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Abstract
"Despite the [U.S.] Census Bureau's great efforts in various accuracy-improvement and outreach programs, census undercount still persists.... This paper focuses on the undercount of the Black population and its impacts in the form of such biased statistics on Blacks as inflated proportions of Black female-headed households, deflated victimization rates of Black males, or crude death rates of Blacks. The paper concludes with suggestions on how to deal with the undercount problems." excerptKeywords: Americas; Bias; Blacks; Census; Census Methods; Cultural Background; Data Analysis; Data Quality; Demographic Factors; Developed Countries; Error Sources; Ethnic Groups; Evaluation; Measurement; North America; Northern America; Population; Population Characteristics; Population Statistics; Reliability; Research Methodology; Undercount; United States
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Year: 1996 PMID: 12293579
Source DB: PubMed Journal: West J Black Stud ISSN: 0197-4327