COUNTING PEOPLE IN THE INFORMATION AGE -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Summary -- THE CHALLENGE FOR 2000 -- MAJOR INNOVATIONS FOR THE 2000 CENSUS -- Sampling, Estimation, and the One-Number Census -- Response and Coverage Improvement -- OTHER KEY CENSUS DESIGN COMPONENTS -- Address List Development -- Use of Administrative Records -- Matching and Elimination of Duplicate Records -- Methods for Hard-to-Enumerate Populations -- Use of the Telephone -- ALTERNATIVE METHODS FOR LONG-FORM DATA COLLECTION -- 1 Introduction -- THE ROLE OF THE PANEL -- CENSUS BUREAU RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT -- Evaluation Criteria for the 2000 Census -- One-Number Census -- Plans for the 1995 Census Test -- Other Activities -- PLANNING FOR THE 2000 AND FUTURE CENSUSES -- The Costs of Census-Taking -- Goals for the 1995 Census Test -- Milestones for 2000 Census Planning -- Longer-Term Census Research and Development -- 2 Preliminary Census Design Issues -- ADDRESS LIST DEVELOPMENT AND RELATED ACTIVITIES -- Development of a Master Address File -- MAF/TIGER Benefits for the Decennial Census and Other Programs -- Frequency of MAF/TIGER Updating -- Cooperation With the Postal Service -- Cooperation With State and Local Governments -- RECORD LINKAGE -- LEGAL ISSUES -- Census Reference Date -- Use of Sampling and Statistical Estimation -- Access to Address Information -- Access to Administrative Records for Statistical Purposes -- OPERATIONAL ISSUES -- Uniform Treatment -- Residence Rules -- Continuous Infrastructure -- 3 Response and Coverage -- RESEARCH ON RESPONSE AND COVERAGE ISSUES TO DATE -- ROSTER IMPROVEMENT RESEARCH -- Living Situation Survey and Cognitive Research on Residence Rules -- National Coverage Test -- Discussion and Recommendations -- RESPONSE IMPROVEMENT RESEARCH -- Simplified Questionnaire Test and Implementation Test -- Mail and Telephone Mode Test.

Appeals and Long Form Experiment -- Spanish Forms Availability Test -- Discussion -- USE OF THE TELEPHONE -- Inbound Calls -- Availability of Telephone Numbers for Outbound Calling -- Outbound Reminder Calls -- Use of CATI for Nonresponse Follow-up -- Using CATI in the Integrated Coverage Measurement Program -- OTHER AUTOMATED RESPONSE TECHNOLOGIES -- HARD-TO-ENUMERATE POPULATIONS -- Challenges in Counting Poor and Migrant Populations -- Irregular and Complex Household Arrangements -- Irregular Housing -- Residential Mobility -- Distrust of Government -- Limited English Proficiency -- Persons With No Usual Residence -- Policy Initiatives for 2000 and Future Censuses -- Creating Ongoing Local Ties -- Further Comparative Studies of Hard-to-Enumerate Populations -- Strategies for Reducing Differentials in Coverage -- Enumerating Persons With No Usual Residence -- Cognitive Research on Race/Ethnic Classification -- TOOL KIT AND PLANNING DATABASE -- OUTREACH AND PROMOTION -- Responsibility for Decennial Census Outreach and Promotion -- National Media Campaign -- Cooperative Ventures With State and Local Governments -- 4 Sampling and Statistical Estimation -- NONRESPONSE FOLLOW-UP -- Background -- Plans for the 1995 Census Test -- Decisions for the 2000 Census -- Should Sampling for Nonresponse Follow-up be Used? -- Is a Unit or Block Sample Preferable? -- What Proportion of Units or Blocks Should be Sampled? -- Should Sampling Proportions be Uniform? -- How Should Late Mail Returns be Treated? -- Operations to Supplement Sampling for Nonresponse Follow-up -- INTEGRATED COVERAGE MEASUREMENT -- Previous Coverage Evaluation Programs -- Major Criteria for Selection of an ICM Method -- Alternative Methods for Integrated Coverage Measurement -- CensusPlus in the 1995 Census Test -- Issues for Evaluation of CensusPlus Methodology.

Other Issues for ICM Methodology -- STATISTICAL ESTIMATION -- Estimation and the One-Number Census -- Fundamental Criteria for Estimation Methodologies -- Specific Issues in Estimation Methodology -- Estimation Methods for NRFU Sampling -- Estimation Methods for ICM: Estimating Factors -- Estimation Methods for ICM: Carrying Estimates Down to Lower Levels -- Direct and Indirect Estimates -- What Form Will Final Population Counts Take? -- Acceptable Accuracy for Estimates -- The Role of Demographic Analysis -- Other Uses of Estimation -- Prespecification and Documentation of Procedures -- Reporting of Uncertainty -- Research Program on Estimation -- 5 Administrative Records -- BASIC REQUIREMENTS FOR MORE EFFECTIVE USE OF ADMINISTRATIVE RECORDS -- Access -- Public Acceptance -- Technical Requirements -- AN ADMINISTRATIVE RECORDS CENSUS: KEY FEATURES AND ISSUES -- Definition of an Administrative Records Census -- Record Sources for an Administrative Records Census -- Income Tax and Social Security Records -- Health Care Records -- Other Major Record Systems -- Summary of Key Factors Affecting Feasibility -- Testing an Administrative Records Census Approach -- USE OF ADMINISTRATIVE RECORDS IN THE 2000 CENSUS -- The 1995 Census Test -- The 2000 Census -- USE OF ADMINISTRATIVE RECORDS IN OTHER DEMOGRAPHIC PROGRAMS -- Uses in Current Population Estimates -- Data Enhanced Through Linkages -- Estimates of Income and Poverty -- Use of Administrative Records in Surveys: The Survey of Income andProgram Participation -- Postcensal Estimates: State Programs -- Canada's Use of Administrative Records -- Matching and Informed Consent in Canada -- Summary -- SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS -- 6 Alternatives for Long-Form Data Collection -- CONTINUOUS MEASUREMENT -- Overview of the Census Bureau's Continuous Measurement Program -- Expansion of Research and Development.

Program Milestones -- Current Initiatives -- Key Operational Features -- User Support for Continuous Measurement Data Products -- Total Error and Frequency of Data Products -- Costs of Long-Form Data Collection -- Implications for the Decennial Enumeration -- Data Quality -- Changes in Survey Form and Content -- Other Potential Benefits of a Continuous Measurement Program -- Supplements to Monthly Collections -- Sample Frame for Current Demographic Surveys -- Screening Device for New Demographic Surveys -- Support for Research and Development Initiatives -- Summary -- MATRIX SAMPLING -- Overview of Matrix Sampling -- Conditions Favorable to Matrix Sampling -- Matrix Sampling in the 1995 Census Test -- Matrix Sampling for the 2000 Census -- Recommendations -- CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION -- CHAPTER 2 PRELIMINARY CENSUS DESIGN ISSUES -- CHAPTER 3 RESPONSE AND COVERAGE -- CHAPTER 4 SAMPLING AND STATISTICAL ESTIMATION -- CHAPTER 5 ADMINISTRATIVE RECORDS -- CHAPTER 6 ALTERNATIVES FOR LONG-FORM DATA COLLECTION -- References -- APPENDIX Biographical Sketches of Panel Members and Staff.