Modernizing the U.S. Census

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Barry Edmonston and Charles Schultze, Editors; Panel on Census Requirements in the Year 2000 and Beyond, National Research Council
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The U.S. census, conducted every 10 years since 1790, faces dramatic new challenges as the country begins its third century. Critics of the 1990 census cited problems of increasingly high costs, continued racial differences in counting the population, and declining ...
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Front Matter	i-xviii
SUMMARY	1-18	(skim)
1 THE ROLE OF THE CENSUS	19-29	(skim)
2 POPULATION COVERAGE AND ITS IMPLICATIONS	30-43	(skim)
3 CENSUS COST INCREASES AND THEIR CAUSES	44-58	(skim)
4 RADICAL ALTERNATIVES	59-74	(skim)
5 A REDESIGNED CENSUS	75-112	(skim)
6 CENSUS CONTENT	113-139	(skim)
7 DATA ON RACE AND ETHNICITY	140-155	(skim)
8 INTERCENSAL SMALL-AREA DATA	156-177	(skim)
REFERENCES	178-184	(skim)
APPENDICES	185-186	(skim)
A Basic Information on Census Questionnaires	187-227	(skim)
B The Census Process	228-238	(skim)
C Data Requirements for Reapportionment and Redistricting	239-258	(skim)
D Research Uses of Census Data	259-272	(skim)
E State and Local Needs for Census Data	273-291	(skim)
F Business Uses of Census Data	292-300	(skim)
G Use of Decennial Census Data in Transportation Planning	301-321	(skim)
H Census Data Needs for Housing and Urban Development	322-341	(skim)
I Alternative Ways to Produce Intercensal Small-Area Data	342-356	(skim)
J Content and Quality of Federal and State Administrative Records	357-371	(skim)
K Quality of Current Data on Race and Ethnicity	372-383	(skim)
L Allocation Rates	384-437	(skim)
M Census Data Requirements by Federal Agencies	438-444	(skim)
N Groups and Individuals Consulted	445-456	(skim)
O Biographical Sketches	457-460	(skim)

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The U.S. census, conducted every 10 years since 1790, faces dramatic new challenges as the country begins its third century. Critics of the 1990 census cited problems of increasingly high costs, continued racial differences in counting the population, and declining public confidence.
This volume provides a major review of the traditional U.S. census. Starting from the most basic questions of how data are used and whether they are needed, the volume examines the data that future censuses should provide. It evaluates several radical proposals that have been made for changing the census, as well as other proposals for redesigning the year 2000 census. The book also considers in detail the much-criticized long form, the role of race and ethnic data, and the need for and ways to obtain small-area data between censuses.

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