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1 Introduction
Pages 3-8

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... In December 2010, the first set of estimates based on 5 years of continuous data collection will be published for all statistical, legal, and administrative entities, including areas as small as census block groups. PANEL CHARGE1 When the ACS entered full-scale production in 2005, it did so only for the household population.
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... Group quarters include such places as college residence halls, residential treatment centers, skilled nursing facilities, group homes, military barracks, correctional facilities, and workers' dormitories. Types (1)
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... The panel was asked to recommend alternatives that can make the data more useful for small-area data users, particularly users of ACS 5-year period estimates for small governmental entities, considering operational feasibility and compatibility with the treatment of the household population in the ACS. This interim report makes recommendations addressing near-term improvements in the sample design, weighting, and estimation of the GQ population.
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... As part of its work, the panel will assist the Census Bureau by assessing data user needs and ultimately will make recommendations regarding ACS methodology in light of these needs. Issues such as whether the ACS is a suitable vehicle for the measurement of the GQ population, the data collection costs, and the importance of the data to users will be examined in the panel's final report.
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... Special Procedures In remote Alaska, the GQ data collection is conducted twice a year, from January through mid-April and from September through mid-January. Correctional and military facilities selected into the sample multiple times are visited only once, during a randomly selected month.
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... Specifically, this report focuses on statistical methodology and proposes short-term revisions as well as research needed to inform longer term methodological decisions. Chapter 2 discusses the ACS sampling frame development and scope of coverage for the GQ component of the sample.
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