Research Reports and Studies

Ethnographic Evaluation of the 1990 Decennial Census Reports (EV)

To communicate and document certain results from work done primarily by staff of the Statistical Research Division, we offer a number of research reports on topics in statistics, computing, and survey methodology.

This series, the Ethnographic Evaluation of the 1990 Decennial Census Reports (EV) discuss behavioral causes and correlates of undercount in the decennial census among Blacks, Hispanics, American Indians, recent immigrants from Asia, and undocumented immigrants primarily from Latin America and Haiti.

Note that the title of each paper serves as a link to the file. A link to the paper's abstract is also provided in most cases.

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Papers from the Research Report series can also be viewed by author and by year

To request a hardcopy of any of the papers listed below, write to Chad.Eric.Russell@census.gov. Please include your name, address, and the title of the paper in your request.

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1993

• Racial/Ethnic Homogeneity of Neighborhoods and Variation in Census Coverage of African Americans , (about 703KB) by Patricia A. Bell (EV93/39)
• A Multivariate Analysis of the Census Omission of Hispanics and Non-Hispanic Whites, Wlacks, Asians, and American Indians: Evidence from Small Area Ethnographic Studies , (about 803KB) by Manuel de la Puente (EV93/38)
• The Myth of the Man Under the Bed , (about 616KB) by Leslie A. Brownrigg and Peter Wobus (EV93/32)
• Undercount of Black Inner City Residents of New Orleans, Louisiana , (about 33KB) by Thomas Durant, Lenus Jack, and Peter Wobus (TR) (EV93/27)
  Also available in PostScript (about 438KB)
• Alternative Enumeration of Undocumented Salvadorans on Long Island , (about 1.36MB) by Sarah Mahler and Manuel de la Puente (TR) (EV93/26)

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1992

• Concentrated Urban Haitians - Documented/Undocumented , (about 66KB) by Judith Wingerd (EV92/07)
• Ethnographic Evaluation of the Behavioral Causes of Undercount - Woodburn, Oregon , (about 46KB) by Martin Dale Montoya and Manuel de la Puente (TR) (EV92/25)
• Ethnographic Evaluation of the Behavioral Causes of Undercount in a Black Ghetto of Flint, Michigan , (about 33KB) by Joseph Darden, Linda Jones, Julianne Price, and Leslie A. Brownrigg (EV92/24)
  Also available in PostScript (about 433KB)
• Ethnographic Research Project: Isleta Pueblo, New Mexico , (about 2.73MB) by Theodore Jojola and Leslie A. Brownrigg (TR) (EV92/23)
  Abstract
• Ethnographic Evaluation of the Behavioral Causes of Undercount in the Community of Sherman Heights, San Diego, California , (about 56KB) by Alfredo Velasco and Manuel de la Puente (TR) (EV92/22)
• Coverage Differences in a Mixed Neighborhood in Hartford, Connecticut , (about 1.14MB) by Nawal Ammar and Peter Wobus (TR) (EV92/21)
• Coverage Differences in the Census of a Rural Minority Population in North Carolina: The Little Branch Area of the Waccamaw Sioux Tribe , (about 2.05MB) by Patricia Lerch and Leslie A. Brownrigg (TR) (EV92/20)
  Abstract
• The Bicentennial Census of a Mixed Neighborhood in Carbondale, Illinois , (about 35KB) by Fred R. Isberner and Leslie A. Brownrigg (TR) (EV92/19)
  Abstract   −   Also available in PostScript (about 457KB)
• Ethnographic Evaluation of Behavioral Causes of Census Undercount of Undocumented Immigrants and Salvadorans in the Mission District of San Francisco, California , (about 59KB) by Mary Romero and Manuel de la Puente (TR) (EV92/18)
• The Census Undercount, the Underground Economy and Undocumented Migration: The Case of Dominicans in Santruce, Puerto Rico , (about 82KB) by Jorge Duany and Manuel de la Puente (TR) (EV92/17)
  Also available in PostScript (about 1.05MB)
• Hispanics in a Racially and Ethnically Mixed Neighborhood in the Greater Metropolitan New Orleans Area , (about 71KB) by Karen Bracken and Manuel de la Puente (TR) (EV92/16)
• Ethnography of Alternative Enumeration among Korean Americans in Queens, New York , (about 3.15MB) by Tai S. Kang and Peter Wobus (TR) (EV92/15)
• Asian Americans in a Mixed Neighborhood: A Longitudinal Study , (about 962KB) by Ann M. Rynearson, Thomas A. Gosebrink, and Peter Wobus (TR) (EV92/14)
• An Alternative Enumeration of a Heterogeneous Population in a San Francisco Housing Project , (about 1.36MB) by Tom Shaw, Patricia Guthrie, and Peter Wobus (TR) (EV92/13)
• Counting the Uncountable: Immigrant and Migrant, Documented and Undocumented Farm Workers in California , (about 88KB) by Victor Garcia and Leslie A. Brownrigg (TR) (EV92/12)
• Determine Extent of Census Undercounting Among Certain Rural Creek Indians of Oklahoma: Coverage Evaluation Report for the US Census Bureau , (about 25KB) by John H. Moore and Leslie A. Brownrigg (TR) (EV92/10)
  Abstract   −   Also available in PostScript (about 293KB)
• The Cambodian Community of Long Beach: An Ethnographic Analysis of Factors Leading to Census Undercount , (about 2.08MB) by Pamela A. Bunte, Rebecca M. Joseph, and Peter Wobus (TR) (EV92/09)
• Alternative Enumeration of Haitians in Miami, Florida , (about 1.91MB) by Alex Stepick and Carol Stepick (EV92/08)
• Koreatown, Los Angeles Alternative Enumeration , (about 2.37MB) by Eun-Young Kim and Peter Wobus (TR) (EV92/05)

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1991

• Ethnographic Follow-up of a Predominantly African American Population in a Sample Area in Central Harlem, New York City: Behavioral Causes of the Undercount of the 1990 Census , (about 62KB) by Ansley Hamid (EV91/11)
  Also available in PostScript (about 794KB)
• Behavioral Causes of Census Undercount in New York City's Chinatown , (about 4.00MB) by Betty Lee Sung and Peter Wobus (TR) (EV91/06)
• Residential Patterns in a Rural Black Community , (about 1.78MB) by Patricia A. Bell and Leslie A. Brownrigg (TR) (EV91/04)
• Investigating Census Coverage and Content Among the Undocumented: An Ethnographic Study of Latin Tenants in Houston, Texas , (about 62KB) by Nestor P. Rodriguez, Jacqueline S. Hagan, and Manuel de la Puente (TR) (EV91/03)
• The Bicentennial Census in a Mixed Neighborhood in Chicago , (about 55KB) by Terry Anne Straus and Leslie A. Brownrigg (TR) (EV91/02)
  Abstract   −   Also available in PostScript (about 713KB)
• A Community-based Study of the Census Undercount in a Racially Mixed Area , (about 60KB) by Joyce Aschenbrenner (EV91/01)
  Abstract   −   Also available in PostScript (about 744KB)

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1990

• As Simple as One, Two, Three: Census Undernumeration among the American Indians and Alaska Natives , (about 1.42MB) by Carol Lujan (EV90/19)

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1989

• Results of Ethnographic Studies of 1988 Dress Rehearsal Census Coverage , (about 863KB) by Leslie A. Brownrigg, Elizabeth A. Martin, and Robert E. Fay (EV89/09)

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