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  • RE: ACS data 2019 and 2020

    Eric Grosso
    Eric Grosso

    May I ask source of this PUMS?  These are the row level data that you've recoded, correct?  You have not aggregated these, right? 

    • 9 months ago
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  • RE: Confusion about generating estimates for *households* and not *individuals* in MDAT

    Eric Grosso
    Eric Grosso

    Perhaps query this in iPUMS or by merging the housing and person records PUMS SAS files?  I like MDAT, and maybe you can yield your desired results in MDAT by tweaking your setup, but I find the other PUMS sources more flexible.  

    • over 1 year ago
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  • RE: create civilian non-institutionalized sample from Census beta analysis tool

    David Dorer
    David Dorer

    Did you check out the PUMS TYPEHUGQ variable ?  (TYPE 2019 and earlier).  You can merge on SERIALNO with the PUMS "person" dataset.

    • over 1 year ago
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  • RE: Pre-made table showing migrant country of origin (MIGSP) for a specific destination state?

    Beth Jarosz
    Beth Jarosz

    You can get the total population who moved from outside of the U.S. from table B07204 but I can't think of any pre-tabulated disaggregation by origin--PUMS is the best option. Would pooling 3 years of PUMS data work?

    Also, if you're willing to share…

    • over 1 year ago
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  • Small Area Estimation ACS R Package Windows and Linux installers

    David Dorer
    David Dorer

    Dear All,

    I have posted the open source Poverty Assessment Toolkit R package PAT_0.7.zip on the GitHub open source website:

    https://github.com/ddorer44/PovertyAssessment

    Updated to 0.7 12-18-23

    https://github.com/ddorer44/PovertyAssessment/blob/main/PAT_0…

    • over 1 year ago
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  • RE: Fertility Data cdc vs acs

    David Dorer
    David Dorer

    A couple of comments.  The PUMS query FER variable is the ACS checkoff "have you given birth within the last 12 months."  So it needs the "twins" correction.  I emailed the people at the NCHS.  There is a recent publication with fertility…

    • 3 months ago
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  • New software for Small Area Estimation

    David Dorer
    David Dorer

    Dear All,

    I have begun the process of posting an open source R package for small area estimation.  The package takes PUMS data for a PUMA and produces "synthetic" PUMS-like data for tracts and block groups. See software tab at dorerfoundation.org Any variables…

    • over 1 year ago
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  • Group Quarters and Homeless shelters.

    David Dorer
    David Dorer

    Dear All,

    I have been working through some analysis using the methods in

    Glassman

    https://www.census.gov/library/working-papers/2025/demo/sehsd-wp2025-09.html

    The Relationship Between the Population Experiencing
    Homelessness and Living in Shelters and…

    • 1 month ago
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  • RE: Poverty information from 2017-2021 ACS data

    David Dorer
    David Dorer

    The poverty level is computed by the US Census Bureau following the Office of Management Statistical Directive #14 https://www.census.gov/topics/income-poverty/poverty/guidance/poverty-measures.html  The POVPIP value in the PUMS data is determined based…

    • over 1 year ago
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  • RE: Distribution of Household Sizes by Household Income Levels

    Malayah
    Malayah

    Yes, the Public Use Microdata Sample (PUMS) data from the U.S. Census Bureau can be used to analyze the distribution of household sizes across various income levels. By leveraging PUMS data, you can derive insights into the number of households based…

    • over 1 year ago
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