Reducing Response Burden in the American Community Survey

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Reducing Response Burden in the American Community Survey

Proceedings of a Workshop

Society and Social Sciences Scientific research

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Language: English

Published by: National Academies Press

Published on: 29th November 2016

Format: LCP-protected ePub

Size: 126 pages

ISBN: 9780309449465


Introduction

Although people in the United States have historically been reasonably supportive of federal censuses and surveys, they are increasingly unavailable for or not willing to respond to interview requests from federal—as well as private—sources. Moreover, even when people agree to respond to a survey, they increasingly decline to complete all questions, and both survey and item nonresponse are growing problems.

Workshop Summary

In March 2016, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine convened a workshop to consider the respondent burden and its challenges and opportunities of the American Community Survey, which is conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau. This publication summarizes the presentations and discussions from the workshop.

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