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By Roberto Ramirez, assistant division chief, Special Population Statistics, Population Division and Christine Borman, statistician demographer, Count Review Office, Population Division, U.S. Census Bureau
Although we strive to obtain all demographic and housing data from every individual in the census, missing data are part of every census process. Fortunately, we have long-established procedures we’ve used in previous censuses and surveys to fill in these missing pieces.
As you’ll see in this latest blog, the process is complex but is a reflection of the extensive standard statistical methodology we use to account for missing or conflicting data.
