Abstract Model-based small area estimation is frequently used in conjunction with survey
data to establish estimates for under-sampled or unsampled geographies. These models …

Unit-level modeling strategies offer many advantages relative to the area-level models that
are most often used in the context of small area estimation. For example, unit-level models …

Understanding how and why certain communities bear a disproportionate burden of disease
is challenging due to the scarcity of data on these communities. Surveys provide a useful …

Accurate estimates of subnational health and demographic indicators are critical for
informing policy. Many countries collect relevant data using complex household surveys, but …

Health surveys allow exploring health indicators that are of great value from a public health
point of view and that cannot normally be studied from regular health registries. These …

The topic of neural networks has seen a surge of interest in recent years. However, one of
the main challenges with these approaches is quantification of uncertainty. The use of …

Social scientists are interested in studying the impact that citizenship status has on health
insurance coverage among immigrants in the United States. This can be done using data …

Health surveys allow exploring health indicators that are of great value from a public health
point of view and that cannot normally be studied from regular health registries. These …

The Director of the US Census Bureau every five years, under the Voting Rights Act (VRA)
Section 203 (b), determines which states and political subdivisions must provide ballot …

The Household Pulse Survey (HPS), recently released by the US Census Bureau, gathers
timely information about the societal and economic impacts of coronavirus. The first phase of …