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[ NNSquad ] Census Bureau To Offer Internet Option For Future Government Surveys
Census Bureau To Offer Internet Option For Future Government Surveys
http://j.mp/TWuuOg (AP / Huffington)
But concerns remain as it is studied for use in the 2020 census, which
counts the entire U.S. population rather than a representative sample.
The once-a-decade count has traditionally missed hard-to-track groups
such as minorities, the homeless and the poor, who also may be less
likely to have access to computers. Recent government tests have
shown that U.S. residents who are more likely to respond to surveys
online are younger, Asian, non-black, or `other' race, with higher
education. Those living in larger households as well as those who
speak a language other than English at home also were more likely to
fill out Internet forms. Reaching hard-to-count groups has been a
major factor behind ballooning costs to the census, which sustains its
biggest costs when it has to send survey-takers to households. "An
Internet option cannot come at the expense of reaching hard-to-count
communities ...
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The devil is in the details.
--Lauren--
Lauren Weinstein (lauren@vortex.com): http://www.vortex.com/lauren
Co-Founder: People For Internet Responsibility: http://www.pfir.org/pfir-info
Founder:
- Network Neutrality Squad: http://www.nnsquad.org
- PRIVACY Forum: http://www.vortex.com/privacy-info
- Data Wisdom Explorers League: http://www.dwel.org
- Global Coalition for Transparent Internet Performance: http://www.gctip.org
Member: ACM Committee on Computers and Public Policy
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