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Benefits, burdens, and prospects of the American Community Survey : summary of a workshop / Daniel L. Cork, rapporteur ; Committee on National Statistics, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education ; National Research Council of the National Academies.

"In June 2012, the Committee on National Statistics (sponsored by the U.S. Census Bureau) convened a Workshop on the Benefits (and Burdens) of the American Community Survey (ACS)---the detailed demographic and economic survey that began full-scale data collection in 2005 and that replaced the t...

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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Corporate Authors: Workshop on the Benefits (and Burdens) of the American Community Survey Washington, D.C.), National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on National Statistics
Other Authors: Cork, Daniel L.
Format: Conference Proceeding eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, [2013]
Subjects:
American community survey.
American community survey
Social indicators > United States.
Social surveys > United States.
Household surveys > United States.
United States > Census.
Household surveys
Social indicators
Social surveys
United States
Census data
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Planning Health Care and Transportation Using the ACS
  • Planning Social Services and Responding to Disasters
  • ACS and the Media
  • State, Local, Tribal, and Urban/Rural Uses of ACS Data
  • Business, Economic Development, and Data Aggregator Uses
  • Legal and Social Equity Uses of ACS Data
  • The Burdens of the ACS, and Closing Discussion
  • Appendix A: Workshop Agenda and Participant List
  • Appendix B: Biographical Sketches of Steering Committee Members and Presenters.

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