Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request; 2020 Census Post-Enumeration Survey Person Interview and Person Followup
| Citation | 84 FR 26066 |
| Record Number | 2019-11705 |
| Published date | 05 June 2019 |
| Section | Notices |
| Court | Census Bureau |
Federal Register, Volume 84 Issue 108 (Wednesday, June 5, 2019)
[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 108 (Wednesday, June 5, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 26066-26068]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-11705]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Census Bureau
Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request; 2020 Census
Post-Enumeration Survey Person Interview and Person Followup
AGENCY: U.S. Census Bureau, Commerce.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce, as part of its continuing effort
to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public
and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on
proposed and/or continuing information collections, as required by the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
DATES: To ensure consideration, written comments must be submitted on
or before August 5, 2019.
ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments to Jennifer Jessup, Departmental
Paperwork Clearance Officer, Department of Commerce, Room 6616, 14th
and Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230 (or via the internet
at [email protected]). You may also submit comments, identified by Docket
number USBC-2019-0003, to the Federal e-Rulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. All comments received are part of the public
record. No comments will be posted to http://www.regulations.gov for
public viewing until after the comment period has closed. Comments will
generally be posted without change. All Personally Identifiable
Information (for example, name and address) voluntarily submitted by
the commenter may be publicly accessible. Do not submit Confidential
Business Information or otherwise sensitive or protected information.
You may submit attachments to electronic comments in Microsoft Word,
Excel, WordPerfect, or Adobe PDF file formats only.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or
copies of the information collection instrument(s) and instructions
should be directed to Robin A. Pennington, U.S. Census Bureau, 4600
Silver Hill Road, Room 2H465, Washington, DC 20233, 301-763-8132 (or
via the internet at [email protected]).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
As in previous censuses, the Post-Enumeration Survey (PES) for the
2020 Census will be conducted to provide estimates of census net
coverage and components of census coverage for housing units and people
living in housing units (see ``Definition of Terms'' paragraph below)
for the United States and Puerto Rico, excluding remote Alaska. Group
quarters (such as college/university student housing and correctional
facilities) are out of scope, because populations can change
significantly between census enumeration and PES enumeration
operations. Remote Alaska is out of scope for the PES, because the
person and housing unit populations can change significantly between
census enumeration and PES enumeration operations. This makes it
difficult to follow up on these populations after the census. For this
reason, the Census Bureau's past post-enumeration surveys have never
included remote Alaska. These coverage estimates provide insight into
the quality and coverage of census results and operations.
As in the 2010 Census Coverage Measurement program, the 2020 PES
operations and activities must be conducted separate from, and
independent of, the other 2020 Census operations. The 2020 PES will use
the dual-system estimation procedure, which depends on two independent
systems of measurement. The independence between the PES and census
operations is a fundamental necessity for dual-system estimation. The
PES will comprise two independent enumerations of housing units and the
household population within the same sample areas. These two
enumerations are called the enumeration sample (E sample) and the
population sample (P sample). The primary sampling unit is the Basic
Collection Unit (BCU), which is the smallest unit of collection
geography for 2020 Census operations. The E sample contains the list of
housing units and people enumerated in the 2020 Census within a sample
of BCUs. The P sample contains housing units and people in the same
sample BCUs, but obtained independently from the census. The
independent roster of housing units is obtained during the PES
Independent Listing, while the independent roster of people is obtained
during the PES Person Interview. The P sample housing units and people
will be matched to all census housing units in
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the sample BCUs and surrounding BCUs.
After the PES Independent Listing and matching operations have
taken place, some cases with discrepancies between the PES Independent
Listing and the 2020 Census will be identified to receive the PES
Initial Housing Unit Followup interview. The results of this interview
will again be matched to the list of census housing units. The results
of the housing unit matching operations will be used to determine which
PES and census addresses will be eligible to go to the PES Person
Interview operation. After data collected from the PES Person Interview
operation are matched to data collected by the census, some cases with
discrepancies between the PES Person Interview and census will be sent
for another interview called the PES Person Followup operation.
Separate Federal Register Notices have already been issued for the PES
Independent Listing operation (Federal Register Notice Vol. 83 FR
53849, pages 53849-53850) and PES Housing Unit Followup operations
(Federal Register Notice Vol. 84 FR Doc No.: 2019-07611, pages 16000-
16002).
For each sample BCU, the Census Bureau will conduct PES Person
Interviews for selected housing units. During the PES Person Interview
operation, interviewers will use a computer-assisted data collection
instrument on a laptop to obtain information about the current
residents of the sample housing unit, including those who may have
moved into the selected housing unit since Census Day, April 1, 2020.
The interviewer will also attempt to collect data on certain people who
moved out of the sample housing unit between Census Day and the PES
Person Interview operation. The Census Bureau will include nonmatched
2020 Census addresses in the PES Person Interview so that their 2020
Census enumeration status can be ascertained earlier than if they were
included in the Person Followup operation that is conducted later in
the PES processing.
The PES Person Interview operation will collect the information
listed below only for people in housing units. The computer-assisted
PES Person Interview instrument will collect the following information
for the housing units included in this operation:
1. Roster of people living at the housing unit at the time of the
PES Person Interview operation.
2. Census Day address information for people who moved into the
sample address since Census Day.
3. Other addresses where a person may have been counted on Census
Day.
4. Information to determine where each person should be counted on
Census Day (according to Census residence criteria). For example,
interviewers will probe for people who might have been left off the
household roster, ask additional questions about people who moved from
another address on Census Day to the sample address, and collect
additional information for people with multiple addresses.
5. Demographic information for each person in the household on
Interview Day or Census Day. These data are name, date of birth, age,
Hispanic origin, race, and relationship to householder.
6. Name and above information for any person who has moved out of
the sample address since Census Day (if known).
The PES Person Interview Reinterview is a quality control operation
that will be conducted on about 15 percent of the PES Person Interview
cases. The purpose of the PES Person Interview Reinterview is to
confirm that the PES Person Interview interviewer conducted a PES
Person Interview with a household member or a proxy respondent and to
conduct the complete PES Person Interview as needed if the original
interview seems questionable.
For each case identified during matching with discrepancies between
the PES Person Interview and census, the Census Bureau will conduct a
PES Person Followup for selected people in the household. During the
PES Person Followup operation, interviewers will use paper
questionnaires to obtain information about the selected people. The PES
Person Followup operation will collect the information needed to
determine where each selected person should be counted on Census Day
(according to 2020 Census residence rules). For example, interviewers
will probe for additional addresses where the person may have stayed
during the year and dates of stay for each address.
The PES Person Followup Reinterview is a quality control operation
that will be conducted on about 15 percent of the PES Person Followup
cases. The purpose of the PES Person Followup Reinterview is to confirm
that the PES Person Followup interviewer conducted a PES Person
Followup interview with a household member or a proxy respondent and to
conduct the complete PES Person Followup interview as needed if the
original interview seems questionable.
II. Method of Collection
The PES Person Interview and Reinterview operations will be
conducted using a computer-assisted data collection instrument on a
laptop. The PES Person Followup and Person Followup Reinterview
operations will be conducted using a paper questionnaire. The PES
Person Interview and Person Followup operations will be conducted
through personal visit interviews while PES Person Interview
Reinterview and Person Followup Reinterview will be conducted through
personal visit and telephone interviews. The PES Person Interview and
Reinterview operations will occur June 2020 through September 2020. The
PES Person Followup and Person Followup Reinterview operations will
occur February 2021 through March 2021.
A sample of approximately 190,000 housing units will be selected
for the PES Person Interview operation, and 65,000 housing units will
be selected for the PES Person Followup operation. The PES Person
Interview Reinterview operation will contain 28,500 housing units, and
the PES Person Followup Reinterview operation will contain 9,750
housing units.
Definition of Terms
Components of Census Coverage--The components of census coverage
are correct enumerations, erroneous enumerations, whole-person
imputations, and omissions. Correct enumerations are people or housing
units that were correctly enumerated in the census. Erroneous
enumerations are people or housing units that were enumerated in the
census but should not have been enumerated. Examples of erroneous
enumerations are duplicates, nonexistent housing units or people, and
people or housing units that were enumerated in the wrong place.
Omissions are people and housing units that were not enumerated in the
census but should have been enumerated. Lastly, whole-person
imputations are census records for which all of the demographic
characteristics were imputed. Many of these imputations represent
people in housing units with a known household count, but the Census
Bureau did not obtain information about the people residing at the
housing unit.
Net Coverage--Reflects the difference between the true population
(which is estimated by the Post-Enumeration Survey) and the census
count. If the census count was less than the actual number of people or
housing units in the population, then there was an undercount. If the
census count was more than the actual number of people or housing units
in the population, then there was an overcount.
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For more information about the Post-Enumeration Survey, please
visit the following page of the Census Bureau's website: https://www.census.gov/coverage_measurement/post-enumeration_surveys/.
III. Data
OMB Control Number: 0607-XXXX.
Form Numbers: D-1301, D-1301(PR), D-1301.2, D-1301.2 (PR).
Type of Review: Regular submission.
Affected Public: Individuals or Households.
2020 Census
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Estimated time
Operation Estimated number per response (in Total burden
of housing units minutes) hours
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PES Person Interview................................... 190,000 15 47,500
PES Person Interview Reinterview....................... 28,500 15 7,125
PES Person Followup.................................... 65,000 15 16,250
PES Person Followup Reinterview........................ 9,750 15 2,438
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Total.............................................. 293,250 ................. 73,313
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Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 73,313 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Cost: $0.
Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.
Legal Authority: Title 13, U.S. Code, Sections 141 and 193.
IV. Request for Comments
Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of
the agency, including whether the information shall have practical
utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden
(including hours and cost) of the proposed collection of information;
(c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and (d) ways to minimize the burden of the
collection of information on respondents, including through the use of
automated collection techniques or other forms of information
technology.
Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized
and/or included in the request for OMB approval of this information
collection; they also will become a matter of public record.
Sheleen Dumas,
Departmental Lead PRA Officer, Office of the Chief Information Officer,
Commerce Department.
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