Estimating sampling variance from the current population survey: A synthetic design approach to correcting standard errors

Journal of Economic and Social Measurement

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 239-261

  Jolliffe, Dean ^a,b,c  

^a ECONOMIC RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY LAW CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Kish design effects; Poverty; Regional analysis; Rural; Sample design; Sampling variance

Indexed keywords

CENSUS; DEMOGRAPHIC METHOD; ESTIMATION METHOD; SAMPLING BIAS;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0942302000     PISSN: 07479662     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/jem-2003-0221     Document Type: Article

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