<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The U.S. Census Bureau is conducting research on using administrative records to reduce the cost while maintaining the quality of the 2020 Census Nonresponse Followup (NRFU). Previous census tests have implemented approaches that use predictive models and optimization procedures to identify vacant and occupied housing units using administrative records. This article details a modification to previous approaches, introducing a simple distance metric to define a quality ranking of housing units to enumerate using administrative records. The distance approach is illustrated, assessed, and compared to a previous approach via a retrospective study of the 2010 U.S. Census.</p></abstract>

The U.S. Census Bureau is conducting research on using administrative records to reduce the cost while maintaining the quality of the 2020 Census Nonresponse Followup (NRFU). Previous census tests have implemented approaches that use predictive models and optimization procedures to identify vacant and occupied housing units using administrative records. This article details a modification to previous approaches, introducing a simple distance metric to define a quality ranking of housing units to enumerate using administrative records. The distance approach is illustrated, assessed, and compared to a previous approach via a retrospective study of the 2010 U.S. Census.

A Distance Metric for Modeling the Quality of Administrative Records for Use in the 2020 U.S. Census

Journal of Official Statistics

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The U.S. Census Bureau is conducting research on using administrative records to reduce the cost while maintaining the quality of the 2020 Census Nonresponse...

A Distance Metric for Modeling the Quality of Administrative Records for Use in the 2020 U.S. Census

Published Online: Sep 01, 2018

Page range: 599 - 624

Received: Mar 01, 2016

Accepted: Mar 01, 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jos-2018-0029

Keywords
2020 Census, administrative records, nonresponse followup

© 2018 Andrew Keller et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

A Distance Metric for Modeling the Quality of Administrative Records for Use in the 2020 U.S. Census

Published Online: Sep 01, 2018

Page range: 599 - 624

Received: Mar 01, 2016

Accepted: Mar 01, 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jos-2018-0029

Keywords2020 Census, administrative records, nonresponse followup

© 2018 Andrew Keller et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
2020 Census, administrative records, nonresponse followup