Hindsight is 2020: Assessing Willingness to Participate in The Census

• In Event: JSS SESSION: Participation, Donation, and Identity

Brief Overview

This paper utilizes a field experiment to assess respondents’ stated willingness to participate in the Census after being presented with a series of messages intended to convey the relevance of the Census and motivate self-response.

Authors

• Stephanie DeMora, University of California-Riverside

• Melissa R. Michelson, Menlo College