[Federal Register: April 11, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 68)]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Census Bureau
2006 Census Test Group Quarters Advance Visit
ACTION: Proposed collection; comment request.
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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, Public Law 104-13 (44 U.S.C.
3506(c)(2)(A)).
DATES: Written comments must be submitted on or before June 10, 2005.
ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments to Diana Hynek, Departmental
Paperwork Clearance Officer, Department of Commerce, Room 6625, 14th
and Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230 (or via the Internet
at DHynek@doc.gov).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or
copies of the information collection instrument(s) and instructions
should be directed to Annetta C. Smith, U.S. Census Bureau, Building 2,
Room 2102, Washington, DC 20233-9200, telephone number (301) 763-1348.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
The Census Bureau strives to provide everyone in the United
States--including persons who live or stay in group quarters (GQs--see
Definition of Terms)--the opportunity to be counted in the decennial
census. For the 2010 Census, we plan to implement an integrated series
of operations that are designed to improve upon Census 2000 methodology
by:
Developing a comprehensive list of all GQs, such as
nursing homes, college residence halls, jails, and shelters for people
experiencing homelessness. We plan to accomplish this goal by (1) using
administrative records to update the current list of group quarters,
(2) implementing the Address Canvassing (see Definition of Terms)
operation, and (3) implementing the Group Quarters Validation Operation
(see below for a description of this operation),
Conducting an Advance Visit to every GQ in order to
provide information about the upcoming enumeration and to obtain
information that will enable the Census Bureau to prepare to enumerate
the residents of the GQ, and
Conducting the actual enumeration of the GQ population.
Background
During Census 2000, the Census Bureau conducted the Special Place
(see Definition of Terms) Facility Questionnaire operation to develop
an inventory of special place/group quarters facilities. This operation
was designed to identify, verify, classify, and obtain pertinent
enumeration information about every group quarters. After the Special
Place Facility Questionnaire operation, crew leaders made an Advance
Visit to each identified Special Place except for T-Night (Transient
Enumeration--see Definition of Terms) and Targeted Non-Sheltered
Outdoor Locations (see Definition of Terms) to speak to the contact
person about conducting the enumeration at each identified group
quarters. The Advance Visit was designed to:
Inform the Special Place contact person about Census 2000
and explain how the enumeration would be conducted,
Verify that all GQs in the Special Place were identified,
Update existing information about each GQ (e.g., facility
name, address, geocode, and GQ contact person's name),
Update the expected population count for each GQ so that
sufficient materials could be prepared. The expected count also served
as one quality check on the actual enumeration,
As a result of lessons learned from Census 2000, we have developed
the following plans toward improving data quality and coverage for GQs
in the 2010 Census:
Address Canvassing--An operation that identifies the Other
Living Quarters (see Definition of Terms) for inclusion in the Group
Quarters Validation operation. This operation will ensure the
integration of GQ addresses and housing units address into a single
Master Address File. In contrast, in Census 2000, we developed two
separate address lists--one for GQs and one for housing units--which
sometimes resulted in address duplication.
Group Quarters Validation--We developed the Group Quarters
Validation operation to classify the Other Living Quarters as either
housing units or GQs. A questionnaire was designed for this purpose, to
assign a GQ type code, and to collect basic contact information about
the GQ. This operation was implemented for the first time as part of
the 2004 Census Test. See Federal Register: May 7, 2003 (Volume 68,
Number 88) for more information. In 2006, we will implement a revised
Group Quarters Validation operation that includes an improved and
simplified questionnaire. See Federal Register: February 8, 2005
(Volume 70, Number 25) for more information about this operation;
Advance Visit--The 2006 Census Test Group Quarters Advance Visit
operation will incorporate lessons learned from Census 2000 and the
2004 Group Quarters Validation operation. Changes to the Group Quarters
Advance Visit operation that we will implement as part of the 2006
Census Test Group Quarters Advance Visit include:
[cir] Focusing on the GQ, rather than the Special Place. In Census
2000, the location of GQs was not verified, since the Special Place was
the point of contact. As a consequence, the populations of some GQs
were allocated to the wrong jurisdiction. We believe that validating GQ
location will reduce geocoding errors;
[cir] Maintaining a control file so that the history of each GQ is
available in order to reduce duplication of GQs. We believe that
history of the GQ, which includes information such as the date of
address updates will allow cross-checks for duplicated addresses.
The 2006 Census Test Group Quarters Advance Visit also will collect
additional information about Service Based Enumeration facilities.
The 2006 Census Test Group Quarters Advance Visit, which supports
the special place/group quarters test objectives and related research
questions, will be conducted between February 15, 2006 and March 17,
2006.
II. Method of Collection
The universe for the 2006 Group Quarters Advance Visit will consist
of the updated file records of GQs validated during the 2006 Census
Test Group Quarters Validation operation. The universe for Group
Quarters Validation will include all Other Living Quarters identified
by the Address Canvassing operation, as well as GQs from Census 2000,
Administrative records, and the Demographic Areas Address Listing (see
Definition of Terms) that were not identified as other living quarters
during the 2006 Address Canvassing operation. The Group Quarters
Validation file, and therefore the 2006 Group Quarters Advance Visit
file, will not include regularly scheduled mobile food vans or targeted
non-sheltered outdoor locations. These locations are not in scope for
the 2006 Census Test.
Each record in the 2006 Group Quarters Advance Visit file will
contain information such as the GQ name, address, contact name, GQ type
code, and maximum capacity. Some cases in this file will be marked
``Management Attention''. This notation will indicate a GQ that is
likely to require specialized
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procedures (e.g., a case in which the GQ contact person refused to
provide required information during the 2006 Census Test Group Quarters
Validation Operation), which we plan to test as part of the 2006 Group
Quarters Advance Visit operation field procedures.
Enumerators for the 2006 Group Quarters Advance Visit will use the
paper maps from the 2006 Census Test Group Quarters Validation
operation to help them locate GQs, particularly those with non-city
style address that were added by the Group Quarters Validation
operation. When they have located a GQ, they will use the Advance Visit
Interview Record to verify and collect information from the contact
person. The Advance Visit Interview Record will contain the GQ name and
address, geographic codes, and the contact's name and phone number. It
will be used to set up an appointment for the actual GQ enumeration
between April 3, 2006 to May 19, 2006 (if the facility will be open at
that time) and to obtain an expected Census Day population.
In contrast to Census 2000, we plan to conduct two actual
enumeration visits to each shelter and soup kitchen during the 2006
Service Based Enumeration operation. Consequently, in addition to the
basic information collected for all GQs, enumerators for the 2006
Census Test Group Quarters Advance Visit operation who visit these
types of facilities will ask the contact person which two days within
the Service Based Enumeration time frame (March 20, 2006 to March 31,
2006) will be best for enumerating clients. The enumerator will
document (with signature) the contact person's agreement to those
dates. If the contact person does not want the Census Bureau to make
the second visit, the enumerator will document (with signature) the
reason for the refusal. If the contact person refuses permission for
both visits, that information will be documented accordingly.
During the 2006 Census Test, the purpose of allowing a maximum of
two visits to shelters and soup kitchens during the pre-determined
enumeration time frame is to increase opportunities for the population
that frequents these locations to be included in the census. However,
doing so means that some persons may be counted twice (possibly at more
than one location). As a consequence, we must study our ability to
unduplicate these persons
Definition of Terms
Address Canvassing--A data collection operation designed to support
the Census Bureau's efforts to compile the most accurate and
comprehensive residential (housing units and group quarters) address
list possible. For 2006, listers will verify, update, add, and delete
address records in each census block within the Assignment Area, while
also updating map features on the electronic map where Global
Positioning System (GPS) is available. They also will capture
coordinates for each living quarters via GPS or a manual method when
GPS is not available, link duplicate addresses when they identify them
and determining if a living quarters should be coded as a housing unit
or as another living quarters for further review in the GQV operation.
Demographic Areas Address Listing--DAAL is a post-Census 2000
program designed to update the sample universe of housing units and
group quarters for various demographic surveys. DAAL also is intended
to update the inventory of housing units and features for selected
areas of the country in order to improve the coverage and completeness
of the MAF in preparation for the ACS sample selection.
Group Quarters (GQs)--Group quarters are places where people can
live or stay that are normally owned or managed by an entity or
organization providing housing and/or services for the residents. These
services may include custodial or medical care, as well as other types
of assistance, and residency is commonly restricted to those receiving
these services. People living in them are usually not related to each
other. Group quarters include such places as residential treatment
centers, college residence halls, military barracks, skilled nursing
facilities, correctional facilities, group homes, juvenile facilities,
workers' dormitories, and facilities for people experiencing
homelessness.
Housing Unit--A housing unit is a living quarters in which the
occupants live separately from any other individuals in the building
and have direct access to their living quarters from outside the
building or through a common hall. Housing units are usually houses,
apartments, mobile homes, groups of rooms or single rooms that are
occupied as separate living quarters. They are residences for single
individuals, groups of individuals, or families who live together.
Although housing units may be vacant or occupied, non-traditional
living quarters such as boats, RVs, and tents are considered to be
housing units ONLY if someone is living in them and they are either the
occupant's usual residence or the occupant has no usual residence.
These non-traditional living arrangements are not considered to be
housing units if they are vacant.
Other Living Quarters--Any address that does not meet the
definition of a housing unit and has living quarters or has the
potential of having living quarters. These could potentially be GQs of
housing units requiring special enumeration procedures. Other living
quarters include correctional facilities, college and university
housing, religious group living quarters, dormitories for migrant
workers, assisted living facilities, juvenile facilities, hotels/
motels, RV parks, and campgrounds.
Special Place--In Census 2000, Special Places were defined as
facilities containing one or more GQs where people live or stay, such
as a college or university, hospitals, prisons, hotels, migrant or
seasonal farm worker camps, or military installations or ships. While a
special place usually consists of one or more group quarters, and may
contain embedded or freestanding housing units, it may consist entirely
of housing units (e.g., a campground that has only trailer, RV, and/or
tent sites). Special Places also were establishments that are
administratively responsible for one or more GQs.
Targeted Nonsheltered Outdoor Location--A geographically
identifiable outdoor location, open to the elements, where there is
evidence that people might be living without paying to stay and without
receiving services at soup kitchens, shelters, or mobile food vans. The
sites must have a specific location description that allows a census
enumeration team to physically locate the site; for example, ``under
Brooklyn Bridge at the corner of Bristol Drive'' or ``700 block of
Taylor Street behind Smith Warehouse.'' These locations were enumerated
during service-based enumeration for Census 2000. The following are not
considered Targeted Nonsheltered Outdoor Locations: Pay-for-use
campgrounds, drop-in centers, post offices, hospital emergency rooms,
and commercial sites (including all-night theaters and all-night
diners).
Transient Enumeration Places--Living quarters for people who have
no usual home elsewhere. They were enumerated during Transient Night
Enumeration. Examples include YMCAs, YWCAs, campgrounds at racetracks,
recreational vehicle campgrounds and parks.
III. Data
OMB Number: None.
Form Number: DD-352.
Type of Review: Regular.
Affected Public: Individuals, businesses or other for-profit or
not-for-
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profit institutions and small businesses or organizations.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 700 GQs in Travis County, Texas,
and 20 GQs on the Cheyenne River Reservation.
Estimated Time Per Response: 20 minutes.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 240 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Cost: There is no cost to respondents except
for their time to respond.
Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.
Legal Authority: Title 13 U.S.C. 141 & 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.
Dated: April 5, 2007.
Madeleine Clayton,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
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