Statistical Modeling Methodology for the Voting Rights Act Section 203 Language Assistance Determinations
成果类型：
Article
署名作者：
Joyce, Patrick M.; Malec, Donald; Little, Roderick J. A.; Gilary, Aaron; Navarro, Alfredo; Asiala, Mark E.
署名单位：
Centers for Disease Control & Prevention - USA; CDC National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS); University of Michigan System; University of Michigan
刊物名称：
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN STATISTICAL ASSOCIATION
ISSN/ISSBN：
0162-1459
DOI：
10.1080/01621459.2013.859077
发表日期：
2014
页码：
36-47
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摘要：
Section 203 of the Voting Rights Act includes provisions requiring the use of election materials in languages other than English for states or political subdivisions, specifically, when a minimum number of voting age U.S. citizens of specified language minority groups who are unable to speak English very well and have obtained less than a fifth-grade education is met. Data on these characteristics are provided by the 2010 Census and the American Community Survey (ACS), a general purpose sample survey designed to produce a large volume of estimates across the spectrum of the nation's geographic areas and subgroups of the population. This article describes the small-area model and the estimation methods that were developed and applied to create the list of 2011 political subdivision's that were subject to the provisions.