Reducing response burden in the American Community Survey proceedings of a workshop / Thomas J. Plewes, rapporteur ; Committee on National Statistics, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, Medicine.
| Author/creator | Plewes, Thomas J. |
| Other author | National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (U.S.). Committee on National Statistics. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Washington, DC : The National Academies Press, [2016] |
| Description | ix, 115 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Introduction: Understanding Response Burden -- Approaches to Reducing Response Burden -- Improving Response by Building Respondent Support -- Using Administrative Records to Reduce Response Burden -- Using Improved Sampling and Other Methods to Reduce Response Burden -- Tailoring Collection of Information from Group Quarters -- Future Directions -- Appendix A. Workshop Agenda -- Appendix B. Biographical Sketches of Steering Committee Members and Presenters. |
| Abstract | In recent years, the American Community Survey (ACS) - a mandatory household survey that replaced the supplementary "long form" of the census - has seen an increase in nonresponse and criticism for invasion of privacy and excessive burden. As part of the U.S. Census Bureau's continual efforts to improve the Survey, this workshop was called to investigate response burden, focusing on four main topics: matrix sampling to reduce the number of individuals that various questions are posed to; direct substitution of information from administrative records, eliminating some questions; having a separate, reduced-size questionnaire that eliminates unreasonable questions for respondents living in group quarters; and a communication and education strategy to increase cooperation with the request to participate. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 95-97) |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Issued in other form | Plewes, Thomas J. Reducing response burden in the American Community Survey. Washington, DC : National Academies Press, [2016] 9780309449441 |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2017385336 |
| ISBN | 9780309449434 |
| ISBN | 030944943X |
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