Posted on 08/08/2021 1:09:27 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
Census Bureau statisticians and outside experts are trying to unravel a mystery: Why were so many questions about households in the 2020 census left unanswered?
Residents did not respond to a multitude of questions about sex, race, Hispanic background, family relationships and age, even when providing a count of the number of people living in the home, according to documents released by the agency. Statisticians had to fill in the gaps.
Reflecting an early stage in the number crunching, the documents show that 10% to 20% of questions were not answered in the 2020 census, depending on the question and state. According to the Census Bureau, later phases of processing show the actual rates were lower.
The rates have averaged 1% to 3% in 170 years of previous U.S. censuses, according to University of Minnesota demographer Steven Ruggles.
Confusion over some questions, including traditional uncertainty among Hispanics about how to answer the race question, may have been a factor, but some experts hint at a more sinister possibility. They say the Trump administration’s attempt to end the count early and failed efforts to put a citizenship question on the form and exclude people who were in the U.S. illegally had a chilling effect.
“I think it’s the pandemic and Trump. The very threat that citizenship was on the questionnaire, the very notion it might have been on it, may have deterred some Latinos from filling it out,” said Andrew Beveridge, a sociologist at Queens College and the City University of New York Graduate School and University Center. “I think a lot of us are flabbergasted by it. It is a very high number.”
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Because we know it will be used to divide us into warring camps instead of uniting us.
Next question!
“These blank responses left holes in the data which we had to fill,” Jarmin said.
Probably borrowed their statisticians from the CDC. They are well-versed in making stuff up.
Because NOYB.
Because privacy and “safe databases” are as quaint a concept as horse and buggies—and some folks have figured it out...
That's because they used to ask only a few simple questions relevant to the census: the names and ages of people living in the household; the ages of you, your spouse, and children (or birth dates); your sex; your religion, your home country; your parents' home country; your occupation; whether you rent or own; and your annual income. These questions were never all asked in the same census -- they came and went.
I've looked at a lot of census forms the past couple years as part of my genealogical research.
“Statisticians had to fill in the gaps” ?!?!?!?!?
<>Residents did not respond to a multitude of questions about sex, race, Hispanic background, family relationships and age, even when providing a count of the number of people living in the home<>
Due to the questions above, I haven’t participated since 1990. The 2000 in-person census taker in particular got nasty. She spouted off the various laws I was violating.
The Constitution just requires a count.
But, whatever.
It’s Trump’s fault !
I only answer the questions that I’m legally required to.
Since I moved out of my parents’ house in 1973, the only census that has ever counted me was 2010, and then they only got the information that there were two adults in the household.
Why ask U.S.? China has more information to the US citizens than our government does.
Andrew Beveridge sure has a low opinion of Latinos/Hispanics.
One of those liberals who thinks POCs are too stupid to survive without his help.
Maybe they considered the response, “Kiss my ass”, an unanswered question. Just sayin’ ...
I refused to answer any of the race questions. I did it online and I was forced to put something in so I put in “Other” and filled “refuse to answer” when the text box came up.
All they need is name, sex, and DOB. The race questions are just a means to collect information to help divide us and is not any of the government’s business.
“Statisticians had to fill in the gaps” ?!?!?!?!?
Like was done in November for that vote thingie.
Why would they manipulate the election, but not the census? There’s just as much to steal by manipulating representation as there is the vote.
As a matter of fact, they asked a lot of intruding questions. I was quite uneasy why they asked them. However, the most important question - are you a citizen? They have not asked. I found this weird!
If you counting US population, that question should be the first to be asked!
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