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Use of Administrative Records to Replace or Enhance the Facilities & Fuel Type Questions on the American Community Survey
Use of Administrative Records to Replace or Enhance the Facilities & Fuel Type Questions on the American Community Survey
As detailed in the report, “Agility in Action 2.0: A Snapshot of Enhancements to the American Community Survey” (U.S. Census Bureau, 2017), the Census Bureau is investigating ways to reduce the difficulty and length of the American Community Survey (ACS) using administrative records. The ACS questions under investigation include utilities, appliances, and fuel type. The research described in this report begins the evaluation of whether an identified administrative records source has data of sufficient coverage and quality to allow the removal of these questions on the ACS. Alternatively, we may find the administrative record source sufficient only to serve as a supplement to data provided by respondents to fill in missing responses or enhance editing routines. A Census Bureau team will use this report and conduct additional research to make recommendations on how best to integrate administrative sources into the ACS.
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2010 Evaluation Report Covering Wages
Results of proposed changes to the wages content as tested in the 2010 American Community Survey Content Test.
Working Paper
Using 2010 Census Data to Improve ACS Estimates of Group Quarters
Aimed to establish that new methodology improved the usability of estimates for census tracts.
Working Paper
Replicate Weight-Based Methods: Imputation Variance in Mass Imputation
Details the methodology developed for the 2011 ACS data products to account for imputation methodology within the current variance estimation framework.
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