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Written by: Robert L. Santos, Director
Life is interconnected. For instance, I found that hunger, homelessness and even unemployment are portals to an interconnected web of personal, environmental and system factors. These include chronic physical conditions, mental health and addiction issues, climate change and federal, state and local policies. So, it?s not surprising that research on any of these topics can be informed by including the nodes of this interconnecting, interacting network.
Our research on historically undercounted populations is similarly interconnected. The U.S. Census Bureau conducts research on public trust, cultural relevance, language usage, question comprehension and many other topics to develop better methods to reach and collect data from the historically hard to count. But the interconnectivity goes deeper.?
Consider research on our field operations, on improving efficiency of enumerators using adaptive design, on leveraging administrative records to predict housing unit occupancy, on improving our frame of housing units. All such research interacts with and ultimately impacts the enumeration of historically undercounted people and their households. In fact, using this lens, it is easy to see that many 2030 Census research projects currently being proposed directly or indirectly involve the enumeration of historically undercounted populations. It is in this context that I write about our interwoven research agenda to address the 2030 Census enumeration of historically undercounted people.
Last week, the Census Bureau held another webinar about our preparations for the 2030 Census. It addressed how we?re using public comments submitted in response to our 2030 Census Federal Register notice about our plans for the next decennial count.
We were pleased so many of the comments sought to improve our efforts to reach and enumerate historically undercounted people. We recognize the need to engage and collaborate with partners, stakeholders, tribes and the public to gather their perspective to inform our research.?Continue reading...
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