Census Undercount

Topics

  1. Coverage – concepts
  2. Coverage - Census Undercount

Series

Studies

Concept

Name
Coverage
Label
Census Undercount
Description

The number of people missed by a census who were meant to be counted. It is usually expressed as a percentage of what should have been the complete count rather than as a percentage of what was counted.

Net census undercount is the difference between census undercount and overcount.