Evaluation of the 1990 School District Level Population Estimates Based on the Synthetic Ratio Approach. Population Division Working Paper Series No. 54

摘要

The Census Bureau was tasked with conducting research and evaluation and developing a methodology to produce updated estimates of the total population and the total number of school-age children in each school district. This paper provides an overview of the methodology and limitations, the steps necessary to create the synthetic population estimates, problems we encountered, and results from our evaluation of the data.