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"This book analyses the international development of the census by comparing the history of census taking on all continents and in many countries. The timeframe is wide, from male censuses in the Bible to current censuses covering the whole population. There is a focus on the efforts and destinies of census takers and the development of methods used to collect information into the census questionnaires. The book highlights international cooperation in census taking, as well as how computerized access to census data facilitates genealogical studies and statistical research on both historical and contemporary societies. It deals with such questions as "Why did the French and British gentry block efforts at census taking in the 18th century?"; "What role did German censuses play during Holocaust?"; Why were the Soviet census directors executed as part of the Moscow processes?"; "Why did US states sue the Census Bureau in the 1970s?"; "How do wars and revolutions affect census taking?". The text ends by discussing whether the days of the population census as we know it are numbered, since countries exceedingly construct censuses by combining information from population registers rather than with questionnaires."--Provided by publisher

Examines use of statistical sampling methods to estimate the US population, methodological and political debate, apportioning seats in Congress on the basis of census data, accuracy of the census, and resolving tensions over census taking; includes opposing positions; 6 articles. Contents: The census count: who counts? how do we count? when do we count? by Lynne Billard; Using statistical sampling to estimate the U.S. population: the methodological and political debate over census 2000, by Thomas L. Nrunell; History, myth making, and statistics: a short sotry about the reapportionment of Congress and the 1990 census, by Margo Anderson and Stephen E. Fienberg; Rejoinder to Anderson and Fienberg, by Thomas L. Brunell; Partisan politics at work: sampling and the 2000 census, by Margo Anderson and Stephen E. Fienberg; Making sense to the census: it's political, by Thomas L. Brunell; How Congress does the difficult, by Sidney Waldman.

The decennial U.S. Census is intended to generate an accurate count of the population for use in allocating seats in the House of Representatives and distributing federal funds. However, individuals are less likely to complete the Census if they have privacy and confidentiality concerns. Previous research conducted on behalf of the U.S. government found that reassurances of confidentiality increased participation but not for items asking for sensitive information. In March 2018, the Trump administration announced its intention to add a citizenship question to the 2020 Census, raising concerns that the citizenship question might reduce participation among members of mixed-status households. In October and November 2018, while a legal challenge to the question was pending, we worked with three partner organizations within a faith-based non-profit community network to explore how best to encourage participation in the 2020 Census in hard-to-count populations in Southern California. Using a randomized field experiment with messages delivered using face-to-face canvassers, we find limited evidence that reassurances from the community organization about the confidentiality of information provided to the Census Bureau increased intent to participate in communities.