A variation of the housing unit method for estimating the age and gender distribution of small, rural areas: A case study of the local expert procedure
- SAIC, Las Vegas, NV (United States)
- Univ. of Arkansas, Little Rock, AR (United States)
This paper describes the methodologies used in the development of a demographic data base established in support of the Yucca Mountain Site Characterization Project Radiological Monitoring Plan (RadMP). It also examines the suitability of a survey-based procedure for estimating population in small, rural areas. The procedure is a variation of the Housing Unit Method. It employs the use of local experts enlisted to provide information about the demographic characteristics of households randomly selected from residential units sample frames developed from utility records. The procedure is nonintrusive and less costly than traditional survey data collection efforts. Because the procedure is based on random sampling, confidence intervals can be constructed around the population estimated by the technique. The results of a case study are provided in which the total population, and age and gender of the population, is estimated for three unincorporated communities in rural, southern Nevada.
- Research Organization:
- American Nuclear Society (ANS), La Grange Park, IL (United States); American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), New York, NY (United States)
- OSTI ID:
- 145398
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-930408-Vol.2; TRN: 94:005593-0133
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 10. international high-level radioactive waste management conference, Las Vegas, NV (United States), 25-29 Apr 1993; Other Information: PBD: 1993; Related Information: Is Part Of High Level Radioactive Waste Management: Proceedings; Volume 2; PB: 1090 p.
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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