Addressing Data Collection Errors in the Fertility Question in the American Community Survey

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Working Paper Number: SEHSD-WP2016-21

Abstract

 

In recent years, a few geographic areas in the American Community Survey (ACS) data had unusually high percentages of women reported as giving birth in the past year, quite unlike what was seen in previous years for those areas. This paper describes the issue that was discovered, and the measures taken to address it.

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