
Once, Only Once, and in the Right Place
Residence Rules in the Decennial Census
National Academies Press
Will be published approx. on 16. November 2006
Book
Hardback
376 pages
978-0-309-10299-5 (ISBN)
Description
The usefulness of the U.S. decennial census depends critically on the accuracy with which individual people are counted in specific housing units, at precise geographic locations. The 2000 and other recent censuses have relied on a set of residence rules to craft instructions on the census questionnaire in order to guide respondents to identify their correct "usual residence." Determining the proper place to count such groups as college students, prisoners, and military personnel has always been complicated and controversial; major societal trends such as placement of children in shared custody arrangements and the prevalence of "snowbird" and "sunbird" populations who regularly move to favorable climates further make it difficult to specify ties to one household and one place. Once, Only Once, and in the Right Place reviews the evolution of current residence rules and the way residence concepts are presented to respondents. It proposes major changes to the basic approach of collecting residence information and suggests a program of research to improve the 2010 and future censuses.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Washington
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
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sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-309-10299-5 (9780309102995)
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National Research Council | Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education | Committee on Na
Once, Only Once, and in the Right Place
Residence Rules in the Decennial Census
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11/2006
1st Edition
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Persons
Panel on Residence Rules in the Decennial Census, Daniel L. Cork and Paul R. Voss, Editors, National Research Council
Content
1 Front Matter; 2 Executive Summary; 3 I Residence and the Census - 1 Introduction; 4 2 Residence Rules: Development and Interpretation; 5 II Residence Rules Meet Real Life: Challenges in Defining Residence - 3 The Nonhousehold Population; 6 4 Complex and Ambiguous Living Situations; 7 5 Mirroring America: Living Situations and the Census; 8 III Improvements for the Future - 6 Residence Principles for the Decennial Census; 9 7 Nonhousehold Enumeration; 10 8 Operations, Research, and Testing; 11 References; 12 Appendix A Residence Rules of the 2000 Census; 13 Appendix B Residence Concepts and Questions in Selected Foreign Censuses; 14 Appendix C Americans Residing Overseas; 15 Appendix D Biographical Sketches of Panel Members and Staff; 16 Index