The American community survey: Warmer (more current), but fuzzier (less precise) than the decennial census

Journal of the American Planning Association

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 491-503

  MacDonald, Heather ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CENSUS; DATA QUALITY; PLANNING PROCESS; SURVEY;

EID: 33847397303     PISSN: 01944363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01944360608976768     Document Type: Article

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