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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 Operational Assessment Report: Post-Enumeration Survey Person Matching
This assessment report determines if the people rostered in the PI should be included in the P-sample and if they were enumerated.
2020 Census Operational Assessment Report: Post-Enumeration Survey Person Interview
This assessment report determines where each person should have been counted on Census Day at sample housing units.
2020 Census Topic Report: Potential Quality Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic
This topic report highlights the most significant changes made to 2020 Census operations in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
2020 Census Operational Assessment Report: Geographic Programs
This assessment report documents the Geographic Programs (GEOP), one of the 35 operations that made up the 2020 Census.
2020 Census Evaluation: Group Quarters Advance Contact
This evaluation assesses the performance of the student housing screening question used in GQAC and identifies potential changes to the screening definition.
2020 Census Operational Assessment Report: Update Leave
This assessment report provides results and analysis for the 2020 Census Update Leave (UL) operation.
2020 Census Evaluation: Investigating Digital Advertising and Online Self-Response
This evaluation evaluates the role of digital advertising in directing respondents to complete the census online.
2020 Census Evaluation: Matching 2018 Census Barriers, Attitudes, and Motivators Study (CBAMS) Survey Sample to 2020 Census Report
This evaluation uses CBAMS and the 2020 Census to evaluate the relationship between intended response behaviors and actual response behaviors.
2020 PES Final Housing Unit Matching Operational Assessment
This assessment documents what happened during the FHU Matching operation, identified lessons learned, and produced valuable data for the 2030 PES plan.
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