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Evaluation of the Effect on Item Nonresponse of Changes to the Failed Edit Follow-up Operation
Evaluation of the Effect on Item Nonresponse of Changes to the Failed Edit Follow-up Operation
Over the last two years, the American Community Survey has made changes to its data collection operations. On October 1, 2012, the ACS reduced the scope of the Failed Edit Follow-up operation, resulting in substantially fewer incomplete self-response returns going to follow-up. In addition, we added a new mode of data collection starting with the January 2013 ACS panel, allowing respondents to complete the survey over the Internet. Because of these changes, we expected to see differences in item nonresponse. We compared item allocation rates prior to the changes to item allocation rates after the changes were made and found the reduction in follow-up resulted in higher allocation rates. The addition of the Internet mode helped lower the allocation rates for many of the items in the housing section of the survey, however the new mode resulted in even higher allocation rates for the items in the detailed population section of the survey.
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Working Paper
An Examination of Self-Response for Hard-to-Interview Groups
Examines how adding the Internet option affected self-response levels for groups that have been more difficult to interview.
Working Paper
Understanding Changes in Bachelor's Degree Attainment
This working paper uses ACS 5-year datasets to examine county-level changes in educational attainment from 2005 to 2019.
Working Paper
Results from the April 2011 Puerto Rico Community Survey Internet Test
Summarizes results of the PRCS Internet Test conducted in April 2011.
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