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AHS 2002 Metro Survey Update

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The fieldwork on the 2002 metro survey is 79 percent complete, way ahead of
schedule.  It looks like we might be done by the end of September.  That's
about two months early.  Unfortunately, some of the necessary data
processing tasks were scheduled under the assumption that the fieldwork
would take longer.  Thus, we may not be able to speed up the release of the
dataset as much as you might think.  However, this is still good news and
gives us some cushion against later delays.

This survey was the first that made heavy use of the early CAPI results to
advise the regional supervisors about which field representatives were
having problems and which were doing well.  The computerized transmission
meant that the supervisors got this feedback in time to make changes while
the survey was still running.  We believe that this will improve the
quality of the data collected.  The AHS team at the Census Bureau gets the
credit for inventing this new process.

Dav Vandenbroucke
Economist
U.S. Dept. HUD
david_a._vandenbroucke@hud.gov
202-708-1060 ext. 5890