

Research shows that using a prenotice letter is effective in increasing survey response.

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Thu May 12 2016

Medicaid enrollment figures are among the key data inputs for the Census Bureau’s Small Area Health Insurance Estimates (SAHIE) of the number of uninsured for all U.S. counties and states.

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Thu May 12 2016

Medicaid enrollment figures are among the key data inputs for the Census Bureau’s Small Area Health Insurance Estimates (SAHIE) of the number of uninsured for all U.S. counties and states.

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Survey Research Today and Tomorrow

Thu May 12 2016

The U.S. Census Bureau conducts many surveys that involve probability samples of households and businesses using frames such as the Master Address File and the Business Register.

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Tue May 10 2016

The U.S. Census Bureau conducts many surveys that involve probability samples of households and businesses using frames such as the Master Address File and the Business Register.

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Tue May 10 2016

The U.S. federal government contributed nearly $38 billion for university-based research in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) in 2014.

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Fourth Wave of 2014 Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP)

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