The purpose of the Post-Enumeration Survey is to measure the accuracy of the census. The survey measures the accuracy of the census by independently surveying a sample of the population.
The U.S. Census Bureau has used post-enumeration surveys with dual system estimation to measure coverage in the Decennial Censuses of Population and Housing since 1980. This approach involves case-by-case matching of people in an independent survey with people in the census to determine who was missed or counted in error.
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The post-enumeration survey-based coverage measurement program associated with the 2010 Census was called Census Coverage Measurement (CCM).
The primary goal of the 2010 CCM program was to measure coverage error in the 2010 Census such that this information could be used to improve the coverage of future censuses. As a result, the scope of coverage measurement was broader and the emphasis was different than it had been in the past. Specifically, the 2010 CCM goals were to:
The U.S. Census Bureau conducted a 2010 Census Coverage Measurement (CCM) Workshop on January 12-13, 2009, in Washington, D.C. Invited experts in the field of coverage measurement attended along with Census Bureau coverage measurement staff. The purpose of the workshop was to review the estimation methodology the Census Bureau planned to use for the CCM program and obtain input on those plans.
The following documents were provided to all participants prior to the workshop.
Welcome
David Whitford
Panel Presentation and Q&A
Moderator: David Whitford
Patrick Cantwell
Tamara Adams
Thomas Mule | Presentation [PDF <1.0 MB]
Burton Reist | Presentation [PDF <1.0 MB]
Discussants
Alan Zaslavsky
Kirk Wolter | Presentation [PDF <1.0 MB]
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Thursday, May 17, 11 a.m. (EDT)