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Replacing or Supplementing the Sale of Agricultural Products Question on the ACS
Replacing or Supplementing the Sale of Agricultural Products Question on the ACS
As detailed in the report, “Agility in Action: A Snapshot of Enhancements to the American Community Survey” (U.S. Census Bureau, 2015), the U.S. Census Bureau is investigating ways of using administrative records to reduce the difficulty and length of the American Community Survey (ACS) and address the burden survey participation places on respondents. One of the questions we are investigating is the sale of agricultural products. This report explores the linkage of Internal Revenue Service (IRS) 1040 individual income tax returns from tax year 2014 to the ACS sample collected in the 2014 sample year, the presence of comparable IRS data for the ACS sale of agricultural products question, and the agreement of these IRS data with ACS self-reported and imputed responses. This research begins the evaluation to assess the potential for using Internal Revenue Service (IRS) data to replace or supplement the sale of agricultural products question on the ACS.
Others in Series
Working Paper
2020 Specialized Mail Materials Test
Learn about an experiment testing the effect on self-response of using specialized 2020 Census wording in the ACS mail contact materials during the 2020 Census.
Working Paper
Evaluation of August 2015 ACS Mail Contact Strategy Modification
Learn more about the impact on response and cost of the August 2015 mail contact strategy change.
Working Paper
Issues Related to Adding Sub-Annual Estimates to Data Products
Examines research to determine if there are estimates to approximate shorter time periods using current ACS design and estimation methodology.
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