title: How surveys are changing at the U.S. Bureau of the Census.
abstract: "This article describes the survey activities of the U.S. Census Bureau and recent efforts by the bureau to move toward a more fully automated environment....[It] focuses on four areas in which the Census Bureau is changing its approach to surveys:  (1) redesigning the questionnaire for the Current Population Survey to better reflect current labor force conditions; (2) redesigning the same questionnaire to gain advantages from computer-assisted interviewing; (3) redesigning the samples for household surveys to be used during the next decade, a task undertaken after every decennial census; and (4) progress in changing to a computer-assisted survey information collection (CASIC) system and developing a data management network for all Census Bureau surveys."
authors.forename: B E
authors.initials: BE
authors.lastname: Bryant
mesh_terms: D000569:Americas; D019352:Censuses; D003142:Communication; D003625:Data Collection; D019049:Developed Countries; D004467:Economics; D001330:Electronic Data Processing; D004651:Employment; D006280:Health Workforce; D007255:Information Services; D009656:North America; D011154:Population Characteristics; D012106:Research; D012494:Sampling Studies; D012984:Software; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014481:United States
keywords: Americas; Census; Census Methods; Communication; Computer Programs And Programming; Data Collection--changes; Developed Countries; Economic Factors; Human Resources; Information; Information Networks; Information Processing--changes; Labor Force; North America; Northern America; Population Statistics; Questionnaire Design--changes; Research Methodology; Sampling Studies; Studies; Survey Methodology--changes; Surveys; United States