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Modernizing the U.S. Census (1995) / Chapter Skim
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J Content and Quality of Federal and State Administrative Records
Pages 357-371

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From page 357...
... available from a selected set of federal administrative records. These files are comprehensive in their coverage for specific universes and, in total, are estimated to or are likely to include most if not all of the population usually enumerated in the census (excluding the homeless and the institutional populations that can be obtained from other administrative records)
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From page 358...
... Provides some income items not always reported in IRS returns as well as information for many nonfilers. Monthly benefit amounts for Social Security recipients and Supplemental Security Income (for very low income recipients only)
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From page 359...
... For example, income data from IRS records, age (date of birth) from birth records, or earning information from the Summary Earnings Record would be expected to be most accurate in fact they represent standards against which we evaluate accuracy of reporting of these items in other systems.
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From page 360...
... coverage of state income tax files and driver's license records to the more limited universe of birth records and probation and parolee files. Not all states have record systems covering the types of programs indicated, and a large number of program agencies failed to respond to this survey.
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From page 361...
... Schneider, P.J. 1992 Year 2000 Census Research Administrative Records Geographic Coding Research.
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From page 362...
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From page 364...
... 45 44 29 31 39 Place of birth 38 41 0 1 2 Phone 1 0 8 0 2 Income 0 0 29 0 0 Occupation 10 32 2 0 0 Education 25 37 0 0 0 Health 33 7 1 1 10 Note: Each column indicates the number of jurisdictions, out of 52, that maintain content items in the particular record system. The total column displays the total number of major state systems containing the content item (the maximum number in the column is 624, if all jurisdictions maintain all the content items in every major record system)
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From page 365...
... FEDERAL AND STATE ADMINISTRATIVE RECORDS 365 Food Unemp. Worker's AFDC Stamp Insurance Comp.
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  • geographic coding

  • records information
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  • development office
  • population division
  • policy development

  • supplemental security
  • birth records
  • alaskan native
  • accuracy assessment
  • security income

  • major state
  • state record
  • health insurance
  • summary earnings
  • individual income

  • tax returns
  • insurance master
  • content items
  • american indian
  • column indicates

  • control file
  • summarizes survey
  • research administrative
  • individual tax
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