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Peer revieweddeVries, John – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 1985
Analyzes the self-report questions on language and ethnicity used in population censuses. Attempts to show the methodological consequences of specific question phrasings for the measurement of language maintenance and shift and of ethnic group maintenance and assimilation. Supports the analysis with examples from U.S. and Canadian censuses. (SED)
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Census Figures, Data Interpretation, Demography
Peer reviewedSalo, Matt T.; Campanelli, Pamela C. – Urban Anthropology and Studies of Cultural Systems and World Economic Development, 1991
Ethnographic methods were integrated with survey procedures in an experimental daytime count of homeless persons in a major city. Ethnographic data proved valuable for choosing sites, designing questionnaires, developing new interview approaches, and interpreting test results. Recommends a wider use of ethnographic insights in developing surveys,…
Descriptors: Anthropology, Biographical Inventories, Census Figures, Data Collection
