Census Monitoring Board: Congressional Members [website]

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Congress established the Census Monitoring Board to observe and monitor all aspects of the preparation and implementation of the 2000 decennial census. The method employed by the Census to count over 275 million Americans in 2000.

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U.S. Census Monitoring Board June 26, 1998.

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  • Main Title: Census Monitoring Board: Congressional Members [website]
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Congress established the Census Monitoring Board to observe and
monitor all aspects of the preparation and implementation of the 2000 decennial census. The method employed by the Census to count over 275 million Americans in 2000.

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earliest date on site: 1998-06-26
latest date on site: 2001-09-30
site harvested: 2001-10-01
site uploaded to UNT server: 2001-11-01

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  • Census 2000: A National Process Requires Local Focus: Report to Congress, 1 February 1999, ark:/67531/metadc2285463
  • Census Affects Children in Poverty, ark:/67531/metadc2285449
  • Census Effects on Access to Health Care, ark:/67531/metadc2285459
  • Comparison of Demographic Analysis, A.C.E., and Census 2000 Results by Race, ark:/67531/metadc2285470
  • Efecto del Conteo Inexacto del Censo 2000 sobre Fondos Federales para los Estados y Condados Seleccionados, 2002-2012, ark:/67531/metadc2285472
  • The Concerns of the Hard-to-Count Communities: Summary From the Undercount Summit and the Hispanic Federation Forum, ark:/67531/metadc2285466
  • Effect of Census 2000 Undercount on Federal Funding to States and Local Areas, 2002-2012, ark:/67531/metadc2285454
  • Effect of Census 2000 Undercount on Federal Funding to States and Selected Counties, 2002-2012, ark:/67531/metadc2285471
  • Effects of Census Undercount on School Planning, ark:/67531/metadc2285457
  • Examining the Effects of Census Adjustments on Estimates of Working-Age Uninsured Minorities in the United States, ark:/67531/metadc2285460
  • Final Letter Report to Congress, 1 September 2001, ark:/67531/metadc2285468
  • Generating Greater Participation in the 2000 Census: Analysis From a National Survey Conducted for U.S. Census Monitoring Board, ark:/67531/metadc2285484
  • A Guide to Statistical Adjustment: How It Really Works, ark:/67531/metadc2285469
  • How Would Adjusted 1990 Census Data Have Made a Difference?: A Case Study of Long Beach, CA, ark:/67531/metadc2285461
  • Profiling the Native American Community in Albuquerque: Assessing the Impacts of Census Undercounts and Adjustments, ark:/67531/metadc2285456
  • Questionnaire and Topline Results From a National Survey Regarding the 2000 Census for the U.S. Census Monitoring Board Presidential Members, ark:/67531/metadc2285486
  • U.S. Census Monitoring Board Field Observations From Fifty-One Local Census Offices: Report to Congress, October 1, 2000, ark:/67531/metadc2285467
  • U.S. Census Monitoring Board Field Observations of the New York and Dallas Regional and Local Census Offices, Alaska Enumeration, and Household Matching Training, ark:/67531/metadc2285483
  • U.S. Census Monitoring Board: Presidential Members: Final Report to Congress, ark:/67531/metadc2285452
  • U.S. Census Monitoring Board Presidential Members Report to Congress: April 11, 2001, ark:/67531/metadc2285451
  • U.S. Census Monitoring Board Presidential Members Report to Congress: February 1, 1999, ark:/67531/metadc2285450
  • U.S. Census Monitoring Board Presidential Members Report to Congress: June 9, 1999, ark:/67531/metadc2285455
  • U.S. Census Monitoring Board Report to Congress: April 1, 1999, ark:/67531/metadc2285464
  • U.S. Census Monitoring Board Report to Congress: October 1, 1999, ark:/67531/metadc2285487
  • Undercounting Commuters, ark:/67531/metadc2285458
  • Unkept Promise: Statistical Adjustment Fails to Eliminate Local Undercounts, as Revealed by Evaluation of Severely Undercounted Blocks From the 1990 Census Plan, ark:/67531/metadc2285465
  • Junta de Control del Censo de los Estados Unidos Observaciones de las operaciones de campo de cincuenta y una Oficinas locales de censo: Reporte al Congreso, 1ero de octubre del 2000, ark:/67531/metadc2285462
  • Consecuencias de los errores de recuento en el Censo 2000 en la financiación federal a los estados y localidades, 2002-2012, ark:/67531/metadc2285485

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Census 2000: A National Process Requires Local Focus: Report to Congress, 1 February 1999 (Report)

Census 2000: A National Process Requires Local Focus: Report to Congress, 1 February 1999

Report by the Congressional Members of the U.S. Census Monitoring Board criticizing the plans of the Census Bureau and the Department of Commerce to use statistical adjustment to correct any potential undercounts in the upcoming 2000 census. The Board instead favors using technology and local methods in order to track down the people who were missed, rather than making statistical estimates.

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Census 2000: A National Process Requires Local Focus: Report to Congress, 1 February 1999, ark:/67531/metadc2285463

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Report analyzing the amount of children missed by the 1990 census to determine an estimate of how many children are living in poverty.

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Census Effects on Access to Health Care (Report)

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Report analyzing the effect of census undercounting on the health care industry. The report finds that undercounting makes minority communities less attractive for investment and development, such as the building of new hospitals and doctor's offices.

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Census Effects on Access to Health Care, ark:/67531/metadc2285459

Comparison of Demographic Analysis, A.C.E., and Census 2000 Results by Race (Report)

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Report by Jeffrey S. Passel for the Presidential Members of the U.S. Census Monitoring Board analyzing why the DA estimate of the U.S. population implies a census overcount and the A.C.E. implies an undercount. Passel analyzes how these different methods of estimating the population are disproportionate when it comes to their treatment of minorities, leading to the discrepancy.

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Comparison of Demographic Analysis, A.C.E., and Census 2000 Results by Race, ark:/67531/metadc2285470

Efecto del Conteo Inexacto del Censo 2000 sobre Fondos Federales para los Estados y Condados Seleccionados, 2002-2012 (Report)

Efecto del Conteo Inexacto del Censo 2000 sobre Fondos Federales para los Estados y Condados Seleccionados, 2002-2012

Report focusing on how, because Congress uses census data to allocate funding to state governments, census undercounts can lead to this money being misallocated. The report estimates the size of the Census 2000 undercount and then analyzes how this will affect federal funding.

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