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  • 1.  New Book on Undercounts in the U.S. Census

    Posted 08-12-2019 12:06
    New Book on Undercounts in the U.S. Census
    A new book titled "Differential Undercounts in the U.S. Census: Who is Missing?" authored by William P. O'Hare was released by Springer Publishers on February 15, 2019. Thanks to the generosity of 2020 Census Project, which is a pooled fund administered by a Census funder collaborative promoting a fair and accurate census, the book is available free in electronic form at https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-030-10973-8
    The book contains a lot of demographic and statistical information, but it is written for a non-scientific audience. The book draws heavily on data from the U.S. Census Bureau. The book includes data on census undercounts and omissions rates for key demographic groups along with trends over time where they are available. The book also contains leading ideas about why some groups are missed at a relatively high rate, what the Census Bureau has done in the past to try and reduce differential undercounts, and information about the 2020 Census, including the troublesome citizenship question.
    Individual chapters can be downloaded as desired. Below is a list of Chapters;
    1. Who is Missing? Undercounts and Omissions in the U.S. Census
    2. The Importance of Census Accuracy: Uses of Census Data
    3. Methodology Used to Measure Census Coverage
    4. The Big Picture; Fundamentals of Differential Undercounts
    5. Census Coverage Differentials by Age
    6. Census Coverage Differentials by Sex
    7. Census Coverage of the Hispanic Population
    8. Census Coverage of the Black Population
    9. Census Coverage of the Asian Population
    10. Census Coverage of American Indians and Alaskan Natives
    11. Census Coverage of the Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander Population
    12. Undercount Differentials by Tenure
    13. Potential Explanations for Why People are Missed in the U.S. Census
    14. Census Bureau Efforts to Eliminate Differential Undercounts
    15. Getting Ready for the 2020 Census
    16. Summary

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    William O'Hare
    President
    O'Hare Data and Demographic Services LLC
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  • 2.  RE: New Book on Undercounts in the U.S. Census

    Posted 08-12-2019 12:13
    Thanks, Bill. Terrific resource.

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    Stanislav Kolenikov
    Principal Scientist
    Abt Associates
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