Because of data privacy regulations, census data are available for analysis only in aggregated form. Primary data (responses of persons) are aggregated in many cross tabulations for small geographical units. Thus the target objects of secondary analysis are small areas (enumeration districts or wards ). Any cell or marginal of a cross tabulation can be used as variable on these target objects. ...

This article describes a Bayesian hierarchical model for factor analysis of spatially correlated multivariate data. The Ž rst level speciŽ es, for each area on a map, the distribution of a vector of manifest variables conditional on an underlying latent factor; at the second level, the areaspeciŽ c latent factors have a joint distribution that incorporates spatial correlation. The framework all...

While the census is sometimes understood to be an objectifying practice that constructs and makes up a population, in this paper I am concerned with how it is necessary to produce census subjects in order to construct population. By drawing on formulations by Latour, Deleuze and Law, I conceive of census taking as a practice performed by heterogeneous socio-technical arrangements of actors—huma...

The epidemiology of gonorrhea is characterized by geographically defined hyperendemic areas, or "cores." Geographic information system (GIS) technology offers new opportunities to evaluate these patterns. The authors developed a GIS system linked to the disease surveillance database at the Baltimore Health Department and used this system to evaluate the geographic epidemiology of gonorrhea in B...

This series contains research reports, written by or in cooperation with staff members of the Statistical Research Division, whose content may be of interest to the general statistical research community. The views reflected in these reports are not necessarily those of the Census Bureau nor do they necessarily represent Census Bureau statistical policy or practice. Inquiries may be addressed t...

To show the reader how the mid-19th century colonials and Canadians deployed their "imaginary of human beings in virtual time and space," Curtis provides detailed examinations of five different census enumerations: 1841/2, 1847/8, 1850/1/2, 1860/1, and 1865/71. As these dates suggest, the taking of the census may have been a single-day event but the making of the census took months and years to...

This series contains research reports, written by or in cooperation with staff members of the Statistical Research Division, whose content may be of interest to the general statistical research community. The views reflected in these reports are not necessarily those of the Census Bureau nor do they necessarily represent Census Bureau statistical policy or practice. Inquiries may be addressed t...

This series contains research reports, written by or in cooperation with staff members of the Statistical Research Division, whose content may be of interest to the general statistical research community. The views reflected in these reports are not necessarily those of the Census Bureau nor do they necessarily represent Census Bureau statistical policy or practice. Inquiries may be addressed t...

This series contains research reports, written by or in cooperation with staff members of the Statistical Research Division, whose content may be of interest to the general statistical research community. The views reflected in these reports are not necessarily those of the Census Bureau nor do they necessarily represent Census Bureau statistical policy or practice. Inquiries may be addressed t...