Improving the American Community Survey: Proceedings of a Workshop
2019

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Since its origin 23 years ago as a pilot test conducted in four U.S. counties, the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey (ACS) has been the focus of continuous research, development, and refinement. The survey cleared critical milestones 14 years ago when it began full-scale operations, including comprehensive nationwide coverage, and 5 years later when the ACS replaced a long-form sample questionnaire in the 2010 census as a source of detailed demographic and socioeconomic information. Throughout that existence and continuing today, ACS research and testing has worked to improve the survey's conduct in the face of challenges ranging from detailed and procedural to the broad and existential.

This publication summarizes the presentations and discussion at the September 26-27, 2018, Workshop on Improving the American Community Survey (ACS), sponsored by the U.S. Census Bureau. Workshop participants explored uses of administrative records and third-party data to improve ACS operations and potential for boosting respondent participation through improved communication.

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210 pages · 6 x 9 · paperback
ISBN Paperback: 0-309-49000-6
ISBN Ebook: 0-309-49001-4
DOI: https://doi.org/10.17226/25387

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National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2019. Improving the American Community Survey: Proceedings of a Workshop. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.

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Front Matter i-xvi
1 Introduction 1-6
2 Administrative Records, Third-Party Data, and the American Community Survey 7-88
3 Increasing American Community Survey Participation Through Improved Respondent Communication 89-168
References 169-172
Appendixes 173-174
Appendix A: Workshop Agenda and Participant List 175-182
Appendix B: Biographical Sketches of Planning Committee Members and Presenters 183-192
Committee on National Statistics 193-194

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Improving the American Community Survey: Proceedings of a Workshop (2019)

Chapter: Committee on National Statistics

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