Issues in data collection: missing data and the 2001 New Zealand census

Simple item page
dc.contributor.authorScheffer, Judi
dc.date.accessioned2013-05-07T03:38:10Z
dc.date.available2013-05-07T03:38:10Z
dc.date.issued2001
dc.description.abstractMissing data plagues all surveys, and to a degree the New Zealand Census suffers from the same malaise. While it is not a high level of missingness, it is present. If not correctly dealt with; just deleting cases with missing data will lead to biased conclusions, particularly if the missingness mechanism is NMAR. Some missing data may be inevitable; sometimes a respondent may be incapable of answering a question. This is usually MAR. If however the respondent refuses to answer a question because of say having a high income, then the results of the income question will be biased. Over time there have been a growing number of people employing avoidance tactics so as not to be classified as a refusal, but to make enumeration just too difficult. Anecdotal evidence among enumerators shows that this accounts for about 5% of respondents.en
dc.identifier.citationScheffer, J. (2001), Issues in data collection: missing data and the 2001 New Zealand census, Research Letters in the Information and Mathematical Sciences, 2, 55-61en
dc.identifier.issn1175-2777
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10179/4346
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherMassey Universityen
dc.subjectNew Zealand censusen
dc.subjectCensus returnsen
dc.subjectCensus dataen
dc.subjectMissing dataen
dc.titleIssues in data collection: missing data and the 2001 New Zealand censusen
dc.typeArticleen
Files
Original bundle
Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
Thumbnail Image
Name:
Issues_in_Data_Collection-Missing_Data_and_the_2001_New_Zealand_Census.pdf
Size:
71.66 KB
Format:
Adobe Portable Document Format
Description:
Download
License bundle
Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
Thumbnail Image
Name:
license.txt
Size:
1.71 KB
Format:
Item-specific license agreed upon to submission
Description:
Download
Collections
Research Letters in the Information and Mathematical Sciences