The Group Quarters Frame Update Pilot Program Preliminary Research Results and Requirements for Implementation Jim Farber U.S. Census Bureau Presentation to FSCPE Members September 26, 2006

2 Agenda Background and review of project Preliminary research results Requirements for implementation in 2010 Census

3 Background and Review Address frame strategy for 2010 is to have an integrated, systematic approach to updating list of living quarters GQ frame pilot program tested one approach to updating GQ list

4 Background and Review (2) GQ frame update pilot project identified potential GQs from several source files FSCPE Enhanced GQR InfoUSA: telephone yellow pages ES-202: state business registers Project evaluated by analysis of results and ad hoc follow up

5 Preliminary FSCPE Results First step: screen out records already on census GQ frame AlaskaCaliforniaGeorgia New Mexico New York Travis Cty. TX Total Not on census GQ frame ,053 On census GQ frame 2252,1401, ,800617,022 Total3262,6012, ,495799,075

6 Preliminary FSCPE Results (2) Second step: screen out records with no address or no census block geocode AlaskaCaliforniaGeorgia New Mexico New York Travis Cty. TX Total With address and geocode No address or geocode ,144 Total ,053

7 Preliminary FSCPE Results (3) Last step: unduplicate, match to MAF and accept or reject records as MAF updates  82 records identified as duplicates and removed AlaskaCaliforniaGeorgia New Mexico New York Travis Cty. TX Total Accepted as MAF Update Rejected as MAF Update Total

8 Preliminary FSCPE Results (4) Summary of accepted FSCPE records: 78 were new addresses for the MAF Almost half of these were college quarters 731 were address conversions Most were emergency shelters, juvenile institutions, nursing homes 3 added some new data to existing MAF GQ record Summary of rejected FSCPE records: All 15 were currently on MAF as GQ No new data added to existing MAF record

9 Evaluating the FSCPE Results FSCPE records had high rate of new addresses  good “bang for the buck” Low MAF rejection rate = high quality data Census ad hoc GQ follow up confirmed high FSCPE quality FSCPE verification confirmed high quality

10 Conclusions of the Pilot Program Implement the pilot program nationally Get your help to update the census GQ frame in advance of 2010 Census Acquire FSCPE data and meet 2010 Census requirements

11 High-Level Requirements for Implementation in 2010 Census (1) Census field staff must be able to physically locate the GQ –GQ name is required –GQ address is required City-style: e.g., house number, street name, city, state, ZIP Non-city-style: e.g., rural route, box number, city, state, ZIP

12 High-Level Requirements for Implementation in 2010 Census (2) Timing: After Local Update of Census Addresses and before Address Canvassing  FSCPE participants deliver files around spring of 2008 Operational details will be forthcoming –File layout –File format –Delivery mode(s)

13 James Farber Phone: U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE U.S. Census Bureau Washington, DC Census Bureau Liaison to FSCPEs for GQ Frame Update Program