American Window

Includes bibliographical references (p. 215-221).

Machine generated contents note: I Letter Report -- II Interim Report -- Executive Summary -- 1 Introduction -- Charge to the Panel -- Census Oversight: A Brief Review -- Availability of Information -- March Adjustment Decision -- Scope and Limitations of this Interim Report -- 2 Evaluation Issues -- Census Data in Context -- Error -- An Evaluation Program -- Summary -- 3 Census Operations: Overview -- Developing the Master Address File -- Questionnaire Delivery and Mail Return -- Outreach -- Field Follow-Up -- Data Processing -- 4 Census Operations: Assessment -- Overall Design and Execution -- Multiple Sources for MAF -- Participation in LUCA -- Redesigned Questionnaire and Mailing Strategy -- Paid Advertising and Partnerships -- Aggressive Recruitment of Enumerators -- Use of Contractors and Improved Technology -- Increased Use of Computers -- Population Coverage -- Coverage-Related Factors -- Conclusions -- Next Steps -- 5 Demographic Analysis -- Methodology: Overview -- The 2000 Estimates -- Uncertainty in Immigration Estimates -- Estimates by Race -- Other Estimates -- Conclusions -- 6 Accuracy and Coverage Evaluation: Overview -- Coverage Patterns, 2000 and 1990 -- Dual-Systems Estimation -- A.C.E. Operations -- 7 Accuracy and Coverage Evaluation: Assessment -- Conduct and Timing -- Household Noninterviews in the P-Sample -- Missing and Unresolved Data -- Quality of Matching -- Targeted Extended Search -- Post-Stratification -- Variance Estimates -- Final Match Codes and Rates -- Gross Errors -- Conclusions -- 8 Imputations and Late Additions -- A Puzzle -- People Requiring Imputation -- Late Additions -- Conclusions -- A Census Operations -- Master Address File -- Questionnaire Delivery and Mail Return -- Field Follow-Up -- Outreach Efforts -- Data Processing -- B Mail Returns -- Quality in 1990 -- Quality in 2000 -- 1990-2000 Differences in Mail Return Rates -- Conclusion -- C A.C.E. Operations -- Sampling, Address Listing, and Housing Unit Match -- P-Sample Interviewing -- Initial Matching and Targeted Extended Search -- Field Follow-Up and Final Matching -- Weighting and Imputation -- Post-Strata Estimation -- Glossary -- References -- Biographical Sketches of Panel Members and Staff.