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ˈundercount Statistics.
[under-1 10 b.]
An incomplete enumeration; spec. the amount by which the number enumerated in a census falls short of the actual number in the group.
1955Population Studies (United Nations) No. 23. 11/2 Is there a possibility of an under-count in the 1950 census in the Vega Alta? 1964New Statesman 13 Mar. 390/3 Allowing for a 5 per cent undercount in 1952 and for a 2 per cent increase per annum,..the Northern total was just about what had been expected. 1981Sci. Amer. Apr. 70/1 Preliminary study of the raw census data now suggests that the 1980 census was remarkably complete: the undercount is turning out to be much smaller than had been projected.
Hence as v. trans., to enumerate incompletely; ˈundercounting vbl. n.
1955Population Studies (United Nations) No. 23. 11/1 There was serious under-counting in the Southern States at the time of the 1870 census. 1970Daily Tel. 22 Aug. 3/6 Mayor Lindsay is convinced that New York will be seriously undercounted in the 1970 census figures. 1978Guardian Weekly 30 Apr. 17/1 In the United States, the Mexican-American population, which may have been severely undercounted in the 1970 census, is growing steadily. |