Population Division Working Papers
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- Identification of Hispanic Ethnicity in Census 2000: Analysis of
Data Quality for the Question on Hispanic Origin, by Arthur R. Cresce, Audrey
Dianne Schmidley and Roberto R. Ramirez. Issued July 2004
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- Evaluation of April 1, 2000 School District Population Estimates
Based on the Synthetic Ratio Method, by Monique Oosse. Issued June 2004
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(81k) |
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[PDF 673k]
- Measuring the Foreign-Born Population in the United States with
the Current Population Survey: 1994-2002, by A. Dianne Schmidley and J.
Gregory Robinson. Issued October 2003
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- Analysis of General Hispanic Responses in Census 2000, by
Arthur R. Cresce and Roberto R. Ramirez. Issued September 2003.
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[PDF 541k]
- People Might Move but Housing Units Don’t: An Evaluation
of the State and County Housing Unit Estimates, by Jason Devine
and Charles Coleman. Issued April 2003.
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(240k) |
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[PDF 660k]
- Evaluation of 2000 Subcounty Population Estimates, by
Greg Harper, Chuck Coleman and Jason Devine. Issued May 2003.
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(524k) |
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- Seasonality of Moves and The Duration and Tenure of
Residence: 1996, by Jason P. Schachter and Jeffrey J. Kuenzi.
Issued December 2002.
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- Guide to International Migration Statistics: The Sources,
Collection, and Processing of Foreign-Born Population Data at
the U.S. Census Bureau, by Joseph M. Costanzo, Cynthia J. Davis,
and Nolan Malone. Issued October 2002.
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[PDF 285k]
- Evaluation of Census Bureau’s 1995-2025 State Population
Projections, by Ching-li Wang. Issued October 2002.
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- Evaluating Components of International Migration:
Consistency of 2000 Nativity Data, by Nolan J. Malone.
Issued January 2002.
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- Evaluating Components of International Migration:
Quality of Foreign-Born and Hispanic Population Data, by Arthur R.
Cresce, Roberto R. Ramirez, and Gregory K. Spencer. Issued July
2002
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- Evaluating Components of International Migration:
Migration Between Puerto Rico and the United States, by Matthew
Christenson. Issued January 2002.
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- Evaluating Components of International Migration:
Native-Born Emigrants, by Jim C. Gibbs, Gregory S. Harper, Marc J.
Rubin, and Hyon B. Shin. Issued January 2003.
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- Evaluating Components of International Migration: Foreign-Born
Emigrants, by Tammany Mulder, Betsy Guzman, and Angela M. Brittingham.
Issued June 2002.
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- Evaluating Components of International Migration:
The Residual Foreign Born, by Joseph Costanzo, Cynthia J. Davis,
Caribert Irazi, Daniel M. Goodkind, and Roberto R. Ramirez. Issued
January 2002.
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- Evaluating Components of International Migration:
Temporary (Legal) Migrants, by Rachel Cassidy and Lucinda Pearson.
Issued January 2002.
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- Evaluating Components of International Migration: Legal
Migrants, by Marc J. Perry, Barbara J. Van der Vate, Lea Auman,
and Kathleen Morris. Issued January 2002.
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- Evaluating Components of International Migration:
Estimates of the Foreign-Born Population by Migrant Status in 2000,
by Kevin E. Deardorff and Lisa M. Blumerman. Issued
December 2001.
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- Evaluating Forecast Error in State Population Projections
Using Census 2000 Counts, by Paul R. Campbell, Issued November
2002.
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- Historical Census Statistics on Population Totals By
Race, 1790 to 1990, and By Hispanic Origin, 1970 to 1990, For The
United States, Regions, Divisions, and States, by Campbell Gibson
and Kay Jung, Issued September 2002.
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- State Estimates
of Child Care Establishments: 1977 - 1997, by Grace E. O’Neill
and Martin O’Connell, Issued August 2001 (14k)
- Evaluation of the
1990 School District Level Population Estimates Based on the
Synthetic Ratio Approach, by Esther R. Miller, Issued
September 2001
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- Home Schooling in the United States: Trends and
Characteristics, by K. J. Bauman. Issued August 2001.
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- At-Risk
Conditions of U.S. School Age Children, by Robert Kominski,
Amie Jamieson, and Gladys Martinez, Issued June 2001 (30k)
- U.S. Census Bureau Measurement of Net International
Migration to the United States: 1990 to 2000, by Tammany Mulder,
Frederick Hollmann, Lisa Lollock, Rachel Cassidy, Joseph Costanzo,
and Josephine Baker. Issued February 2002
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version [PDF 108k]
- Accuracy of the U.S. Census Bureau National Population
Projection and Their Respective Components of Change, by Tammany
Mulder, Issued November 2002
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version [PDF 314k]
- Variations in State Mortality From 1960 to 1990, by Monique
Oosse, Issued September 2003
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- The Effect of Work and Welfare on Living Conditions
in Single Parent Households, by Kurt J. Bauman, Issued August
2000
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- An
Analysis of State and County Population Changes by Characteristics:
1990-1999, by Amy Symens Smith, Bashir Ahmed, and Larry Sink,
Issued November 2000 (40k)
- The Emerging
American Voter: An Examination of the Increase in the Black Vote
in November 1998, by Avalaura L. Gaither and Eric C.
Newburger, Issued June 2000
- Have We Reached the Top? Educational Attainment
Projections of the U.S. Population, by Jennifer Cheeseman Day and
Kurt J. Bauman, Issued May 2000
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- Measures of Help Available to Households in Need:
Their Relation to Well-being, Welfare, and Work, by Kurt J.
Bauman and Barbara A. Downs, Issued May 2000
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- Canceled.
- What
Do We Know About the Undercount of Children?, by Kirsten K.
West and J. Gregory Robinson, Issued August 1999 (59k)
- Methodology and Assumptions for the Population
Projections of the United States: 1999 to 2100, by Frederick W.
Hollmann, Tammany J. Mulder, and Jeffrey E. Kallan,
Issued January 2000
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- Is
Childlessness Among American Women On the Rise?, by Amara
Bachu, Issued May 1999 (8k)
- How
Does POSSLQ Measure Up? Historical Estimates of Cohabitation,
by Lynne M. Casper, Philip N. Cohen, and Tavia Simmons,
Issued May 1999 (62k)
- Racial-Ethnic
and Gender Differences in Returns to Cohabitation and Marriage:
Evidence from the Current Population Survey, by Philip N.
Cohen, Issued May 1999 (36k)
- Unbinding the
Ties: Edit Effects of Marital Status on Same Gender Couples,
by Jason M. Fields and Charles L. Clark, Issued April
1999 (43k)
- Evaluation of
Relationship, Marital Status, and Grandparents Items on the Census
2000 Dress Rehearsal, by Charles Clark and Jason Fields,
Issued April 1999 (32k)
- Women’s
Labor Force Attachment Patterns and Maternity Leave: A Review of
the Literature, by Kristin E. Smith and Amara Bachu,
Issued January 1999 (29k)
- The
American Community Survey and Intercensal Population Estimates:
Where Are The Crossroads?, by Amy Symens Smith, Issued
December 1998 (77k)
- Direct
Measures of Poverty as Indicators of Economic Need: Evidence from
the Survey of Income and Program Participation, by Kurt Bauman,
Issued November 1998 (59k)
- "Historical
Census Statistics on the Foreign-born Population of the United
States: 1850-1990", by Campbell Gibson and Emily Lennon,
Issued February 1999 (70k)
- Are
There Differences in Voting Behavior Between Naturalized and
Native-born Americans?, by Loretta E. Bass and
Lynne M. Casper, Issued March 1999 (58K)
- Population of
the 100 Largest Cities and Other Urban Places in the United States:
1790 to 1990, by Campbell Gibson, Issued June 1998 (55k)
- Co-resident
Grandparents and Their Grandchildren: Grandparent Maintained
Families, by Lynne M. Casper and Kenneth R. Bryson,
Issued March 1998 (111K)
- Timing
of First Births: 1930-34 to 1990-94, by Amara Bachu, Issued
May 1998 (10k)
- Child
Well-Being Indicators From the SIPP, by Kristin E. Smith,
Loretta E. Bass, and Jason M. Fields, Issued April 1998
(8k)
- Poverty,
Family Structure, and Child Well-Being: Indicators From the SIPP,
by Jason M. Fields and Kristin E. Smith, Issued April
1998 (71k)
- How
Well Does The Current Population Survey Measure The Foreign Born
Population In The United States?, by A. Dianne Schmidley
and J. Gregory Robinson, Issued April 1998. (68k)
- State
Estimates of Organized Child Care Facilities, by Lynne M.
Casper and Martin O’Connell, Issued March 1998. (11k)
- Trends
in Marital Status of U.S. Women at First Birth: 1930 to 1994,
by Amara Bachu, Issued March 1998. (14k)
- Who Responds/Who
Doesn’t? Analyzing Variation in Mail Response Rates During the 1990
Census, by David L. Word, Issued July 1997. (51k)
- Results
of the 1996 Race and Ethnic Targeted Test, by Staff in
Population Division and Decennial Statistical Studies Division,
Issued May 1997. (29k)
- Race and
Ethnicity Classification Consistency between the Census Bureau and
the National Center for Health Statistics, by Larry Sink,
Issued February 1997. (28k)
- Findings
on Questions on Race and Hispanic Origin Tested in the 1996
National Content Survey, by Staff of the Special Population
Statistics, Population Division, Issued December 1996. (16k)
- Comparisons
of Selected Social and Economic Characteristics Between Asians,
Hawaiians, Pacific Islanders, and American Indians (Including
Alaskan Natives), by Edward W. Fernandez, Issued June
1996. (59k)
- Fertility
of American Men, by Amara Bachu, Issued March 1996. [PDF 428k]
- Building
A Spanish Surname List for the 1990’s - A New Approach to an Old
Problem, by David L. Word and R. Colby Perkins Jr.,
Issued March 1996. [PDF 365k]
- "Metropolitan and Nonmetropolitan Areas: New Approaches
to Geographical Definition," by Donald C. Dahmann and James D.
Fitzsimmons, Issued October 1995. Available only in print for
$10.00. Call 301-763-2422 or e-mail pop@census.gov.
- Using
Analytic Techniques to Evaluate the 1990 Census Coverage of Young
Hispanics, by Edward W. Fernandez, Issued May 1995. (39k)
- Estimation
of the Annual Emigration of U.S. Born Persons by Using Foreign
Censuses and Selected Administrative Data: Circa 1980, by
Edward W. Fernandez, Issued January 1995. (34k)
- Estimates
of Emigration of the Foreign-born Population: 1980-1990, by Bashir
Ahmed and J. Gregory Robinson, Issued December 1994. (56k)
- Illustrative
Ranges of the Distribution of Undocumented Immigrants by State,
by Edward W. Fernandez & J. Gregory Robinson, Issued
October 1994. (20k)
- Geographic
Coding of Administrative Records -- Current Research in
Zip/Sector-to-County Coding Process, by Douglas K. Sater,
Issued June 1994. (134k)
- Metropolitan
Growth and Expansion in the 1980s, by Richard L. Forstall
and James D. Fitzsimmons, Issued April 1993. (35k)
- Evaluation
of Postcensal County Estimates for the 1980s, by Sam T.
Davis, Issued March 1994. (35k)
- Evaluating the
Passel-Word Spanish Surname List: 1990 Decennial Census Post
Enumeration Survey Results, by R. Colby Perkins, Issued
August 1993. (82k)
- Postcensal
Population Estimates: States, Counties, and Places, by
John F. Long, Issued August 1993. (68k)
- Geographic
Coding of Administrative Records -- Past Experience and Current
Research, by Douglas K. Sater, Issued April 1993. (104k)
- The Census
Bureau Approach for Allocating International Migration To States,
Counties and Places: 1981 - 1991, by David L. Word,
Issued October 1992. (55k)
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