Who Counts?

by Anderson, Margo J.; Fienberg, Stephen E.

• ISBN13: 9780871542564
• ISBN10: 0871542560
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1999-10-01
• Publisher: Russell Sage Foundation

Summary

Anderson (history, U. of Wisconsin, Milwaukee) and Fienberg (statistics and social science, Carnegie Mellon U.) provide a history of the American decennial census, focusing particularly on the censuses of the last three decades. They discuss the controversy of the undercount, the various lawsuits brought to contest methodology and results, challenges associated with achieving an accurate count (particularly of race and ethnicity), and the interplay of law, politics, and science that fuel the ongoing debate. They conclude by proposing a new census design for the year 2000.

Author Biography

Margo J. Anderson is a professor of history and urban studies at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Stephen E. Fienberg is Maurice Falk University Professor of Statistics and Social Science at Carnegie Mellon University

Table of Contents

Preface	vii
Chapter 1 Prologue	1	(10)
Chapter 2 The History of the U.S. Census and the Undercount	11	(24)
Chapter 3 The Undercount and the 1970 and 1980 Censuses	35	(19)
Chapter 4 Dual-Systems Estimation and Other Methods for Undercount Correction	54	(23)
Chapter 5 New for 1990: Implementing the New Methods in a Census Context	77	(23)
Chapter 6 Counting the Population in 1990	100	(30)
Chapter 7 Out of the Limelight and into the Courtroom	130	(37)
Chapter 8 The Measurement of Race and Ethnicity and the Census Undercount: A Controversy That Wasn't	167	(24)
Chapter 9 Toward Census 2000	191	(23)
Chapter 10 The Saga Continues	214	(19)
Appendixes	233	(58)
Notes	291	(6)
References	297	(10)
About the Authors	307	(2)
Index	309