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Estimating the U.S. Citizen Voting-Age Population (CVAP) Using Blended Survey Data, Administrative Record Data, and Modeling: Technical Report

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  • J. David Brown
  • Genevieve Denoeux
  • Misty L. Heggeness
  • Carl Lieberman
  • Lauren Medina
  • Marta Murray-Close
  • Danielle H. Sandler
  • Joseph L. Schafer
  • Matthew Spence
  • Lawrence Warren
  • Moises Yi

Abstract

This report develops a method using administrative records (AR) to fill in responses for nonresponding American Community Survey (ACS) housing units rather than adjusting survey weights to account for selection of a subset of nonresponding housing units for follow-up interviews and for nonresponse bias. The method also inserts AR and modeling in place of edits and imputations for ACS survey citizenship item nonresponses. We produce Citizen Voting-Age Population (CVAP) tabulations using this enhanced CVAP method and compare them to published estimates. The enhanced CVAP method produces a 0.74 percentage point lower citizen share, and it is 3.05 percentage points lower for voting-age Hispanics. The latter result can be partly explained by omissions of voting-age Hispanic noncitizens with unknown legal status from ACS household responses. Weight adjustments may be less effective at addressing nonresponse bias under those conditions.

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  • J. David Brown & Genevieve Denoeux & Misty L. Heggeness & Carl Lieberman & Lauren Medina & Marta Murray-Close & Danielle H. Sandler & Joseph L. Schafer & Matthew Spence & Lawrence Warren & Moises Yi, 2023. "Estimating the U.S. Citizen Voting-Age Population (CVAP) Using Blended Survey Data, Administrative Record Data, and Modeling: Technical Report," Working Papers 23-21, Center for Economic Studies, U.S. Census Bureau.
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    citizenship; administrative records; voting-age population; nonresponse bias;
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    • J1 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics
    • C1 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric and Statistical Methods and Methodology: General
    • C6 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Mathematical Methods; Programming Models; Mathematical and Simulation Modeling
    • C8 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Data Collection and Data Estimation Methodology; Computer Programs

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