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  • Defining "single parents" using PUMS

    I'm trying to find out how many single parents in Texas work between 1 and 30 hours per week.

    I've used Usual Hours Worked to find individuals who worked between 1-30 hrs per week. However, I'm having difficult with the "single parents" piece. One…

  • Using the ADJINC variable in 3-year PUMS files

    Has anyone used the ADJINC variable with any of the income variables in the three-year PUMS files?

    I'm using the '10-'12 file trying to take the median of the pernp variable by various groups, and the data dictionary says to use the adjinc values to adjust…

  • Early release materials for 2013 ACS 1-year PUMS available

    Early release materials for the 2013 ACS 1-year PUMS release, including Subjects in the PUMS, Code Lists, PUMS Top Coded and Bottom Coded Values, and PUMS Data Dictionary (now in TXT and PDF format) are available at www.census.gov/.../. The rest of the…

  • Use PUMS data for PUMAS belonging only in one county

    Hello! I try to use PUMS 5yr 2008-2012 data and I face a strange fact that when I sum the weights (variable PWGTP in the dataset) for the PUMAS that belong to a specific County, I do not take as a result the known total population in this county (compared…

  • 2012 1-year ACS PUMS release date

    The 2012 1-Year PUMS data are currently scheduled to be released on October 24. For the full 2012 ACS release schedule, see www.census.gov/acs/www/data_documentation/2012_release_schedule/

  • Differences between the versions of ACS PUMS?

    I am aware of three providers of ACS microdata: Census Bureau (currently down due to the government shutdown), IPUMS at University of Missouri (ipums.org), and Missouri Census Data Center (mcdc.missouri.edu). Does anybody know if they are fully compatible…

  • Delays in PUMS release for 2012 ACS files

    According to today's press release from the Census Bureau:
    "The Public Use Microdata Sample files for the 2012 American Community Survey one-year statistics will be released on Dec. 17, (original release date was Oct. 24); the files for the three-year…

  • Public Use Microdata Area Boundaries in 2012 ACS PUMS files

    For those who use Public Use Microdata Areas (PUMAs) in the PUMS files, note that the 2008-2012 and 2010-2012 multiyear files are different than previous files because they include two sets of PUMA boundaries. According to the Census Bureau's data documentation…

  • Webinar on ACS PUMS Dual Vintage Variables--Thur, March 13th

    Description: Advanced users learn about the American Community Survey (ACS) Public Use Microdata Sample (PUMS) and how to work with dual vintages of variables included in the ACS PUMS files. This presentation will give a background of the ACS PUMS files…

  • American Community Survey (ACS) Releases New Videos on Using ACS PUMS with DataFerrett

    The U.S. Census Bureau released two videos about creating custom tables using the American Community Survey Public Use Microdata Sample (PUMS) files and DataFerrett. The ACS PUMS files are a set of untabulated records about individual people and housing…
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