The Undercount of Young Children in the U.S. Decennial Census
This book covers several dimensions of the undercount of young children in the U.S. Decennial Census, examines the data from the 2010 U.S. Decennial Census in detail and looks at trends in the undercount of children over time. Other aspects included are t
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William P. O’Hare
The Undercount of Young Children in the U.S. Decennial Census 123
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William P. O’Hare
The Undercount of Young Children in the U.S. Decennial Census
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ISSN 2211-3215 ISSN 2211-3223 (electronic) SpringerBriefs in Population Studies ISBN 978-3-319-18916-1 ISBN 978-3-319-18917-8 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-18917-8 Library of Congress Control Number: 2015940976 Springer Cham Heidelberg New York Dordrecht London © The Author(s) 2015 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. Printed on acid-free paper Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
Acknowledgments
Much of the work reflected in this book was done while I was an American Statistical Association/National Science Foundation/U.S. Census Bureau research fellow working at the Census Bureau from the fall of 2011 to the fall of 2013. I want to thank these organizations for supporting me during this period. I would also like to thank the many colleagues at the Census Bureau who contributed to this work, including J. Gregory Robinson, Kirsten West, Jennifer Ortman, Eric Jensen, Melissa Scopilliti, Howard Hogan, Jason Devine, Deborah Griffin, Tommy Wright, Barbara Clark O’Hare and others too numerous to list. None of the organizations or individuals mentioned above are responsible for any errors or shortcomings in this manuscript.
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Contents
1 Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1.1 Outline of the Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 1.2 Intended Audience. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 1.3 The Importance of Census Undercounts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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