Differential undercounts in the U.S. census : who is missed?

Over the past 60 years, the overall accuracy of the U.S. Decennial Census has steadily improved. But some groups still experience higher net undercounts than other groups in the Census. The issue of differential Census undercounts is introduced in this Chapter along with some of the key concepts rel...

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Book
Fecha de publicación:
2019
Institución:
Universidad de Bogotá Jorge Tadeo Lozano
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Expeditio: repositorio UTadeo
Idioma:
eng
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oai:expeditiorepositorio.utadeo.edu.co:20.500.12010/15862
Acceso en línea:
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12010/15862
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-10973-8
Palabra clave:
Differential undercounts
Población - Estadísticas
Estadística vital
Población
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Summary:Over the past 60 years, the overall accuracy of the U.S. Decennial Census has steadily improved. But some groups still experience higher net undercounts than other groups in the Census. The issue of differential Census undercounts is introduced in this Chapter along with some of the key concepts related to measuring the accuracy of Census counts, sometimes called Census coverage. Some of the key terminology is also discussed in this Chapter along with a description of the intended audience for this publication. The contents of the publication are described Chapter by Chapter.