Income Measurement Error in Surveys: A Review

20233, U.S.A. Acknowledgments: We are grateful to Martin David, Kent Marquis, and Betsy Martin for their useful comments and suggestions. An early draft of this paper was made available as a background document to participants in the “Cognitive Aspects of Survey Methodology II” conference held in Charlottesville, VA, in June 1997. A highly condensed version of the paper will appear in the proceedings monograph from the conference — Sirken, M., D. Herrmann, S. Schechter, N. Schwarz, J. Tanur, and R. Tourangeau (eds.), Cognition and Survey Research, New York, John Wiley and Sons, (forthcoming). The opinions expressed herein are the authors’ and do not necessarily represent the official views or positions of either the Bureau of the Census or the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Income Measurement Error in Surveys: A Review