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Census Experts Puzzled by High Rate of Unanswered Questions

August 9, 2021 · 1:23 am ET · Leave a Comment

“Census Bureau statisticians and outside experts are trying to unravel a mystery: Why were so many questions about households in the 2020 census left unanswered?,” the AP reports.

“Residents did not respond to a multitude of questions about sex, race, Hispanic background, family relationships and age, even when providing a count of the number of people living in the home.”

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