housing unit follow-up sampling, 147–148, 155–156, 158–159

recommendations for research, 6, 159, 163

residence rules and, 164

sampling error, 64–65

weighting of one-year period estimates, 192–193

Computer-assisted telephone interviewing

ACS data collection process, 160–161, 184–185

data collection mode effects, 6, 161, 162, 163, 192–193, 253

housing unit follow-up strategy, 147–148

recommendations for research, 6, 163

residence rules and, 164

Confidence intervals, 64, 66, 74, 76

Confidentiality

in ACS quality profile outline, 244

ACS strategies, 42–43, 173–174

Census Bureau interviewers, 170

concerns about ACS, 174–176

five-year period data, 120

month of data collection, 7, 174–175, 176–177

recommendations for research, 7–8, 176–177

research needs, 252–253

Continuous sampling approach, 20–22, 29

Controls

ACS, 2, 17, 47–48, 127

ACS quality profile, 244

for counties for specific population groups, 23

for coverage errors, 56

housing data, 9, 127–128, 154–155, 196–201

margins of error, 9

for multiyear estimates, 213

population data, 127, 128, 154–155, 250, 254

recommendations for research, 5, 9, 208, 254

urban area housing unit responses, 150

Costs

ACS, 18

long-form sampling, 17–18, 19–20

County-level ACS

controls for specific population groups, 23

family median income estimates, 87–94

housing unit estimates, 198

housing unit sampling in rural areas, 151

per capita income estimates, 84

population estimates, 9, 202–203, 208

weighting multiyear estimands, 213–214, 222

Current Population Survey Annual Social and Economic Supplement, 52, 83, 125, 126–127, 171, 255–256, 259

D

Data collection methodology

ACS, 2, 6, 40–42, 184–185

comparisons between studies, 125–127, 244, 245, 251–252

costs, 18

evolution of Census Bureau practice, 15–16

group quarters, 167, 170

handheld devices, 19–20

housing units, 160–167

linkages among national survey

activities, 259–260

methods panels review, 11, 247–254

modes and mode effects, 6, 160–163, 192–193, 243–244, 253

monitoring, 238

month of collection information, 7, 174–175, 176–177

paired strategy, 15, 16–20

recommendation for research, 6–7, 163

research needs, 141, 253

transition to ACS, 14–15, 23–24, 135

Data swapping, 42, 173

Decennial census data

ACS data and, 78, 128–129

residence rules, 31, 163, 201

summary files, 122

uses, 13, 15

See also Long-form sample of decennial census

Delivery Sequence File, 6, 148, 149, 150–151

Department of Housing and Urban Development, 87–89, 94, 95

Disabilities, people with, 60

Dollar amounts

latest-year estimates, 179–180

See also Inflation adjustments

Domestic violence shelters, 167

Front Matter (R1-R22)

Executive Summary (1-12)

1 Introduction (13-26)

PART I: Using the American Community Survey, 2 Essentials for Users (27-76)

3 Working with the ACS: Guidance for Users (77-138)

PART II: Technical Issues, 4 Sample Design and Survey Operations (139-183)

5 The Weighting of ACS 1-Year Period Estimates (184-208)

6 Weighting and Interpreting ACS Multiyear Estimates (209-224)

PART III: Education, Outreach, and Future Development, 7 Important Next Steps (225-260)

References (261-266)

Appendix A Acronyms and Abbreviations (267-268)

Appendix B Controlling the American Community Survey to Postcensal Population Estimates (269-289)

Appendix C Alternatives to the Multiyear Period Estimation Strategy for the American Community Survey (290-312)

Appendix D Biographical Sketches of Panel Members and Staff (313-318)

Index to Executive Summary and Chapters 1-7 (319-330)

Committee on National Statistics (331-332)