Comparing 2005-9 ACS 5 year with 2010-14 ACS 5 year

Joe D. Francis over 8 years ago

I am seeking advise on how to handle the issue of different population controls used in weighting the ACS 2005-09 period estimates from those used in weighting the ACS 2010-14 period estimates. The Census Bureau notes this as a special problem in making these comparisons which have different base populations. Considering that, what have others done to make this adjustment before making comparisons of ACS estimates and MOEs? It would seem that the standard calculations suggested in the Compass booklets would need to be adjusted. Any ideas?

Thanks in advance,
Joe Francis

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John Grumbine over 8 years ago

Joe,

I think I found the page that you're referring to: www.census.gov/.../5-year-comparison.html

Based on that, the census bureau used different population controls for weighting different 5 year files. So it would be invalid (for this reason and others) to pull, e.g., the 2010 data out of two different files and try to compare them. Thanks for bringing this up,

John
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John Grumbine over 8 years ago

Joe,

I think I found the page that you're referring to: www.census.gov/.../5-year-comparison.html

Based on that, the census bureau used different population controls for weighting different 5 year files. So it would be invalid (for this reason and others) to pull, e.g., the 2010 data out of two different files and try to compare them. Thanks for bringing this up,

John
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