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Sociocultural Behaviors Correlated with Census Undercount

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Sociocultural Behaviors Correlated with Census Undercount

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The next set of papers analyze the ethnographic sample. This data set compiles results of the match and resolution of independent alternative enumerations collected at 29 sites to the 1990 Decennial Census information keyed from census forms. Sites were in the continental United States and Puerto Rico. This was our final sample design:

SEE  FIGURE  II  SAMPLE  DESIGN

WITH % RACE/ETHNIC

The method of conducting and matching Alternative Enumerations to the census and resolving the Census Day status of all persons and housing units enumerated in either source is described in other papers. This sample was purposefully selected to find places where we could study behavioral correlates of undercount.

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Working Paper
Resolution and Resolved Populations by Site
January 01, 1992
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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Accurate Address Listings to Improve Housing and Population Counts
January 01, 1993
This report compares the addresses listed, housing identified and the persons enumerated in sample areas for which we have three sources.
Working Paper
Categories of Faunal and Floral Economic Resources
January 01, 1996
Statistical categories were developed from common names for Amazonian animals and plants hunted, gathered, and raised given as answers to open-ended questions.
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