Coverage Measurement

Technical Papers

Demographers external and internal to the Census Bureau have made contributions to Demographic Analysis. Below are some links to additional material on Demographic Analysis.

Adlakha, Arjun L., J. Gregory Robinson, Kirsten K. West, and Antonio Bruce. 2003. “Assessment of Consistency of Census Data with Demographic Benchmarks at the Subnational Level.” Census 2000 Evaluation Series O.20. Washington, D.C.:U.S. Census Bureau.
http://www.census.gov/pred/www/rpts/O.20.pdf [407 kb]

National Research Council. 2008. Coverage Measurement in the 2010 Census. Robert M. Bell and Michael L. Cohen (editors), Panel on Coverage Evaluation and Correlation Bias in the 2010 Census, Committee on National Statistics, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
http://books.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=12524

Robinson, J. Gregory. 2001. ESCAP II: Demographic Analysis Results. Report No. 1 prepared for the Executive Steering Committee for A.C.E. Policy II. Washington, D.C.: U. S. Census Bureau.
http://www.census.gov/dmd/www/pdf/Report1.PDF [395 kb]

Robinson, J. Gregory, Bashir Ahmed, Prithwis Das Gupta, and Karen A. Woodrow. 1993. “Estimation of Population Coverage in the 1990 United States Census Based on Demographic Analysis.” 88(423): 1061-1071.
http://www.jstor.org/stable/2290799

Devine, Jason, Renuka Bhaskar, Bethany DeSalvo, J. Gregory Robinson, Melissa Scopilliti, Kirsten K. West. 2012. "The Development and Sensitivity Analysis of the 2010 Demographic Analysis Estimates." Population Division Working Paper No. 93. Washington, D.C.:U.S. Census Bureau.
http://www.census.gov/people/files/popworkingpapers/Development%20and%20Sensitivity%20Analysis%202010%20DA.pdf [1.1 MB]

Devine, Jason, Larry Sink, Bethany Desalvo, and Rachel Cortes. 2011. "The Use of Vital Statistics in the 2010 Demographic Analysis Estimates." Population Division Working Paper No. 88. Washington, D.C.:U.S. Census Bureau.
http://www.census.gov/population/www/documentation/twps0088/twps0088.pdf [544 KB]

West, Kirsten, Jason Devine, Bethany DeSalvo, and Katherine Condon. 2011. "The Use of Medicare Enrollment Data in the 2010 Demographic Analysis Estimates." Population Division Working Paper No. 89. Washington, D.C.:U.S. Census Bureau.
http://www.census.gov/population/www/documentation/twps0089/twps0089.pdf [253 KB]

Bhaskar, Renuka, Melissa Scopilliti, Frederick Hollmann, and David Armstrong. 2011. "Plans for Producing Estimates of Net International Migration for the 2010 Demographic Analysis Estimates." Population Division Working Paper No. 90. Washington, D.C.:U.S. Census Bureau.
http://www.census.gov/population/www/documentation/twps0090/twps0090.pdf [86 KB]

Robinson, J. Gregory. 2011. "Coverage of Population in Census 2000 Based on Demographic Analysis: The History Behind the Numbers." Population Division Working Paper No. 91. Washington, D.C.:U.S. Census Bureau.
http://www.census.gov/population/www/documentation/twps0091/twps0091.pdf [756 KB]