Word: censuses
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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Harvard's contribution to America's count will end tomorrow. For first-years, U.S. census forms were due last Friday. But upperclass students still have one more day, and we urge those who have not filled out their forms to do so in the name of civic duty...
...Census data, as most students know, are used to allocate seats in Congress and define electoral districts within states. But the census count is also used to determine how the federal government spends more than $185 billion to subsidize, among other things, schools, housing, transportation and safety-net programs. For these reasons, it is imperative that a census count be full and accurate...
Some politicians have labeled the long form of the census as unnecessarily intrusive, particularly those about income, race and indoor plumbing. These criticisms are nothing short of baseless. Not only are these questions essential for an accurate census count, each form came with numerous disclaimers assuring the confidentiality of census information...
...filled out the census short form, and--though I don't want to boast--I finished it in 3 min. flat. The reduction-in-paperwork instructions said it would take 10 min. for an average person to complete. How did the Census Bureau calculate its estimate...
...Single people, such as you, probably take less time than others. To answer the question, Patricia Kelly, assistant division chief for forms design and printing in the Decennial Systems and Contract Management Office of the Census Bureau (she must have foldout business cards), used three separate, entirely unscientific sample groups in arriving at the estimate. First, she asked a group of colleagues with a wide range of educational backgrounds and household sizes to take the new forms home and jot down how long it took to complete them. Next, she asked friends and neighbors to do the same. Finally, Kelly...