Jennifer Hunter Childs

Biographic Data

ID166580
NAMEJennifer Hunter Childs
GIVEN NAMESJennifer Hunter
FAMILY NAMEChilds
SIGNATURECHILDS J H
AFFILIATIONSUnited States Census Bureau
ORCID0000-0001-5277-3783
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS7
TOTAL CITATIONS64
AUTHOR COUNT7
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2006
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2019
H-INDEX4

  • Attitudes towards Data Linkage for Evidence-Based Policymaking

    Open AccessAleia Clark Fobia, Jessica Holzberg et al.ARTICLEPublic Opinion Quarterly2019Cited by: 8References: 7

    In a recent report, the Commission for Evidence-Based Policymaking advocated for expanded use of data, including data linkage, from federal statistical and regulatory agencies to help guide decision-making and ultimately improve programs and policies. How data sharing and linkage is framed is important, and attitudes about data sharing and linkage are driven by respondents’ privacy beliefs and views towards the government more generally. Using da…

  • Exploring Inconsistent Counts of Racial/Ethnic Minorities in a 2010 Census Ethnographic Evaluation

    Open AccessRodney L Terry, Laurie Schwede et al.ARTICLEBulletin of Sociological…2017

    Previous research has shown differential counts by race and ethnicity across several recent United States decennial censuses. This article presents findings from a 2010 Census ethnographic evaluation with a record check, conducted to identify factors affecting enumeration among racial/ethnic groups. In eight sites targeted to major racial/ethnic groups, ethnographers observed live census interviews and assessed where persons should have been coun…

  • Mobile Technologies for Conducting, Augmenting and Potentially Replacing Surveys: Executive Summary of the Aapor Task Force on Emerging Technologies in Public Opinion Research

    M W Link, Michael Link et al.ARTICLEPublic Opinion Quarterly2014Cited by: 26

    Journal Article Mobile Technologies for Conducting, Augmenting and Potentially Replacing Surveys: Executive Summary of the AAPOR Task Force on Emerging Technologies in Public Opinion Research Get access Michael W. Link, Michael W. Link * Address correspondence to: Michael W. Link, Nielsen, 710 Springer Mountain Rd, Canton, GA 30114; e-mail: [email protected] . Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Joe Mur…

  • Social Media in Public Opinion Research: Executive Summary of the Aapor Task Force on Emerging Technologies in Public Opinion Research

    Joe Murphy, M W Link et al.ARTICLEPublic Opinion Quarterly2014Cited by: 24

    Public opinion research is entering a new era, one in which traditional survey research may play a less dominant role. The proliferation of new technologies, such as mobile devices and social-media platforms, is changing the societal landscape across which public opinion researchers operate. As these technologies expand, so does access to users thoughts, feelings, and actions expressed instantaneously, organically, and often publicly across the p…

  • Measuring Race and Hispanic Origin: Cognitive Test Findings Searching for ‘‘Truth’’

    Open AccessJennifer Hunter Childs, Rodney L Terry et al.ARTICLEBulletin of Sociological…2011Cited by: 1References: 4

    Mesurer la race et les origines hispaniques : Résultats de tests cognitifs à la recherche de la « vérité » : Cette recherche présente une tentative de l’US Census Bureau pour créer une norme, ‘‘étalon-or’’, pour l’appréciation des auto-déclaratin de race afin d’évaluer la performance d’un groupe expérimental de questions portant sur la race et les origines hispaniques. Pour ce faire, le sujet est interrogé sur sa race de trois façons : (1) une qu…

  • Respondent Debriefings Conducted by Experts: A Technique for Questionnaire Evaluation

    Open AccessElizabeth Nichols, Jennifer Hunter ChildsARTICLECAM2009Cited by: 1References: 8

    This article explores the use of expert respondent debriefings to evaluate the quality of survey data. In this case study, subject matter experts observed 169 interviews and conducted qualitative respondent debriefings on select cases in a field test of a census coverage survey. By comparing "true" residence status for each person as determined by the debriefing against the residence status obtained by the questionnaire alone, the authors determi…

  • Analyzing Interviewer/Respondent Interactions while Using a Mobile Computer-Assisted Personal Interview Device

    Open AccessJennifer Hunter Childs, Ashley LandrethARTICLECAM2006Cited by: 4References: 8

    This article explores interviewer/respondent interactions using a handheld computer (HHC) and identifies issues arising from using a self-administered paper form to create a mobile computer-assisted personal interview (CAPI) instrument. To evaluate the success of this instrument, the authors used the behavior-coding method to evaluate a sample of about 220 audiotaped interviews to identify survey questions that cause problems at the administratio…