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Census Effects on Access to Health Care

Description: 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.
Date: February 20, 2001
Creator: U.S. Census Monitoring Board. Presidential Members
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How Would Adjusted 1990 Census Data Have Made a Difference?: A Case Study of Long Beach, CA

Description: Report estimating how adjusting the data of the heavily-undercounted 1990 census would have affected public policy and funding in Long Beach, CA. The report suggests that the 2000 census data be adjusted to compensate for undercounts to ensure that services get the funding they need.
Date: February 15, 2001
Creator: U.S. Census Monitoring Board. Presidential Members
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Undercounting Commuters

Description: Report analyzing the undercount of commuters in the 1990 census. The report finds that commuters, particularly commuters of color, who used mass transit were more likely to be undercounted. The report also finds that although the 2000 census reduced the undercount, the underlying problem persists.
Date: February 20, 2001
Creator: U.S. Census Monitoring Board. Presidential Members
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