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The reliability of the American Community Survey for injury surveillance

Injury Prevention, 2016
Background To evaluate the reliability and predictability of 49 socioeconomic indicators constructed from the annual and multiyear American Community Survey (ACS) data cycles for monitoring injury inequalities across the USA. Methods Cross-sectional
Nathaniel Bell, Bo Cai
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End-of-Life Preparedness Among Japanese Americans: A Community Survey

Journal of Social Work in End-of-Life & Palliative Care, 2022
The purpose of this study was to investigate the level of preparedness among Japanese American older adults for life's end by examining their knowledge, preferences, and arrangements for end-of-life issues. A total of 248 community dwelling Japanese Americans aged 50 and older participated in the study. The cross-sectional survey results indicated that
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n-Cycle Swapping for the American Community Survey

2012
Data from the American Community Survey (ACS) are collected under the authority of Title 13 of the United States Code which guarantees the confidentiality of all survey respondents. To maintain this confidentiality while still being able to release usable data, the U.S. Census Bureau applies several disclosure avoidance methods.
Michael DePersio, Marlow Lemons, Kaleli A. Ramanayake, Julie Tsay, Laura Zayatz   +4 more
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Bayesian Spatial Change of Support for Count-Valued Survey Data With Application to the American Community Survey

, 2014
We introduce Bayesian spatial change of support (COS) methodology for count-valued survey data with known survey variances. Our proposed methodology is motivated by the American Community Survey (ACS), an ongoing survey administered by the U.S.
J. Bradley, C. Wikle, S. Holan
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The American Community Survey: practical considerations for researchers

Reference Services Review, 2013
PurposeThis paper seeks to provide researchers and librarians with an overview of the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey (ACS), with a specific focus on practical issues that users must face when choosing and using ACS datasets.Design/methodology/approachEach of the following issues are explored subsequent to a general overview of the ACS ...
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The American Community Survey in counties with “seasonal” populations

Population Research and Policy Review, 2006
The U.S. Census Bureau designed the American Community Survey (ACS) to provide annual estimates of social and economic characteristics for states, counties, municipalities, census tracts, and block groups. Because of its April 1 reference date, in northern nonmetropolitan counties with substantial seasonal population fluctuations the decennial census ...
Paul M. Van Auken, Roger B. Hammer, Paul R. Voss, Daniel L. Veroff   +3 more
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Mapping American community survey data

2013
Maps are a frequently used tool to portray the Census Bureau’s data and highlight spatial patterns that provide context and significance for the characteristics displayed. Maps provide visually what tables and other graphics cannot: a picture of the data, their distribution over geographic areas, and a means for interpreting the data shown by color ...
Torrieri, NK, Ratcliffe, M, Wong, WSD
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Controlling the American Community Survey to intercensal population estimates

Journal of Economic and Social Measurement, 2006
The US Census Bureau has proposed the use of demographic projections as population controls for the American Community Survey at a fine level of geographic and demographic stratification. These projections are known to be imperfect. Bias and variance of post-stratification estimators with imperfect population controls at various levels of aggregation ...
Breidt, F. Jay, Swanson, David A.
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Using the 2005 American Community Survey

2008
In August through October 2006, the Bureau of the Census released the first products from the nationwide American Community Survey. Eagerly awaited by users, this data set provided the first update to 2000 Census numbers for small areas across the nation. A full range of variables is available for states, for counties and places of 65,000 population or
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Methodological note: Allocation of disability items in the American Community Survey

Disability and Health Journal, 2013
Determining the prevalence and correlates of disability requires the use of sample surveys in data analysis. In an effort to generate complete datasets, allocation procedures (i.e., the assignment of values to missing or illogical responses) are frequently used for missing or inconsistent responses.The goal of this investigation was to explore how six ...
Carlos, Siordia, Rebekah, Young
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