Searching for a Needle in a Haystack: Creative Use of the Decennial Census Dress Rehearsal Data to Find Board and Care Places in Central Missouri

The purpose of this survey was to determine: (1) whether the Census provides a suitable frame for selecting board and care places; and (2) whether the questionnaire would elicit sufficient information to identify such places. Board and care places are housing units or group quarters which provide room, meals and one or more services to dependent persons. The services center on activities of daily living or instrumental activities of daily living. They can be as concrete as assisting the dependent person with eating or as abstract as providing protective oversight. [65 PDF pages]