Roberta Rehner Iversen|Frank F. Furstenberg|Alisa Belzer
How much do we count? interpretation and error-making in the decennial census
University of Pennsylvania|Auerbach Associates (United States)|University of Pennsylvania
following critique 1990 decennial census procedures conducted field study among lowincome innercity residents 1991 examine conceptualized managed civic task census response interpretations purpose meaning census commitment task connection government singly together literacy skills eg reading general literacy competence associated errors detectable evaluative methodologies used regularly census bureau validity reliability census data possibly selfadministered survey research increased greater use knowledge interpretation literacy skills formulating data collection procedures