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TreasonousBastard

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8. 72 years...

Reply to NeoGreen (Reply #6)

Wed Mar 28, 2018, 01:45 PM

Mar 2018

https://www.census.gov/history/www/genealogy/decennial_census_records/the_72_year_rule_1.html The American Community Survey is considered part of the decennial, so would follow the same rules.

However, some other surveys, like Consumer Expenditures, Housing, Crime, Current Population Survey... are performed by the Census Bureau on behalf of other Commerce divisions and have their own rules. Those rules largely track with Census rules as part of omnibus federal privacy rules, but can have some differences.

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I work for the Census Bureau and... [View all] TreasonousBastard Mar 2018 OP

re: This does not mean that the law can't be changed---exactly hlthe2b Mar 2018 #1

There Are No Rules In Trumps America PaulX2 Mar 2018 #2

THANKS. elleng Mar 2018 #3

Thank you for this info. Glad to hear it's kept private. CatMor Mar 2018 #4

I'm sad to see people trying to weaponize the Census. It's one of the greatest things the country WhiskeyGrinder Mar 2018 #5

Is there a point in time... NeoGreen Mar 2018 #6

72 years... TreasonousBastard Mar 2018 #8

Cool... NeoGreen Mar 2018 #12

Is there currently any penalty for not answering this (or any other) question on the census? zonemaster Mar 2018 #7

Not really-- some of the surveys are completely voluntary, but even the ones that are... TreasonousBastard Mar 2018 #9

No one has told me what could literally be gained by asking question blake2012 Mar 2018 #10

Nothing that I can think of-- just more jingoist anti-immigrant BS... TreasonousBastard Mar 2018 #11

An informative thread. longship Mar 2018 #13

Interesting ConnorMarc Mar 2018 #14