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Counting Immigrants Keep changing addresses May not have a permanent address

Census Article. Counting Immigrants Keep changing addresses May not have a permanent address Have trouble w/the english language version May not return qs due to fear of deportation Counting visible minorities Mis-interpret ethnicity items Ethnicity item may not apply if multi-ethnic

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Counting Immigrants Keep changing addresses May not have a permanent address

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  1. Census Article • Counting Immigrants • Keep changing addresses • May not have a permanent address • Have trouble w/the english language version • May not return qs due to fear of deportation • Counting visible minorities • Mis-interpret ethnicity items • Ethnicity item may not apply if multi-ethnic • Criterion relevance

  2. Census Article • Having high housing costs • Living in illegal units • Living in doubled-up units • Having non-traditional households • Do not fit in categories used by census qs and so do not get counted • Criterion deficiency

  3. Census Article • Having untrained researchers • Cannot answer qs participants may have • Cannot effectively persuade participants to complete & return Qs • Allowing for Open-ended responses • Mis-interpret item • Criterion contamination

  4. Census Article • What is the item-order effect in the census? How can it be resolved? • When item assessing english speaking skill is followed by ancestry item, most participants indicate English ancestry • Criterion contamination • Explain clearly what ancestry means • Criterion relevance

  5. Census Article • How would you re-define place of residence? • Specify amount of time in the year spent at address • Specify address used for emergencies • Specify address used for important mail

  6. Census Article • How would you ask for race info • Give examples, clearly define • How would you re-define marriage? • Include common law & same-sex marriages • Criterion deficiency • What is an example of a confidence interval given in the article? • “34-40% of American public…”

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