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GG-7-362 1 (1978-02-07)

handle is hein.gao/gaobachkg0001 and id is 1 raw text is: COMITROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNIrED STATES WASHINGTQN. D.C. 205.18 B-78395 GG7-362. ..:: '. FEB 7 1978 The Honorable Robert N. C. Nix F 79 chairman, Committee on Post Office and Civil Service House of Representatives Dear Mr. Chairman: We have reviewed H.R. 10386, cited as the Census. of 1977.1 Based on this review and conclusions reched fro,7, our study of the undercount problem, in decennial censuses as reported to your Committee in 1976 (Programs to Reduce the Decennial Census Undercount, GGD-76-72, May 5, 1976), we are providing the following comments. The stated purpose of the proposed act is ...to pro- vide for the collection by the Secretary of Commerce of more accurate information about the population of the United States and to provide for the analysis by the Secretary of Commerce of such information, taking into account the needs of the public in cooperating with the collection of such information. Section 3 of the proposed act would amend sections 141 through 149, of title 13, United States Code. We are commenting on sections 142, 144 and 145. Amended section 142 (a) (1) would provide that an.enumeration of the population shall have priority over all other activities of a decennial census; the aim being to improve population coverage. Specifically, amended section 142 (b) (2) would provide that an enumeration form shall consist of questions necessary to insure a complete count of the population arid housing of the United States; and be limited to not more than one cuestion on each of 10 listed items. The limitations are imposed to keep the form short in the hope of improving public response. Furthermore, arende .- section 142 (c) (1) would provide that additional character- istics of the population and housing shall be obtained through the use of samples based on the best statistica-l mfethods. Based on our work at the Census Bureau, we agree that Priority attention should be given to improving population enumeration. We have doubts, however, that an enumertion With even the limitations provided in section 142 (b) will

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