New Estimate from Census Department Researchers Forthcoming in Peer Reviewed Journal Finds Citizenship Question Could Depress Response Rate by 8 Percent in Households That May Have Noncitizens

This paper is forthcoming in Demography (h/t Hansi Lo Wang). Here is the abstract: he addition of a citizenship question to the 2020 census could affect the self-response rate, a key driver of the cost and quality of a census. … Continue reading New Estimate from Census Department Researchers Forthcoming in Peer Reviewed Journal Finds Citizenship Question Could Depress Response Rate by 8 Percent in Households That May Have Noncitizens