Triple-System Modeling of Census, Post-Enumeration Survey, and Administrative-List Data
针对双系统估计中相关性偏差问题,引入第三系统(行政记录)建模,以1988年预演普查数据验证,发现双系统低估了城市黑人成年男性人口,三系统方法能更精确估计难计数人群。
Abstract Dual-system measurement of census coverage using a post-enumeration survey has been criticized for correlation bias, resulting when responses to the census and survey are not independent. A third system provides additional information to assess that independence. This study focuses on urban Black male adults, using data from the 1988 Dress Rehearsal Census and its Post-Enumeration Survey and from other government sources. Results using a variety of models confirm that their population is underestimated by dual-system methods. Problems involving classification and matching errors are also discussed. The results suggest that triple-system modeling has great potential for more precise estimation of the hard-to-count population and its census coverage. KEY WORDS: Administrative recordsDual-system estimationUndercount