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Reducing Respondent Burden in the American Community Survey: A Feasibility Assessment of Methods to Ask Survey Questions Less Frequently or of Fewer Respondents
Reducing Respondent Burden in the American Community Survey: A Feasibility Assessment of Methods to Ask Survey Questions Less Frequently or of Fewer Respondents
This report provides an initial feasibility assessment of methods such as matrix sampling which may allow the Census Bureau to meet data needs while reducing the burden on ACS respondents. The team identified four possible approaches for further study to reduce respondent burden through asking the survey questions less frequently or of fewer respondents:
1. Periodic inclusion of questions
2. Subsampling
3. Matrix sampling
4. Administrative records hybrid
The report assesses each approach according to a set of factors that demonstrate the feasibility and impact of the method, and makes recommendations for next steps and additional research.
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