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Ethnographic Exploratory Research Report Series (EX) Working Papers

The Ethnographic Exploratory Research Report Series (EX) discuss the ethnography of certain patterns of behavior in defined U.S. socio-cultural groups which may affect census coverage.


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American Indians in the San Francisco Bay Area and the 1990 Census
This is the final report of ethnographic research begun in 1989 focused on the dynamics of the 1990 census.


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An Ethnographic Evaluation of Street-to-System Cycling
The purpose of this research was to explore how undercount bias was affected by the street lifestyles.


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History, Social Organization, & Factors that Contribute to Undercount
The history and social organization of the American Indian community in the San Francisco Bay area of California illustrates the situation of urban Indians.


Working Paper
The Impact of Family Structure Variations Among Black Families
This section reviews the general theoretical study of black family structure.


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Study of Persons in Households in Selected NYC Neighborhoods
The purpose of the project was to determine whether reanalysis of ethnographic data would show that the Census Bureau had undercounted persons in households.


Working Paper
Barriers to Censusing Southeast Asian Refugees
This report details the results of a study to determine barriers to censusing of SEAR refugees in the United States.


Working Paper
An Ethnography of Koreans in Queens, New York
The first wave of Korean immigrants to the U.S. took place between 1903-1905.


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Ethnographic Research on the Possible Undercount of Haitians in Miami
This Final Report delineates factors that contribute to a census undercount of Haitians in the Little Haiti section of Miami, Florida.


Working Paper
Analysis of Concealment in the Underground Economy
The hypotheses and the data and conclusions presented are the result of fieldwork undertaken in Spanish Harlmen.


Working Paper
Finding and Enumeration Migrants in Mexican Enclaves
This study focuses on the behavior patterns of migrants and immigrants in the Mexican enclaves of Chester county.


Working Paper
Summary Report of Four Focus Groups on Migrant Worker Enumeration
The Census Bureau conducted four focus groups in order to collect information on barriers to the enumeration of migrant farm workers.


Working Paper
Toward the Social Meaning of the Census to the Inner City Poor
This essay by a noted sociologist examines the social meaning of the census for Black underclass residents of Philadelphia.


Working Paper
Health and Mental Health among Mexican-American Migrant Workers
This report is one of five exploratory ethnomedical studies sponsored by the Census Bureau and funded by National Center for Health Statistics.


Working Paper
Census Coverage Error Among Low Income Black Households
This qualitative study is based on ethnographic interviews the author conducted with 23 informants in the winter of 1986-87.


Working Paper
Using Ethnographic Data to Evaluate Dual System Estimates
Administrative or ethnographic lists provide a third source of names and addresses.


Working Paper
The Impact of Family Structure Variations among Black Families
Part one of the Joint Statistical Agreement extensively explored the literature related to family structure variations among Black Americans.


Working Paper
An Ethnographic Study of Homeless in Windham, Connecticut
Windham, Connecticut is an ethnically diverse community of 21,062 people.


Working Paper
Social Context of the 1990 Decennial Census
This paper discusses the implementation of the 1990 Decennial Census at the Akwesasne Reservation.


Working Paper
Sociolinguistic Analysis of Mexican-American Patterns
The objective of this study was to explore the reasons for potential undercount.


Working Paper
Census-Related Behavior of Southeast Asian Refugees in the U.S.
Since 1975, almost 850,000 Southeast Asian refugees have been admitted to the United States.


Working Paper
Residence Patterns at the St. Regis Reservation
This paper presents a discussion of residence patterns and mobility at the Akwesasne Reservation.


Working Paper
The Census Process at St. Regis Reservation
This paper presents a report and analysis of the potential problems leading to census undercounts at the St. Regis Mohawk reservation.


Working Paper
Research Hypotheses Concerning Behavior of Southeast Asian Refugees
This report proposes preliminary hypotheses being generated by a 15-month ethnographic study of Lowland Lao refugees in St. Louis.


Working Paper
Counting Migrant Farm Workers in the Northeastern U.S.
Analyzes the demographic, migratory, work, and service use patterns of farmworkers to discover possible causes of census omissions, and to suggest improvements.


Working Paper
Immigrant and Migrant Farm Workers in the Santa Maria Valley, CA
Ethnographic interviews with immigrant and migrant agricultural workers on their migratory and employment histories, housing arrangements, and more.


Working Paper
Missing Men: A Comparative Methodological Study of Underenumeration
Comparison of interview-survey research with data produced by the participant-observational method of ethnography and cultural anthropology.


Working Paper
Effect of Movers on Triple System Estimation
Methods of estimat­ing movers and non-movers, cross­-classified by inclusion in census, PES, and alterna­tive list (administrative or ethnographer's lists).

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