Telemundo: Hispanics are increasingly motivated about the 2010 Census.

Telemundo announced the results of the newest Ipsos-Telemundo telephone poll, which explores the knowledge and opinions of Hispanics about the 2010 U.S. Census. Of those surveyed 91% say they intend to be counted in the 2010 Census; a seven-point increase since the previous Ipsos-Telemundo Poll released in January, in which 84% reported their intent to be counted.

The Perceived Importance of the Census Increases among Hispanics

The new poll conducted throughout the month of February provides other indicators that Hispanics living in the United States are increasingly sensitized about the importance of the 2010 Census.

– 93% agree that it is important that everyone living in the U.S. is counted in the 2010 Census (up five percentage points since the previous survey) – including 78% who completely agree.
– 93% also agree that it is important for their community that everyone takes part in the census (up seven points).
– 89% agree that it is their duty to do so (up eight points) – including 70% who completely agree.

As Does Confidence about Census Data Confidentiality

More Hispanics are also confident that personal information collected in the 2010 Census will not be shared with other government organizations. The proportion of those who hold this opinion is now close to two thirds (63%), representing a six percentage point increase since the previous measurement.

– Those who prefer to watch Television in Spanish are more likely than those who prefer to watch television in English to completely agree they are confident that personal information will not be shared (49% and 36%, comparatively).

– In reverse, a greater percentage of those who prefer to watch television in English disagree (32% vs. 22%).

The new survey also shows that familiarity with the census among Hispanics keeps growing as 61% know at least a little about it (up nine points since the last survey), including 19% who say they know lot about it (up six points).

These are some of the findings of an Ipsos-Telemundo poll conducted from February 1 to February 28, 2010 with a nationally representative sample of 500 Hispanics aged 18 and older, interviewed by telephone via Ipsos’ U.S. Hispanic Omnibus. With a sample of this size, the results are considered accurate within 4.4 percentage points, 19 times out of 20, of what they would have been had the entire adult population of Hispanics in the U.S. been polled.

The findings of the previous poll used for comparisons are based on an Ipsos-Telemundo poll conducted November 19, 2009 to January 10, 2010 with a nationally representative sample of 530 Hispanics aged 18 and older, also interviewed by telephone via Ipsos’ U.S. Hispanic Omnibus. All differences between the two polls mentioned in this document are statistically significant at a 95% level.