Meeting 21st Century Demographic Data Needs-Implementing the American Community Survey: May 2002. Report 2: Demonstrating Survey Quality

摘要

As part of the American Community Survey (ACS) development program, the Census Bureau initiated a research and testing program to examine a range of ACS implementation issues. Key results are being documented in a series of reports. This is the second report. It briefly discusses timeliness and focuses on the accuracy of the Census 2000 Supplementary Survey (C2SS). Future reports will further assess C2SS data quality by comparing responses to questions on the decennial census short and long forms. The impetus for the development of the ACS was to greatly improve the timeliness of detailed socioeconomic and demographic--decennial census long form--data while maintaining quality. Over the decade, Census 2000 long form data products will continue to age as ACS data products begin providing an ongoing profile of the nation's people and economy.