Decennial Census: 2020 Decennial Self-Response Rates Data sourced from the 2020 Census Response Rates API and filtered for tract level data for Travis, Bastrop, Caldwell, Hays, and Williamson Counties. Source API Documentation: https://api.census.gov/data/2020/dec/responserate.html More info about data columns: https://api.census.gov/data/2020/dec/responserate/variables.html

Data pulled from the US Census Bureau for response rates by City/Place for the US decennial 2020 census.

Daily Decennial Self-Response Rates

This dataset reports the self-response rate of planned census tracts in Erie County to the 2020 Census. The U.S Census Bureau is tracking self-response rates nationwide to help ensure a complete and accurate count.

Source link: https://2020census.gov/en/response-rates.html?#

This layer contains 2010-2014 American Community Survey (ACS) 5-year data, and contains estimates and margins of error. The layer shows demographic context for emergency response efforts. This is shown by tract, county, and state boundaries. There are also additional calculated attributes related to this topic, which can be mapped or used within analysis. This layer is symbolized to show the percentage of households with no vehicle available. To see the full list of attributes available in this service, go to the "Data" tab, and choose "Fields" at the top right. Vintage: 2010-2014ACS Table(s): B01001, B08201, B16003, B16004, B17020, B18101, B25040, B25117, B27010 (Not all lines of these tables are available in this layer.)Data downloaded from: Census Bureau's API for American Community Survey Date of API call: November 28, 2020National Figures: data.census.govThe United States Census Bureau's American Community Survey (ACS):About the SurveyGeography & ACSTechnical DocumentationNews & UpdatesThis ready-to-use layer can be used within ArcGIS Pro, ArcGIS Online, its configurable apps, dashboards, Story Maps, custom apps, and mobile apps. Data can also be exported for offline workflows. For more information about ACS layers, visit the FAQ. Please cite the Census and ACS when using this data.Data Note from the Census:Data are based on a sample and are subject to sampling variability. The degree of uncertainty for an estimate arising from sampling variability is represented through the use of a margin of error. The value shown here is the 90 percent margin of error. The margin of error can be interpreted as providing a 90 percent probability that the interval defined by the estimate minus the margin of error and the estimate plus the margin of error (the lower and upper confidence bounds) contains the true value. In addition to sampling variability, the ACS estimates are subject to nonsampling error (for a discussion of nonsampling variability, see Accuracy of the Data). The effect of nonsampling error is not represented in these tables.Data Processing Notes:This layer has associated layers containing the most recent ACS data available by the U.S. Census Bureau. Click here to learn more about ACS data releases and click here for the associated boundaries layer. The reason this data is 5+ years different from the most recent vintage is due to the overlapping of survey years. It is recommended by the U.S. Census Bureau to compare non-overlapping datasets.Boundaries come from the US Census TIGER geodatabases. Boundary vintage (2014) appropriately matches the data vintage as specified by the Census. These are Census boundaries with water and/or coastlines clipped for cartographic purposes. For census tracts, the water cutouts are derived from a subset of the 2010 AWATER (Area Water) boundaries offered by TIGER. For state and county boundaries, the water and coastlines are derived from the coastlines of the 500k TIGER Cartographic Boundary Shapefiles. The original AWATER and ALAND fields are still available as attributes within the data table (units are square meters). The States layer contains 52 records - all US states, Washington D.C., and Puerto RicoCensus tracts with no population that occur in areas of water, such as oceans, are removed from this data service (Census Tracts beginning with 99).Percentages and derived counts, and associated margins of error, are calculated values (that can be identified by the "_calc_" stub in the field name), and abide by the specifications defined by the American Community Survey.Field alias names were created based on the Table Shells file available from the American Community Survey Summary File Documentation page.Negative values (e.g., -4444...) have been set to null, with the exception of -5555... which has been set to zero. These negative values exist in the raw API data to indicate the following situations:The margin of error column indicates that either no sample observations or too few sample observations were available to compute a standard error and thus the margin of error. A statistical test is not appropriate.Either no sample observations or too few sample observations were available to compute an estimate, or a ratio of medians cannot be calculated because one or both of the median estimates falls in the lowest interval or upper interval of an open-ended distribution.The median falls in the lowest interval of an open-ended distribution, or in the upper interval of an open-ended distribution. A statistical test is not appropriate.The estimate is controlled. A statistical test for sampling variability is not appropriate.The data for this geographic area cannot be displayed because the number of sample cases is too small.

All addresses in Self Response (TEA 1) enumeration areas were invited by mail to respond by internet, paper, or phone. This table is the daily and cumulative self-response and return rates by mode as well as undeliverable as addressed (UAA) rates for the nation..For more information about the different types of enumeration areas, go to the 2020 Census Type of Enumeration (TEA) viewer page by clicking here: Type of Enumeration Area..Self-response rates presented in this table may differ from those presented in the self-response map that was updated daily during the 2020 Census. The map used raw data as it was being processed in real-time while these rates used post processed data..To read the report that provides background information about the rate, go to the Evaluations, Experiments, and Assessment page on census.gov by clicking here: Evaluations Experiments and Assessments..Key Column Terms:.Daily – percentage of housing units whose self-responses were received on a particular date.Cumulative – percentage of housing units whose self-responses were received from the start of the census through a particular date.Internet – percentage of housing units providing a self-response by internet questionnaire.Paper – percentage of housing units providing a self-response by paper questionnaire.CQA – percentage of housing units providing a self-response by phone.Total – percentage of housing units providing a self-response by internet, paper, or phone.Self-Response Rate – percentage of addresses in Self Response (TEA 1) or Update Leave (TEA 6) areas providing a sufficient self-response by internet, paper, or phone.Return Rate – percentage of occupied housing units in Self Response (TEA 1) or Update Leave (TEA 6) areas providing a sufficient self-response by internet, paper, or phone.UAA Rate – percentage of addresses in Self Response areas (TEA 1) identified as undeliverable as addressed (UAA).NOTE: The Census Bureau's Disclosure Review Board and Disclosure Avoidance Officers have reviewed this information product for unauthorized disclosure of confidential information and have approved the disclosure avoidance practices applied to this release. (CBDRB-FY24-0271).Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 Census

For the past several censuses, the Census Bureau has invited people to self-respond before following up in-person using census takers. The 2010 Census invited people to self-respond predominately by returning paper questionnaires in the mail. The 2020 Census allows people to self-respond in three ways: online, by phone, or by mail.The 2020 Census self-response rates are self-response rates for current census geographies. These rates are the daily and cumulative self-response rates for all housing units that received invitations to self-respond to the 2020 Census. The 2020 Census self-response rates are available for states, counties, census tracts, congressional districts, towns and townships, consolidated cities, incorporated places, tribal areas, and tribal census tracts.The Self-Response Rate of Los Angeles County is 65.1% for 2020 Census, which is slightly lower than 69.6% of California State rate.More information about these data is available in the Self-Response Rates Map Data and Technical Documentation document associated with the 2020 Self-Response Rates Map or review FAQs.Animated Self-Response Rate 2010 vs 2020 is available at ESRI site SRR Animated Maps and can explore Census 2020 SRR data at ESRI Demographic site Census 2020 SSR Data.Following Demographic Characteristics are included in this data and web maps to visualize their relationships with Census Self-Response Rate (SRR).1. Population Density: 2020 Population per square mile,2. Poverty Rate: Percentage of population under 100% FPL,3. Median Household income: Based on countywide median HH income of $71,538.4. Highschool Education Attainment: Percentage of 18 years and older population without high school graduation.5. English Speaking Ability: Percentage of 18 years and older population with less or none English speaking ability. 6. Household without Internet Access: Percentage of HH without internet access.7. Non-Hispanic White Population: Percentage of Non-Hispanic White population.8. Non-Hispanic African-American Population: Percentage of Non-Hispanic African-American population.9. Non-Hispanic Asian Population: Percentage of Non-Hispanic Asian population.10. Hispanic Population: Percentage of Hispanic population.

All addresses in Self Response (TEA 1) and Update Leave (TEA 6) enumeration areas were invited to respond by internet, paper, or phone. The table is the county-level self-response and return rates by mode as well as undeliverable as addressed (UAA) rates for the nation at the start of NRFU (August 10, 2020) and the end of response processing (December 1, 2020). Self-response, return, and UAA rates from the 2010 Census at the NRFU cut date (April 19, 2010) and the end of response processing (September 7, 2010) are included to compare rates between censuses..For more information about the different types of enumeration areas, go to the 2020 Census Type of Enumeration (TEA) viewer page by clicking here: Type of Enumeration Area..Self-response rates presented in this table may differ from those presented in the self-response map that was updated daily during the 2020 Census. The map used raw data as it was being processed in real-time while these rates used post processed data..To read the report that provides background information about the rate, go to the Evaluations, Experiments, and Assessment page on census.gov by clicking here: Evaluations Experiments and Assessments..Key Column Terms:.NRFU (2020) – self-responses received by August 10, 2020.NRFU (2010) – self-responses received by April 19, 2010.Final (2020) – self-responses received by the end of response processing (December 1, 2020).Final (2010) – self-responses received by the end of response processing (September 7, 2010).Internet – percentage of housing units providing a self-response by internet questionnaire.Paper – percentage of housing units providing a self-response by paper questionnaire.CQA – percentage of housing units providing a self-response by phone.Total – percentage of housing units providing a self-response by internet, paper, or phone.Self-Response Rate – percentage of addresses in Self Response (TEA 1) or Update Leave (TEA 6) areas providing a sufficient self-response by internet, paper, or phone.Return Rate – percentage of occupied housing units in Self Response (TEA 1) or Update Leave (TEA 6) areas providing a sufficient self-response by internet, paper, or phone.UAA Rate – percentage of addresses in Self Response areas (TEA 1) identified as undeliverable as addressed (UAA).NOTE: The Census Bureau's Disclosure Review Board and Disclosure Avoidance Officers have reviewed this information product for unauthorized disclosure of confidential information and have approved the disclosure avoidance practices applied to this release. (CBDRB-FY24-0271).Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 Census

Attitude of the Federal German population and census critics to the census on 31. May 1987.

Summary of three data sets archived and described under ZA Study Nos. 1588 to 1590.

Topics: 1. From the first wave of 1987: political interest; satisfaction with democracy in the Federal Republic; feeling of political effectiveness and degree of representation by politicians and parties; orientation of government policies on special interests or public welfare; attitude to the census; intent of members of household and respondent to participate; willingness to participate after notice of threat of fine; filling out the survey form oneself or by another person in household; conversations about the census in social surroundings and time of last conversation; attitude to the census in circle of friends and acquaintances as well as their willingness to participate; importance of political attitudes in social surroundings and visibility of one´s own views; knowledge about contents of the census survey (scale); assumed difficulty in filling out survey form; preference for filling out the form in the presence of the canvasser or alone; misgivings about canvasser in residence; difficulties in carrying out official matters; frequency of contact and ability to establish contacts; trust in institutions and organizations; self-assessment on a left-right continuum; assumed position of the majority of the population on a left-right continuum; postmaterialism; sympathy scale for political parties; frequency of use of television news broadcasts as well as the local part and political part of a daily newspaper; time of last noticed media reports about the census and content tendency of these programs; assumed attitude of the population to the census; living together with a partner and his attitude to the census; assumed participation of partner in the census; response or boycott conduct in the census survey; attitude to government statistics; attitude to punishment of census boycotters and preferred governmental behavior regarding refusal; personal fears regarding misuse of personal census data; trust in observance of data protection; sympathies regarding social movements as well as personal membership; party preference; perceived fears and their causes; attitude to technology; attitude to computers and scientific innovations; attitude to government dealing with data; assessment of census refusers as system opponents; attitude to storage of personal data; importance of data protection and trust in observance of the data protection regulation; judgement on quality of data protection; earlier participation in a survey and type of survey; attitude to selected infringements and crimes as well as other illegal actions (scale); religiousness; union membership; self-assessment of social class; possession of a telephone; willingness to participate in a re-interview.

The following additional questions were posed to persons with strong or very strong political interest: demographic information on circle of close friends (ego-centered network); agreement with respondent regarding party preference and attitude to the census; willingness of friends to participate in the census; familiarity of friends among each other; personal willingness to participate in selected political forms of protest (scale); personal fears regarding misuse of personal data by selected institutions and public offices.

Demography: month of birth; year of birth; sex; marital status; number of children; ages of children (classified); frequency of church attendance; school education; vocational training; occupation; occupational position; employment; monthly net income of respondent and household altogether; number of persons contributing to household income; size of household; position of respondent in household; characteristics of head of household; number of persons eligible to vote in household; persons in household who do not have German citizenship; self-assessment of social class; union membership of respondent and other members of household; possession of a telephone.

Interviewer rating: presence of third persons during interview and person desiring this presence; intervention of others in interview and person introducing the intervention; attitude to the census of persons additionally present during interview; presence of further persons in other rooms; willingness to cooperate and reliability of respondent.

Also encoded was: length of interview; date of interview; identification of interviewer; sex of interviewer; age of interviewer.

1. From the second wave of 1987: political interest; attitude to the census; conversations about the census in social surroundings and topics discussed; attitude to the census in circle of friends and acquaintances; perceived attitude of the population to the census; time of personal decision making on the census; changes in attitude to the census; personally knowing the canvasser; manner of receipt of questionnaire;...

The data is extracted from the census web site (https://www.census.gov/) using their API. This is then joined to 2019 U.S. census places, also obtained from the census site. This results in a spatial feature that is suitable for mapping the various methods of census response. The data is updated daily from the census.

Although the American Community Survey (ACS) produces population, demographic and housing unit estimates, the decennial census is the official source of population totals for April 1st of each decennial year. In between censuses, the Census Bureau's Population Estimates Program produces and disseminates the official estimates of the population for the nation, states, counties, cities, and towns and estimates of housing units and the group quarters population for states and counties..Information about the American Community Survey (ACS) can be found on the ACS website. Supporting documentation including code lists, subject definitions, data accuracy, and statistical testing, and a full list of ACS tables and table shells (without estimates) can be found on the Technical Documentation section of the ACS website.Sample size and data quality measures (including coverage rates, allocation rates, and response rates) can be found on the American Community Survey website in the Methodology section..Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2019-2023 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates.ACS data generally reflect the geographic boundaries of legal and statistical areas as of January 1 of the estimate year. For more information, see Geography Boundaries by Year..Data are based on a sample and are subject to sampling variability. The degree of uncertainty for an estimate arising from sampling variability is represented through the use of a margin of error. The value shown here is the 90 percent margin of error. The margin of error can be interpreted roughly as providing a 90 percent probability that the interval defined by the estimate minus the margin of error and the estimate plus the margin of error (the lower and upper confidence bounds) contains the true value. In addition to sampling variability, the ACS estimates are subject to nonsampling error (for a discussion of nonsampling variability, see ACS Technical Documentation). The effect of nonsampling error is not represented in these tables..Users must consider potential differences in geographic boundaries, questionnaire content or coding, or other methodological issues when comparing ACS data from different years. Statistically significant differences shown in ACS Comparison Profiles, or in data users' own analysis, may be the result of these differences and thus might not necessarily reflect changes to the social, economic, housing, or demographic characteristics being compared. For more information, see Comparing ACS Data..An Internet "subscription" refers to a type of service that someone pays for to access the Internet such as a cellular data plan, broadband such as cable, fiber optic or DSL, or other type of service. This will normally refer to a service that someone is billed for directly for Internet alone or sometimes as part of a bundle.."Internet access" refers to whether or not a household uses or connects to the Internet, regardless of whether or not they pay for the service to do so. Data about Internet access was collected by asking if the respondent or any member of the household accessed the Internet. The respondent then selected one of the following three categories: "Yes, by paying a cell phone company or Internet service provider"; "Yes, without paying a cell phone company or Internet service provider"; or "No access to the Internet at the house, apartment or mobile home". Only respondents who answered "Yes, by paying a cell phone company or Internet service provider" were asked the subsequent question about the types of service they had access to such as dial-up, broadband (high speed) service such as cable, fiber-optic, or DSL, a cellular data plan, satellite or some other service..Caution should be used when comparing data for computer and Internet use before and after 2016. Changes in 2016 to the questions involving the wording as well as the response options resulted in changed response patterns in the data. Most noticeable are increases in overall computer ownership or use, the total of Internet subscriptions, satellite subscriptions, and cellular data plans for a smartphone or other mobile device. For more detailed information about these changes, see the 2016 American Community Survey Content Test Report for Computer and Internet Use located at https://www.census.gov/library/working-papers/2017/acs/2017_Lewis_01.html or the user note regarding changes in the 2016 questions located at https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/technical-documentation/user-notes/2017-03.html..When information is missing or inconsistent, the Census Bureau logically assigns an acceptable value using the response to a related question or questions. If a logical assignment is not possible, data are filled using a statistical process called allocation, which uses a similar individual or household to provide a donor value. The "Allocated" section is the number of respondents who received an allocated value for a particular subject..Estimates of urban and rural...

Although the American Community Survey (ACS) produces population, demographic and housing unit estimates, it is the Census Bureau's Population Estimates Program that produces and disseminates the official estimates of the population for the nation, states, counties, cities, and towns and estimates of housing units for states and counties..Supporting documentation on code lists, subject definitions, data accuracy, and statistical testing can be found on the American Community Survey website in the Technical Documentation section.Sample size and data quality measures (including coverage rates, allocation rates, and response rates) can be found on the American Community Survey website in the Methodology section..Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2021 American Community Survey 1-Year Estimates.Data are based on a sample and are subject to sampling variability. The degree of uncertainty for an estimate arising from sampling variability is represented through the use of a margin of error. The value shown here is the 90 percent margin of error. The margin of error can be interpreted roughly as providing a 90 percent probability that the interval defined by the estimate minus the margin of error and the estimate plus the margin of error (the lower and upper confidence bounds) contains the true value. In addition to sampling variability, the ACS estimates are subject to nonsampling error (for a discussion of nonsampling variability, see ACS Technical Documentation). The effect of nonsampling error is not represented in these tables..An Internet "subscription" refers to a type of service that someone pays for to access the Internet such as a cellular data plan, broadband such as cable, fiber optic or DSL, or other type of service. This will normally refer to a service that someone is billed for directly for Internet alone or sometimes as part of a bundle..Internet access refers to whether or not a household uses or connects to the Internet, regardless of whether or not they pay for the service to do so. Data about Internet access was collected by asking if the respondent or any member of the household accessed the Internet. The respondent then selected one of the following three categories: "Yes, by paying a cell phone company or Internet service provider"; "Yes, without paying a cell phone company or Internet service provider"; or "No access to the Internet at the house, apartment or mobile home". Only respondents who answered "Yes, by paying a cell phone company or Internet service provider" were asked the subsequent question about the types of service they had access to such as dial-up, broadband (high speed) service such as cable, fiber-optic, or DSL, a cellular data plan, satellite or some other service..Caution should be used when comparing data for computer and Internet use before and after 2016. Changes in 2016 to the questions involving the wording as well as the response options resulted in changed response patterns in the data. Most noticeable are increases in overall computer ownership or use, the total of Internet subscriptions, satellite subscriptions, and cellular data plans for a smartphone or other mobile device. For more detailed information about these changes, see the 2016 American Community Survey Content Test Report for Computer and Internet Use located at https://www.census.gov/library/working-papers/2017/acs/2017_Lewis_01.html or the user note regarding changes in the 2016 questions located at https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/technical-documentation/user-notes/2017-03.html..When information is missing or inconsistent, the Census Bureau logically assigns an acceptable value using the response to a related question or questions. If a logical assignment is not possible, data are filled using a statistical process called allocation, which uses a similar individual or household to provide a donor value. The "Allocated" section is the number of respondents who received an allocated value for a particular subject..The 2021 American Community Survey (ACS) data generally reflect the March 2020 Office of Management and Budget (OMB) delineations of metropolitan and micropolitan statistical areas. In certain instances the names, codes, and boundaries of the principal cities shown in ACS tables may differ from the OMB delineations due to differences in the effective dates of the geographic entities..Estimates of urban and rural populations, housing units, and characteristics reflect boundaries of urban areas defined based on Census 2010 data. As a result, data for urban and rural areas from the ACS do not necessarily reflect the results of ongoing urbanization..Explanation of Symbols:- The estimate could not be computed because there were an insufficient number of sample observations. For a ratio of medians estimate, one or both of the median estimates falls in the lowest interval or highest interval of an open-ended distribution. For a 5-year median estimate, the margin of error associated with a ...

NOTE: For information on confidentiality protection, nonsampling error, and definitions, see http://www.census.gov/prod/cen2010/doc/sf1.pdf..Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2010 Census..NOTE 2: For information on the codes that appear in this table see http://www.census.gov/prod/cen2010/doc/sf1.pdf, Appendix F..NOTE 1: The numbers by detailed Asian groups do not add to the total population. This is because the detailed Asian groups are tallies of the number of Asian responses rather than the number of Asian respondents. Responses that include multiple Asian groups are counted several times. For example, a respondent reporting "Korean and Filipino" would be included in the Korean as well as the Filipino numbers. "Specified" includes the remaining Other Asian write-in responses that were not tallied into separate groups in the table. "Not specified" includes respondents who checked the Other Asian response category on the census questionnaire and did not write in a specific group or wrote in a generic term such as "Asian" or "Asiatic."

Response rate for the 2020 decennial census broken down by Tract for Hamilton County.

The 2013 APS employee census was administered to all available Australian Public Service (APS) employees. This census approach provides a comprehensive view of the APS and ensures no eligible respondents are omitted from the survey sample, removing sampling bias and reducing sample error. The census ran from 15 May to 14 June 2013. Overall, 102,219 employees responded to the employee census, a response rate of 66%.

Please be aware that the very large number of respondents to the employee census means these files are up to 200 mb in size. Downloading and opening these files may take some time.

TECHNICAL NOTES

Three files are available for download.

• 2013 APS employee census - Questionnaire: This contains the 2013 APS employee census questionnaire.

• 2013 APS employee census - 5 point dataset.csv: This file contains individual responses to the 2013 employee census as clean, tabular data as required by data.gov.au. This will need to be used in conjunction with the above document.

• 2013 APS employee census - 5 point dataset.sav: This file contains individual responses to the 2013 employee census for use with the SPSS software package.

To protect the privacy and confidentiality of respondents to the 2013 APS employee census, the datasets provided on data.gov.au include responses to a limited number of demographic or other attribute questions.

Full citation of this dataset should list the Australian Public Service Commission (APSC) as the author.

A recommended short citation is: 2013 APS employee census data, Australian Public Service Commission.

Any queries can be directed to research@apsc.gov.au.

For the past several censuses, the Census Bureau has invited people to self-respond before following up in-person using census takers. The 2010 Census invited people to self-respond predominately by returning paper questionnaires in the mail. The 2020 Census allows people to self-respond in three ways: online, by phone, or by mail. The 2020 Census self-response rates are self-response rates for current census geographies. These rates are the daily and cumulative self-response rates for all housing units that received invitations to self-respond to the 2020 Census. The 2020 Census self-response rates are available for states, counties, census tracts, congressional districts, towns and townships, consolidated cities, incorporated places, tribal areas, and tribal census tracts. The Self-Response Rate of Los Angeles County is 65.1% for 2020 Census, which is slightly lower than 69.6% of California State rate. More information about these data are available in the Self-Response Rates Map Data and Technical Documentation document associated with the 2020 Self-Response Rates Map or review our FAQs. Animated Self-Response Rate 2010 vs 2020 is available at ESRI site SRR Animated Maps and can explore Census 2020 SRR data at ESRI Demographic site Census 2020 SSR Data. Following Demographic Characteristics are included in this data and web maps to visualize their relationships with Census Self-Response Rate (SRR)..1. Population Density2. Poverty Rate3. Median Household income4. Education Attainment5. English Speaking Ability6. Household without Internet Access7. Non-Hispanic White Population8. Non-Hispanic African-American Population9. Non-Hispanic Asian Population10. Hispanic Population

Abstract

The 2000 Republic of Palau Census of Population and Housing was the second census collected and processed entirely by the republic itself. This monograph provides analyses of data from the most recent census of Palau for decision makers in the United States and Palau to understand current socioeconomic conditions. The 2005 Census of Population and Housing collected a wide range of information on the characteristics of the population including demographics, educational attainments, employment status, fertility, housing characteristics, housing characteristics and many others.

Geographic coverage

National

Analysis unit

• Household;
• Individual.

Universe

The 1990, 1995 and 2000 censuses were all modified de jure censuses, counting people and recording selected characteristics of each individual according to his or her usual place of residence as of census day. Data were collected for each enumeration district - the households and population in each enumerator assignment - and these enumeration districts were then collected into hamlets in Koror, and the 16 States of Palau.

Kind of data

Census/enumeration data [cen]

Sampling procedure

No sampling - whole universe covered

Mode of data collection

Face-to-face [f2f]

Research instrument

The 2000 censuses of Palau employed a modified list-enumerate procedure, also known as door-to-door enumeration. Beginning in mid-April 2000, enumerators began visiting each housing unit and conducted personal interviews, recording the information collected on the single questionnaire that contained all census questions. Follow-up enumerators visited all addresses for which questionnaires were missing to obtain the information required for the census.

Cleaning operations

The completed questionnaires were checked for completeness and consistency of responses, and then brought to OPS for processing. After checking in the questionnaires, OPS staff coded write-in responses (e.g., ethnicity or race, relationship, language). Then data entry clerks keyed all the questionnaire responses. The OPS brought the keyed data to the U.S. Census Bureau headquarters near Washington, DC, where OPS and Bureau staff edited the data using the Consistency and Correction (CONCOR) software package prior to generating tabulations using the Census Tabulation System (CENTS) package. Both packages were developed at the Census Bureau's International Programs Center (IPC) as part of the Integrated Microcomputer Processing System (IMPS).

The goal of census data processing is to produce a set of data that described the population as clearly and accurately as possible. To meet this objective, crew leaders reviewed and edited questionnaires during field data collection to ensure consistency, completeness, and acceptability. Census clerks also reviewed questionnaires for omissions, certain inconsistencies, and population coverage. Census personnel conducted a telephone or personal visit follow-up to obtain missing information. The follow-ups considered potential coverage errors as well as questionnaires with omissions or inconsistencies beyond the completeness and quality tolerances specified in the review procedures.

Following field operations, census staff assigned remaining incomplete information and corrected inconsistent information on the questionnaires using imputation procedures during the final automated edit of the data. The use of allocations, or computer assignments of acceptable data, occurred most often when an entry for a given item was lacking or when the information reported for a person or housing unit on an item was inconsistent with other information for that same person or housing unit. In all of Palau’s censuses, the general procedure for changing unacceptable entries was to assign an entry for a person or housing unit that was consistent with entries for persons or housing units with similar characteristics. The assignment of acceptable data in place of blanks or unacceptable entries enhanced the usefulness of the data.

Sampling error estimates

Human and machine-related errors occur in any large-scale statistical operation. Researchers generally refer to these problems as non-sampling errors. These errors include the failure to enumerate every household or every person in a population, failure to obtain all required information from residents, collection of incorrect or inconsistent information, and incorrect recording of information. In addition, errors can occur during the field review of the enumerators' work, during clerical handling of the census questionnaires, or during the electronic processing of the questionnaires. To reduce various types of non-sampling errors, Census office personnel used several techniques during planning, data collection, and data processing activities. Quality assurance methods were used throughout the data collection and processing phases of the census to improve the quality of the data.

Census staff implemented several coverage improvement programs during the development of census enumeration and processing strategies to minimize under-coverage of the population and housing units. A quality assurance program improved coverage in each census. Telephone and personal visit follow-ups also helped improve coverage. Computer and clerical edits emphasized improving the quality and consistency of the data. Local officials participated in post-census local reviews. Census enumerators conducted additional re-canvassing where appropriate.

Attitude of the German population and of critics of the census to the census after census day on 31 May 1987. Political attitudes. Topics: political interest; satisfaction with democracy in the Federal Republic; government orientation toward its own interests or public interest; perceived protection of rights to freedom by the political system and the current Federal Government; satisfaction with the job of the Federal Government; attitude to the census; receipt of a written request to fill out the questionnaire; intent to participate in the census before start of counting; personal willingness to participate in the census even given voluntary participation; assumed level of non-participation in the census; attitude to the census in one´s circle of friends and acquaintances; conversations about the census in social surroundings after conclusion of the survey and time of last conversation; knowledge about contents of the census survey; additionally expected questions; questions that one would not gladly answer; response or boycott behavior during the survey; attitude to government statistics; attitude to punishment of census boycotters and knowledge of cases of refusal; assumed willingness of the population to participate as well as honesty of responses given voluntary participation in the census; voluntarily providing selected personal data; preference for census or providing data already available by government offices; assumed benefit or damage from discussions about the census in the media and reasons for this assessment; attitude to earlier calls for boycott and to the time of survey; judgement on the success of the boycott movement; attitude to selected arguments for and against the census; benefit of a census; attitude to the obligation to provide information; census boycott as protest against the government; census participation as democratic duty; self-assessment on a left-right continuum; assumed position of the majority of the population on a left-right continuum; understanding of democracy and comparison of this right with reality in the Federal Republic; party preference; violation of fundamental rights by measures of authorities perceived personally or by persons from social surroundings; attitude to technology; perceived insecurity in contact with authorities and attitude to government offices; concerns regarding misuse of personal census data; trust in observance of data protection; attitude to storage of personal data; importance of data protection; assumed observance of data protection regulations; knowledge of cases of data misuse and source of information about such violations; assumed willingness to participate in a future census; attitude to opinion polls (scale); willingness to participate in a microcensus survey; willingness to provide information from one´s private sphere to friends, neighbors, census bureaus and scientific surveys; attitude to selected government statistics; willingness to respond in order to make statistics possible; fear of data misuse; concerns regarding misuse of personal data by selected institutions and government offices (scale); attitude to selected illegal actions (scale); religiousness (scale); attitude to questions of belief and the meaning of life (scale); belief in supernatural, inexplicable events as well as horoscopes and telepathy. Demography: month of birth; year of birth; sex; religious denomination; school education; employment; college in vicinity of place of residence; students in residential area; possession of a telephone. Interviewer rating: presence of third persons during interview and person desiring this presence; intervention of others in interview and person causing the intervention; attitude to the census of other persons present during interview; presence of further persons in other rooms; reliability and willingness of respondent to cooperate. Additionally encoded were: length of interview; date of interview; identification of interviewer; sex of interviewer; age of interviewer. Einstellung der bundesdeutschen Bevölkerung und von Volkszählungskritikern zur Volkszählung nach dem Stichtag am 31. Mai 1987. Politische Einstellungen. Themen: Politisches Interesse; Zufriedenheit mit der Demokratie in der Bundesrepublik; Interessen- oder Gemeinwohlorientierung der Regierung; empfundener Schutz der Freiheitsrechte durch das politische System und die gegenwärtige Bundesregierung; Zufriedenheit mit der Arbeit der Bundesregierung; Einstellung zur Volkszählung; Erhalt einer schriftlichen Aufforderung zum Ausfüllen des Fragebogens; Teilnahmeabsicht an der Volkszählung vor Beginn der Zählung; eigene Bereitschaft zur Teilnahme an der Volkszählung, auch bei freiwilliger Teilnahme; vermutete Höhe der Nichtbeteiligung an der Volkszählung; Einstellung zur Volkszählung im Freundes- und Bekanntenkreis; Gespräche über die Volkszählung im sozialen Umfeld nach Abschluß der Erhebung und Zeitpunkt des letzten Gesprächs; Kenntnisse über die Inhalte der Volkszählungsbefragung; zusätzlich erwartete Fragen; Fragen, die ungern beantwortet wurden; Antwort- bzw. Boykottverhalten bei der Erhebung; Einstellung zu staatlichen Statistiken; Einstellung zu einer Bestrafung von Volkszählungsboykotteuren und Kenntnis von Verweigerungsfällen; vermutete Teilnahmebereitschaft der Bevölkerung sowie der Antwortehrlichkeit bei Freiwilligkeit der Teilnahme an der Volkszählung; freiwillige Weitergabe ausgewählter persönlicher Daten; Präferenz für Volkszählung oder Weitergabe von bereits vorliegenden Daten durch die Ämter; vermuteter Nutzen oder Schaden der Diskussion über die Volkszählung in den Medien und Gründe für diese Einschätzung; Einstellung zu früheren Boykottaufrufen und zum Befragungszeitpunkt; Beurteilung des Erfolgs der Boykottbewegung; Einstellung zu ausgewählten Argumenten für und gegen die Volkszählung; Nutzen einer Volkszählung; Einstellung zur Auskunftspflicht; Volkszählungsboykott als Protest gegen den Staat; Volkszählungsteilnahme als demokratische Pflicht; Selbsteinschätzung auf einem Links-Rechts-Kontinuum; vermutete Position der Bevölkerungsmehrheit auf einem Links-Rechts-Kontinuum; Demokratieverständnis und Vergleich dieses Anspruchs mit der Wirklichkeit in der Bundesrepublik; Parteipräferenz; persönlich oder von Personen des sozialen Umfelds empfundene Verletzung der Grundrechte durch Behördenmaßnahmen; Einstellung zur Technik; empfundene Unsicherheiten bei Behördenkontakten und Einstellung gegenüber Ämtern; Befürchtungen hinsicht lich einer Zweckentfremdung der persönlichen Volkszählungsdaten; Vertrauen in die Einhaltung des Datenschutzes; Einstellung zur Speicherung personenbezogener Daten; Wichtigkeit des Datenschutzes vermutete Einhaltung der Datenschutzbestimmungen; Kenntnis von Fällen des Datenmißbrauchs und Informationsquelle über solche Verstöße; vermutete Teilnahmebereitschaft an einer zukünftigen Volkszählung; Einstellung zu Meinungsumfragen (Skala); Teilnahmebereitschaft an einer Mikrozensus-Erhebung; Weitergabebereitschaft von Informationen aus der Privatsphäre an Freunde, Nachbarn, statistische Ämter und in wissenschaftlichen Umfragen; Einstellung zu ausgewählten staatlichen Statistiken; Antwortbereitschaft, um Statistiken zu ermöglichen; Angst vor Datenmißbrauch; Befürchtungen hinsichtlich einer Zweckentfremdung der persönlichen Daten durch ausgewählte Institutionen und Ämter (Skala); Einstellung zu ausgewählten illegalen Handlungen (Skala); Religiosität (Skalometer); Einstellung zu Glaubensfragen und zum Sinn des Lebens (Skala); Glaube an übersinnliche, unerklärliche Ereignisse sowie an Horoskope und Telepathie. Demographie: Geburtsmonat; Geburtsjahr; Geschlecht; Konfession; Schulbildung; Berufstätigkeit; Hochschule in Wohnortnähe; Studenten in der Wohngegend; Telefonbesitz. Interviewerrating: Anwesenheit Dritter beim Interview und Person, die die Anwesenheit erwünschte; Eingriffe Dritter in das Interview und Person, die die Intervention herbeiführte; Einstellung der beim Interview zusätzlich anwesenden Person zur Volkszählung; Anwesenheit weiterer Personen in anderen Räumen; Kooperationsbereitschaft und Zuverlässigkeit des Befragten. Zusätzlich verkodet wurde: Interviewdauer; Interviewdatum; Intervieweridentifikation; Interviewergeschlecht; Intervieweralter. Re-interview of the persons interviewed in the second panel wave (ZA Study No. 1589) as well as of persons interviewed in the first panel wave (ZA Study No. 1588), but not contacted in the survey of the second panel wave. Wiederbefragung der in der 2. Panel-Welle befragten Personen (ZA-Studien-Nr. 1589) sowie von Personen, die in der 1. Panel-Well interviewt wurden (ZA-Studien-Nr. 1588), bei der Befragung der 2. Panel-Welle aber nicht angetroffen wurden.