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Anyone who wants to see the form can see it here: www2.census.gov/program…
As one who has often looked at census records from the past, the questions seem like the sorts of things that people were always asked, albeit updated to today's standards of living. The trouble is that in today's digital world, personal information is easily sprea…
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Anyone who wants to see the form can see it here: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/methodology/questionnaires/2025/quest25.pdf
As one who has often looked at census records from the past, the questions seem like the sorts of things that people were always asked, albeit updated to today's standards of living. The trouble is that in today's digital world, personal information is easily spread and misused, which should make each of us uncomfortable.
My free advice (worth what it costs): Remember that no one will check your answers. Be as honest you feel comfortable but round off, estimate and generalize rather than spending time trying to be precise.
In this age of Musk and DOGE essentially data-mining the federal government, I must admit that I felt extra wary.