Reducing Response Burden in the American Community Survey: Proceedings of a Workshop

National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine · Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education · Committee on National Statistics · Steering Committee for Workshop on Respondent Burden in the American Community Survey

Nov 2016 · National Academies Press

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Although people in the United States have historically been reasonably supportive of federal censuses and surveys, they are increasingly unavailable for or not willing to respond to interview requests from federalâ€"as well as privateâ€"sources. Moreover, even when people agree to respond to a survey, they increasingly decline to complete all questions, and both survey and item nonresponse are growing problems.

In March 2016, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine convened a workshop to consider the respondent burden and its challenges and opportunities of the American Community Survey, which is conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau. This publication summarizes the presentations and discussions from the workshop.