Hello All,
Does anyone have documentation discussing the homeless and poverty levels? Are the homeless included in the "poverty universe?" Is it possible to identify homeless counts? I am searching PUMS data and can also IPUMS data.
Specifically…
Dear Diana,
In general the ACS PUMS data and the data used in the "B", "S", "DP" use the same source data. For top coding the PUMS codebook is a useful place to start. The disclosure avoidance techniques used in ACS tables…
I'm working on a R package that will give the Supplemental Poverty Measure (SPM) at the tract level. Eventually I hope to post the package on GItHub. The method uses PUMS data including the SPM PUMS data https://www.census.gov/data/datasets/time-series…
Dear Derek,
B17024 only gives Below Poverty Level yes/no. I need a between 100% to 125% of poverty level. I also need age 60+ which is a "non-stardard" cut point form most ACS tables. The dollar amount of Poverty level depends on total household income…
B17020 (Poverty x Age) and B17020A - I You have to glue together the A-G tables H and I are Not.Hispanic and Hispanic
These are for above/below poverty level There aren't tables for 200% poverty -- You have to use a PUMS file and Small Area Estimation…
Hello User Group,
I like the ease of using MDAT to access PUMS data. It's a good interface with a lot of user-friendly ways to customize and aggregate microdata. What it does not currently do calculate the RSE of the estimates. I have to rely on R or…
or use PUMS like Tim says! :)
After much thrashing about, I was able to get my program to work by using a 2014 (?) PUMA to 2021 census tract crosswalk. Hats off to the people at GEOCORR. One issue was that the PUMS file that we are using is from 2019 (the Supplemental Poverty Measure…