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Decennial Census of Population and Housing Working Papers

Working papers are intended to make results of Census Bureau research available to others and to encourage discussion on a variety of topics. They have not undergone a review and editorial process generally accorded official Census Bureau publications.



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Working Paper
American Indians in the San Francisco Bay Area and the 1990 Census
This is the final report of ethnographic research begun in 1989 focused on the dynamics of the 1990 census.


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Coverage Differences in a Mixed Neighborhood in Hartford, Connecticut
Hartford, the fourth poorest city in the country, is the capital of Connecticut, one of the wealthiest states in the country.


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The Simplified Questionnaire Test (SQT) Item Nonresponse Evaluation
The 1992 SQT was developed to evaluate alternative short form designs in an effort to improve response rates in future censuses.


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Who Fills Out the Census Form?
Pre-1990 census test in which the characteristics of the respondent were captured and coded to paint a demographic portrait of the census respondent.


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Alternative Enumeration among Korean Americans in Queens, New York
The first wave of Korean immigrants to the U.S. took place between 1903-1905.


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An Alternative Enumeration of a Heterogeneous Population
In this ethnographic profile we discuss some sociocultural factors that we regard as relevant to the outcome of censusing at our site.


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Alternative Enumeration of Haitians in Miami, Florida
This report is the ethnographic coverage evaluation report accompanying the “resolution” of differences between the census and Alternative Enumeration.


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An Ethnographic Analysis of Factors Leading to Census Undercount
This is the final report on the research done for the Joint Statistical Agreement between the Census Bureau and the United Cambodian Community.


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Assessment of S-Night Street Enumeration in the 1990 Census
The Census Bureau conducted "Shelter and Street-Night" to count components of the homeless population in emergency shelters and street locations.


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Behavioral Causes of Census Undercount of Undocumented Immigrants
This is the final report on the behavioral causes of census undercount of undocumented Latino immigrants in a heterogeneous urban neighborhood.


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Behavioral Causes of Undercount - Woodburn, Oregon
This coverage report presents the findings of an Alternative Enumeration (AE) conducted in Woodburn, Oregon, for the U.S. Census Bureau.


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Behavioral Causes of Undercount in a Black Ghetto of Flint, Michigan
The City of Flint, Michigan, the location of the Alternative Enumeration (AE), experienced a demographic shift from the 1970’s through the 1980’s.


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Behavioral Causes of Undercount in the Community of Sherman Heights
This study is part of a larger research effort sponsored by the Census to help understand the forces which play a role in the differential census undercount.


Working Paper
Bicentennial Census of a Mixed Neighborhood in Carbondale, Illinois
This site experienced the highest residential mobility of any where an Alternative Enumeration (AE) was conducted.


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Census Ethnographic Research Project: Isleta Pueblo, New Mexico
Census coverage and enumeration strategies in the rural American Indian reservation community of Isleta are discussed in this Ethnographic Evaluation.


Working Paper
Census Undercount, Underground Economy and Undocumented Migration
Many people conceal personal information from strangers because the latter might use that knowledge to harm them.


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Coverage Differences in the Census of a Rural Minority Population
Self identification of race was reported in a community recognized as an Indian tribe by the state of North Carolina but not by the Federal government.


Working Paper
Effect of Movers on Triple System Estimation
Methods of estimat­ing movers and non-movers, cross­-classified by inclusion in census, PES, and alterna­tive list (administrative or ethnographer's lists).


Working Paper
Hispanics in a Racially and Ethnically Mixed Neighborhood
This is the final report on a study of causes of census undercount of Hispanics in a racially and ethnically mixed neighborhood.


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Immigrant & Migrant, Documented & Undocumented Farm Workers in CA
This coverage report is on an Alternative Enumeration (AE) carried-out for the Ethnographic Evaluation of the Behavioral Causes of Undercount Study.


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Resolution and Resolved Populations by Site
In this paper, we highlight the Alternative Enumeration methods used in the Ethnographic Evaluation of Behavioral Causes of Census Undercount Project.


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Results from the 1990 Alternative Questionnaire Experiment
The 1990 Alternative Questionnaire Experiment tested five newly designed census long forms during the decennial census.


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Sociocultural Behaviors Correlated with Census Undercount
This data set compiles results of the match and resolution of independent alternative enumerations collected at 29 sites.


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Undercounting Among Certain Rural Creek Indians of Oklahoma
Rural roads rutted by sheet floods, booby-trapped fields, and foot paths to homesteads were among the physical obstacles to finding houses and people.

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