Reducing response burden in the American Community Survey : proceedings of a workshop

Plewes, Thomas J. (rapporteur.). National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (U.S.). Committee on National Statistics. (Added Author). Workshop on Respondent Burden in the American Community Survey (2016 : Washington, D.C.) (Added Author).

Summary: 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.

Record details

ISBN: 030944943X
ISBN: 9780309449434
ISBN: 0309449448
ISBN: 9780309449441
Physical Description: 1 online resource (x, 115 pages)
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Publisher: Washington, DC : National Academies Press, [2016]
Copyright: ©2016

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General Note:	CatMonthString:february.18 Multi-User. Title from PDF title page (National Academies Press, viewed Dec. 7, 2016).
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 95-97).
Formatted Contents Note:	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.
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