Net undercount 6 The PES estimate of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population at the time of the 2011 Census was 662,300 people.
The net effect of overcount and undercount is called
net undercount.
The net undercount rate for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples was 17.5 % (equivalent to 137,750 persons).
CALCULATING ESTIMATED RESIDENT POPULATION - FINAL Empirical Bayes method 9 Given the relatively high standard errors for
net undercount by Indigenous status by state, the ABS used the Empirical Bayes estimation method to estimate more reliable undercount inputs for use in deriving population estimates.
The estimates of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and non-Indigenous populations presented in this publication are based on 2011 Census of Population and Housing counts adjusted for
net undercount as measured by the Post Enumeration Survey.
The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
net undercount (the difference between the PES Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population estimate and the actual Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population Census count) was 114,200 persons, 17.2 % of the population.
ESTIMATED RESIDENT POPULATION To arrive at the estimated resident population for the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population, the census count (on a usual residence basis) is adjusted for instances in which Indigenous status is unknown and for
net undercount.
4 The estimates of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population presented in this publication are based on 2011 Census of Population and Housing counts of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians, adjusted for
net undercount as measured by the Post Enumeration Survey.
Not exact matches
Special note about earned W - 2 incomes: Inputting
net paycheck income into the earned income areas may cause double counting of some expenses,
undercounting income, and other distortions that will make the plan inaccurate.
The PES, conducted shortly after Census night, collects information about where people were on Census night and their characteristics to estimate
net Census
undercount;
An allowance for
net Census
undercount: in a complex exercise such as the Census, it is inevitable that some people will be missed and some will be included more than once.