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  • RE: Anyone ever use Maxqda?

    Ed Christopher
    Ed Christopher

    There is the CTPP data products derived from a special tabulation of ACS by the transportation community. It has more workplace data, cross tabs and universes than found in standard ACS products along with worker flows with limited characteristics on…

    • over 3 years ago
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  • RE: show occupation codes

    Diana Lavery
    Diana Lavery
    The ACS PUMS - SOC crosswalk codes are available in this ACS Code List document: www2.census.gov/.../2018_ACS_Code_Lists.pdf (occupation info starts on page 81). Hope this helps!
    • over 5 years ago
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  • RE: Detailed Languages Spoken at Home, Ages 5-17

    Patty Becker
    Patty Becker
    I agree with Cliff that PUMS is your best bet, and you can get the PUMA maps by searching for them at census.gov, or contacting your state data center lead agency. But please be careful - the MOEs will be high, although they don't show on PUMS, especially…
    • over 5 years ago
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  • U.S. Census Bureau Releases New 2017 American Community Survey (ACS) 1-Year Datasets and Stats in Action Stories

    Gretchen Gooding
    Gretchen Gooding

    We are pleased to announce the release of the 2017 American Community Survey (ACS) 1-year Public Use Microdata Sample (PUMS) Files, and 2017 American Community Survey (ACS) 1-year Supplemental Estimates.

    2017 ACS 1-Year Public Use Microdata Sample (PUMS…

    • over 6 years ago
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  • Updated 2017 ACS Data Release Schedule

    Gretchen Gooding
    Gretchen Gooding

    Due to the government shutdown, the release schedule for the 2013-2017 ACS 5-year PUMS files and 2013-2017 ACS Variance Replicate Estimates Tables was adjusted from the original release date of January 17th. The new dates are:

    Thursday, February 7th:…

    • over 6 years ago
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  • RE: Table S2301 (Employment Status) - population universe question

    Aaron Olson
    Aaron Olson

    Table S1811 is a good comparison here because it lists economic characteristics of the population with a disability for those age 16+. If you look at the total universe counts for those with disabilities on that table, you will see that they are much…

    • over 1 year ago
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  • Editing of health insurance variables in 2019 ACS

    cfiorentini
    cfiorentini

    How do I figure out what percentage of health insurance variables were edited in 2019? I'm specifically looking for edited Medicaid coverage and I see two variables in the PUMS Codebook:

    • FHINS4P - listed as allocation flag
    • FHINS4C - coverage given…
    • over 4 years ago
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  • RE: Detailed Race, Hispanic Origin, Ancestry, and Tribal Population Group Tables at Differing Levels of Geography

    David Dorer
    David Dorer

    Dear Cliff,

    My reading of the webpage is that the 7000 applies to all levels of geography.  This would typically rule out tracts, some city/towns (County Subdivision CSD) and perhaps some counties. There are also rules based on cell size, in which case…

    • over 2 years ago
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  • RE: 2020 ACS 1-Year Experimental Estimates

    Mark Mather
    Mark Mather

    The Census Bureau announced today that the 2020 ACS 1-year experimental data will be released on Tuesday, November 30. This release will also include the 1-year PUMS with experimental weights, a technical working paper, and a blog. The Census Bureau will…

    • over 3 years ago
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  • RE: Locating and downloading labor force participation data for mothers in ACS data

    Diana Lavery
    Diana Lavery

    Hi Georgia, 

    My guess is that they used the Public Use Microdata Sample (PUMS) file to construct that variable.  I think the closest table for you would be B23008: Age of own children under 18 years in families & subfamilies by living arrangements by employment…

    • over 3 years ago
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