The Undercount of Young Children in the U.S. Decennial Census

• Main Author: O'Hare, William P. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Population Studies,
• Subjects: Social sciences.; Statistics.; Demography.; Social Sciences.; Statistics for Social Science, Behavorial Science, Education, Public Policy, and Law.

This book covers several dimensions of the undercount of young children in the U.S. Decennial Census, examines the data from the 2010 U.S. Decennial Census in detail and looks at trends in the undercount of children over time. Other aspects included are the geographic distribution of the net underco...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1 Introduction
• Chapter 2 Methodology Used to Measure Census Coverage
• Chapter 3 Coverage of Young Children in the 2010 U.S. Decennial Census
• Chapter 4 Historical Examination of Net Coverage for Children in the U.S.
• Chapter 5 State and County Level 2010 U.S. Census Coverage Rates for Young
• Chapter 6 Coverage of Young Children in the Census: An International Comparative Perspective
• Chapter 7 Potential Explanations for the High Net Undercount of Young Children in the U.S. Census
• Chapter 8 Summary and Conclusions.