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2020 Census Topic Report: Potential Quality Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic
2020 Census Topic Report: Potential Quality Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic
There were numerous changes made to the 2020 Census operations in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. This document highlights the most significant changes stemming directly from the pandemic, rather than from natural disasters or litigation that also impacted how the operations unfolded. It is difficult to disentangle the effects in some places as some changes may have had multiple causes.
Please note, this document is not intended to make statements on the exact level of quality or accuracy of 2020 Census data. Attributing a specific level of data quality impact to a specific operational change or factor is not feasible. This paper does not include numerical assessments of data quality impacts attributable to operational changes made in reaction to the COVID-19 pandemic. It does, however, identify potential risks to data quality arising from COVID-19 and the steps that the Census Bureau took to mitigate those risks.
Other EAE Reports
2020 Census Evaluation: 2020 Census Tracking Survey Overview
This evaluation's goal was to track public sentiment upon 2020 Census participation and examine how attitudes and perceptions change during the outreach period.
2020 Census Operational Assessment Report: Post-Enumeration Survey Coverage Measurement Design and Estimation
This assessment report presents the key results, conclusions, and recommendations from the 2020 PES Coverage Measurement Design and Estimation Operation.
2020 Census Operational Assessment Report: Island Areas Censuses
This operational assessment report presents the key results, conclusions, and recommendations from the 2020 Island Areas Censuses operation.
2020 Census Nonresponse Followup Operational Assessment Report
This executive summary focuses on the key results, conclusions, and recommendations from the 2020 Nonresponse Followup OA Report.
2020 Census Operational Assessment Report: Non-ID Processing
This assessment report presents the results of the Non-Identification (Non-ID) Processing operation conducted during the 2020 Census.
2020 PES Final Housing Unit Followup Operational Assessment
The 2020 Final Housing Unit Followup (FHUFU) was the last field operation of the PES and consisted of FHUFU production and FHUFU quality control (QC).
Optimization of Self-Response in the 2020 Census Experiment
This experiment sought to understand the net impacts of the Optimizing Self-Response (OSR) innovation area in the 2020 Census.
2020 Census Federally Affiliated Count Overseas Operational Assessment
The purpose of this operational assessment is to document the results and challenges of implementing the operation for historical and informational purposes.
2020 PES Initial Housing Unit Followup Operational Assessment Report
This assessment documents the results of the 2020 Census PES Initial Housing Unit Followup operation and recommendations for future PES operations.
2020 PES Initial Housing Unit Matching Operational Assessment Report
This assessment documents the results of the 2020 Census PES Initial Housing Unit Matching operation and recommendations for future PES operations.
Count Review Operation Operational Assessment Report
This assessment documents the results of the 2020 Census CRO operation and recommends for future count review operations.
Nonresponse Followup Quality Assurance Results Report
The 2020 Census Nonresponse Followup (NRFU) Quality Assurance Results Report provides the results of the 2020 NRFU Quality Control program, as well as recommend
Real-Time 2020 Administrative Record Census Simulation
This experiment combined administrative record and third-party sources to produce 2020 population estimates with the same reference date as the 2020 Census.
Extending the Decennial Environment to the Mailing Materials Report
This experiment tested the effect on self-response rates of mailing materials that relied on the communications campaign and the resulting public awareness.
Item Nonresponse and Imputation Operational Assessment
This assessment documents aspects of the CQA operation related to program performance, and provides recommendations for the 2030 Census planning cycle.
Census Questionnaire Assistance Operational Assessment
This assessment documents aspects of the CQA operation related to program performance and provides recommendations for the 2030 Census planning cycle.
2020 PES Independent Listing Operational Assessment Report
This assessment documents the results of the 2020 PES Independent Listing operation and provides valuable data for the 2030 PES planning cycle.
Self-Response Rate Comparison to Estimate Decennial Environment
This evaluation estimates the effect of the decennial environment by comparing self-response rates between the 2020 Census and the 2019 Census Test.
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