Exam1 Ch4

Question 1

1st US Census (year)

Answer 1

1790

Question 2

Domesday book (definition and year)

Answer 2

Used to keep track of how much to tax, but is looked at as the first census
-1086

Question 3

De facto

Answer 3

(Under census) Who’s there on the day info taken

Question 4

De jure

Answer 4

(Under census) Who belongs legally, who is a resideny

Question 5

Usual resident

Answer 5

(Under censes)- the place where a person usually sleeps-

College students, military members and ppl in jail are counted by institutions, not by homes

Question 6

Census

Answer 6

Primary source of data on Pop size, distribution, demographic structure, characteristics

Question 7

Coverage error

Answer 7

Census- Nonsampling error

Combination of undercount and overcount. (Difference between undercount and overcount)

Question 8

Differential undercount

Answer 8

Census nonsampling error: When some groups are more likely to be undercounted than others

Question 9

Demographic analysis

Answer 9

Census- nonsampling error
Estimates what the pop at the latest census should have been and compares that to the actual amount
(Demographic balancing equation: pop at time 2 = pop @ time 1 + births b/w time 1 and 2, - deaths b/w times 1&2 + in-migrants b/w times 1&2 - out-migrants b/w time 1&2

Question 10

Dual system estimation

Answer 10

Method to measure coverage error