Word: rubins
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...example, the state of Indiana argued that if the census count were adjusted in a more accurate fashion, such as according to Rubin's methods, it would have received an additional seat in the House of Representatives and Florida would have lost a space...
...Rubin emphasizes that the Census Bureau does not share any of its population information with other federal departments, such as welfare agencies...
...Rubin says evasive tactics such as the above examples skew population data, particularly those pertaining to minorities. Officials estimate that six percent of all Blacks were under-counted in the 1980 census, but that only 0.5 percent of all whites were missed. Rubin estimates that the census is losing track of more than 15 percent of Black males in some areas...
...Rubin says that estimating the exact number of people missed in a census is important to government and social service officials for two reasons. "One has to do with money, and the other has to do with legislation in Congress," he says...
...What is happening now is that those cities must care for all their citizens but they don't get a proportional amount of money [to do so]," Rubin says...