Bayesian Spatial Change of Support for Count-Valued Survey Data With Application to the American Community Survey
Jonathan R. Bradley,
Christopher K. Wikle and
Scott H. Holan
Journal of the American Statistical Association, 2016, vol. 111, issue 514, 472-487
Abstract:
We introduce Bayesian spatial change of support (COS) methodology for count-valued survey data with known survey variances. Our proposed methodology is motivated by the American Community Survey (ACS), an ongoing survey administered by the U.S. Census Bureau that provides timely information on several key demographic variables. Specifically, the ACS produces 1-year, 3-year, and 5-year “period-estimates,” and corresponding margins of errors, for published demographic and socio-economic variables recorded over predefined geographies within the United States. Despite the availability of these predefined geographies, it is often of interest to data-users to specify customized user-defined spatial supports. In particular, it is useful to estimate demographic variables defined on “new” spatial supports in “real-time.” This problem is known as spatial COS, which is typically performed under the assumption that the data follow a Gaussian distribution. However, count-valued survey data is naturally non-Gaussian and, hence, we consider modeling these data using a Poisson distribution. Additionally, survey-data are often accompanied by estimates of error, which we incorporate into our analysis. We interpret Poisson count-valued data in small areas as an aggregation of events from a spatial point process. This approach provides us with the flexibility necessary to allow ACS users to consider a variety of spatial supports in “real-time.” We show the effectiveness of our approach through a simulated example as well as through an analysis using public-use ACS data.
Date: 2016
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