International Conference on Methods for Surveying and Enumerating Hard-to-Reach Populations (Oct 31-Nov 3, New Orleans, LA)

该奖项为组织和举办国际会议提供部分支持，该会议是关于调查和列举难以接触人口的方法（又名，H2R会议），定于2012年10月在新奥尔良举行。 调查难以接触到的人口是一个日益重要的问题。 谁有资格成为“难以接触”的概念正在发生变化。 除了历史上被低估的群体，如种族和少数民族，新的研究表明，其他难以接触的群体正在出现。 其中包括手机家庭，新移民相关政策将“隐藏”人口挤出主流的增加，以及由于数据泄露，身份盗窃，隐私问题和对政府的不信任而对调查和人口普查持怀疑态度的普通人口比例越来越大。 此外，在美国，欧洲和许多其他国家，由于移民，人口继续多样化。 这种多样化增加了种族和少数民族的组成和复杂性，这反过来又造成了语言隔离，缺乏文化适应，以及普遍缺乏对调查的熟悉和信任等障碍。这次会议将汇集调查方法学家，社会学家，统计学家，人口学家，人种学家，政策分析师，以及来自世界各地的其他专业人员，提出新的和创新的概念和技术，调查难以达到的人口。 在这样做时，它将处理将难以接触到的群体包括在内的统计和调查设计方面的问题。 会议计划将在会议之前在会议网站上提供，会议记录将在会议结束后不久在网站上提供。 此外，还将根据应邀提交的会议文件编写一份专题论文。

This award provides partial support for the organization and conduct of the International Conference on Methods for Surveying and Enumerating Hard-to-Reach Populations (a.k.a., the H2R Conference), scheduled to be held in New Orleans in October 2012. Surveying hard-to-reach populations is a problem of increasing importance. The concept of who qualifies as "hard to reach" is shifting. In addition to historically undercounted groups such as racial and ethnic minorities, new research suggests that additional hard-to-reach groups are emerging. These include cell phone-only households, an increase in "hidden" populations pushed out of the mainstream by new immigration-related policies, and a growing percentage in the general population who are cynical about surveys and censuses due to data breaches, identify theft, privacy concerns, and mistrust of government. Moreover, in the U.S., Europe, and many other nations, the population continues to diversify due to immigration. This diversification has produced an increase in the composition and complexity of racial and ethnic minorities, which in turn create barriers such as linguistic isolation, lack of acculturation, and a general lack of familiarity and trust in surveys.This conference will bring together survey methodologists, sociologists, statisticians, demographers, ethnographers, policy analysts, and other professionals from around the world to present new and innovative concepts and techniques for surveying hard-to reach-populations. In doing so, it will address both the statistical and survey design aspects of including hard-to-reach groups. The conference program will be available on the conference web site prior to the conference, and the conference proceedings will be available on the web site shortly after the conference. In addition, a special monograph will be produced from invited conference papers.