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Today we published a brief that compares the undercount of young children in US counties with 20 factors that might contribute to such undercounts, to see which factors correlate with the undercount. Read it here: https://countallkids.org/resources/correlates-of-county-level-young-child-coverage-rates-in-the-2020-census/

While no single factor stands out as having a very high relationship with the young child undercount, there are many factors that have at least a moderate correlation with young child undercount rates. The only factor that seems to be statistically significant in the same way for both total population and young children is the percentage of adults with less than a high school degree, which suggests that improving efforts to reach households with low literacy could improve the count of both the total population and young children.

Because the Census operational plans take years to develop, the Census Bureau needs to assess substantial and innovative methods for accurately counting young children soon in order to embed successful approaches into the 2030 Census operations.

While administrative records produce a count of young children consistent with other benchmark counts of young children as a whole, they offer puzzling inconsistencies when the data is decomposed by age, s*x, and race or ethnicity. Read more on our blog:

Can Administrative Records Improve Young Child Undercounts in the Census? - Count All Kids Introduction  In conducting the decennial census, the Census Bureau’s goal is to count every person “once, only once, and in the right place.” However, the Census Bureau has historically undercounted young children in the census at a high rate.[i] Notably, the 2020 Census recorded an undercou...

Our new blog examines how well the use of administrative records can improve the count of all young children in the U.S. Decennial Census.

Can Administrative Records Improve Young Child Undercounts in the Census? - Count All Kids Introduction  In conducting the decennial census, the Census Bureau’s goal is to count every person “once, only once, and in the right place.” However, the Census Bureau has historically undercounted young children in the census at a high rate.[i] Notably, the 2020 Census recorded an undercou...

From the results of our latest report, we can conclude that more analysis of the 2020 Census Tracking survey is needed to find out which families are most likely to leave their young children off the count, and communications research is needed to find out what messages work best with which groups. Read more:

Socio-Demographic Correlates of State-Level Coverage Rates for Young Children in the 2020 Census - Count All Kids Several past studies have examined various socio-demographic data elements and their correlations with geographic variations in young child census coverage rates. This study extends that stream of research by examining the relationship between 30 potential explanatory variables and state net coverag...

In exactly one week, Count All Kids will be hosting the webinar Preparing for Census 2030 -- Mobilizing Advocates for Impact!

Register now learn why the census matters for child wellbeing and what outreach already works to secure funding and participation: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_SCaOYLkoTXySKPGitgtFFg #/registration