From its inception in April 2020, the U.S. Census Bureau's Household Pulse Survey continues to inform policymakers and researchers across the country about the rapidly shifting circumstances of the nation's households through the recession and economic recovery. Dr. Jason Fields will talk about the creation of the survey, its major findings, and ongoing changes to the survey as data needs evolve.

Jason is a family demographer and the Senior Researcher for Demographic Programs and the Survey of Income and Program Participation. His research interests include survey methodology, the integration of administrative and survey data, longitudinal survey design, disclosure avoidance, and promoted the integration of administrative data and adaptive design into production survey processing. His substantive interests include: family demography, living arrangements, health and well-being, and the long-term social and health consequences of childhood and family poverty and instability. He earned a bachelor’s degree from Emory University in Sociology, and a master’s degree in
public health and doctorate in Demography from the Department of Population and Family Health Sciences at the Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health.

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