tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1534812907620779881.post8615629699457459100..comments2023-11-24T03:33:55.979-05:00Comments on ECONJEFF: Canadian census long formeconjeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15500904082539595860noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1534812907620779881.post-28751101085845419712010-08-20T13:18:48.060-04:002010-08-20T13:18:48.060-04:00Dan, providing inaccurate answers to a census is t...Dan, providing inaccurate answers to a census is the same offense as refusing answers under the Statistics Act 23(2).<br /><br />"23(2) Subject to section 8, a person to whom a form is sent pursuant to subsection (1) shall answer the inquiries thereon and return the form and answers to Statistics Canada properly certified as <b>accurate</b>, not later than the time prescribed therefor by the Minister and indicated on the form or not later than such extended time as may be allowed in the discretion of the Minister. 1970-71-72, c. 15, s. 22; 1980-81-82-83, c. 47, s. 41."taylorhuihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12719071056259890895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1534812907620779881.post-2254064640832179212010-08-15T20:29:03.618-04:002010-08-15T20:29:03.618-04:00In what sense does requiring people to fill out a ...In what sense does requiring people to fill out a survey eliminate non-response bias? <br /><br />If you wanted to refuse the survey because you were concerned about your privacy, I imagine mandated response would induce you to answer randomly, or at least uninformatively. As a census user, I certainly prefer that the long form be mandatory (or I guess that the ACS be mandatory), and my prior is that, conditional on being forced to fill out a survey, people are truthful, even if they'd rather not reveal information. But I'm not sure why this is true.Danhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04432668786249162984noreply@blogger.com