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Working Paper

Measurement Error: Relationship Status of Same-Sex Couples, 2009 ACS

December 22, 2011

Examines predictors of same-sex couples reporting their relationship as "husband or wife" using 2009 ACS 1-year internal data and logistic regression.

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Working Paper

Evaluation of Multiple Responses

November 02, 2011

Assesses respondents' multiple responses to questions requiring a single response and if ACS should continue to blank multiple responses in the mail mode.

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Working Paper

Evaluation of ACS Mail Materials and Strategy During the 2010 Census

October 26, 2011

Describes results of testing messaging and design changes to the ACS mailing materials to minimize impact of 2010 Census activities on ACS mail response rates.

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Working Paper

Evaluation of Responses to H25 - The Impact of Current Residence Rule

October 20, 2011

Project uses responses to the H25 question on the ACS questionnaire to provide information regarding the use of the current residence rule in the ACS.

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Working Paper

Comparison of the ACS Voluntary Versus Mandatory Estimates

September 27, 2011

Re-examination of data to assess if estimates produced from a voluntary ACS would differ from estimates produced from a mandatory ACS.

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Working Paper

Evaluating Use of Family Equalization for ACS Weighting Methodology

September 20, 2011

Evaluated the effects of change in weighting methodology in both the 2006 and 2007 ACS.

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Working Paper

Analysis: Variances of Estimates of the Group Quarters Population

September 20, 2011

Determines for which estimates GQ variances are highest and the effects of the higher variances and assesses why GQ population estimates have higher variances.

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Working Paper

Using Subcounty Population Estimates as Controls in Weighting for ACS

September 20, 2011

Evaluated the effects of incorporating the PEP estimates for subcounty areas into the ACS weighting process.

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Working Paper

Analysis: Alternate Variance Estimation Methods, Group Quarters Sample

September 20, 2011

Alternate variance estimation methods were compared to the successive difference replication method.

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Working Paper

Quality Measures Associated with a Voluntary American Community Survey

August 17, 2011

Provides updated information about the quality implications associated with implementing a voluntary ACS.

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Working Paper

Quantifying Discrepancies Between Diverse Multi-Year Estimates

July 19, 2011

Offesr a critique of the comparison of diverse MYEs and discusses general method based on relative percent discrepancies.

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Working Paper

Cost and Workload Implications of a Voluntary ACS

June 23, 2011

Provides updated information about the costs and workloads associated with implementing a voluntary ACS.

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Working Paper

Simulating the Effect of Filtering on 5-Year Estimates

June 22, 2011

Assessment focused on what would happen if standard ACS filtering rules were applied to the 5-year MYES data and adjusted 2005-2007 weighted data.

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Working Paper

5-year MYES Estimates: Comparison - Census 2000 Long Form Estimates

May 13, 2011

Summarizes results of projects on the potential quality or reliability of ACS 5-year data.

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Working Paper

Data Quality Filtering of Multiyear Estimates in ACS Data Products

May 13, 2011

Documents research that attempts to answer questions about ACS's filtering procedures.

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Working Paper

Comparison to Selected Housing/Financial Characteristics from 2007 AHS

April 13, 2011

Comparison of national distributions of housing and financial characteristics between the 2007 ACS and 2007 AHS.

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Working Paper

Evaluation of the Process Review Operation

February 28, 2011

Evaluation of 2008 and 2009 process review operation.

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Working Paper

Comparison of ACS Detailed Tables with Census 2000 SF3 Tables

February 23, 2011

Comparison of Detailed Tables released in Census 2000 SF3 with 2005-2009 ACS 5-year estimates.

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Working Paper

An Investigation of Data Release Rules for Medians and Zero Estimates

February 15, 2011

Examines alternatives to current release rules as they apply to 1-year and 3-year medians and zero estimates.

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