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NATION
Wednesday, Septenke;
THE BATTALION
vdnesday, Septe
Census response tops 199
WASHINGTON (AP) — Two-
thirds of Americans returned their
census forms this year, reversing a
long slide in initial participation in
the official national head count, the
government reported Tuesday.
The final 2000 census response
rate by mail or Internet was 67 per
cent, two percentage points higher
than the mailback rate in 1990, Cen
sus Director Kenneth Prewitt said.
“That result halts a ... slide and
actually begins to reverse it,” said
Commerce Secretary Norman Y.
Mineta.
The wider participation also
saves money, Prewitt said, because
every percentage point of mailed re
sponse represents 1.2 million house
holds that do not have to be visited
by Census workers.
Thanks to that improvement in
response the $6.5 billion effort “will
be in the black,” he said. “The
American people stepped forward
and sent in their forms and that
made it less expensive.”
The Census had budgeted for a
61 percent response rate, following
declines from 78 percent in 1970 to
75 percent in 1980 and 65 percent in
1990.
Census field workers are now
completing follow-up visits to
homes that failed to answer their
forms, said Prewitt.
The 1990 rate was topped despite
controversy about questions on the
long form which some people felt
were intrusive. Prewitt said the re
turn rate for the short form was
about 11 percent better than for the
long form, but the difference was
made up during follow-up visits to
people’s homes.
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Who responded to Census 2000
P:
The national response rate for Census 2000 was 67 percent, up frtm
65 percent for the 1990 census. Mid-West states had the highest
response rates while the South was below the national rate. Hereisa
breakdown: ■ —-
National average: 67%
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New labels to certify animal welfai
WASHINGTON (AP) — Starting Wednesday, the
government will allow farmers to display a seal on meat
and dairy products to attest that they treat their cattle and
chickens humanely.
To qualify for the “Free Farmed” seal, farms would
have to eliminate cages for laying hens and stop using
forced molting, the withdrawal of food and water to in
crease egg production. Dairy cattle would have to have
access to pastures.
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— Adele Douglas
Executive Director Farm Animal Services
Standards designed to improve farm conditions for
broiler chickens and beef cattle also are in the package.
Rules for hog farms are being written.
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