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  • RE: Does a "female householder" variable exist without the "no spouse or partner present" ?

    It looks like Table B11012 (Households by Household Type) is the best bet for what the original researcher used. That particular table doesn't indicate the sex of householder for either married couple of cohabiting couple households. It does have "female…

  • RE: Migration In-Flow and Out-Flow

    I think that you are probably better off with that table than with the PUMS data that I can give you. The table is more current - the data that I'm working with is from 2014.

  • Higher than expected population numbers

    It's been a while since I used PUMS. I downloaded a data file and loaded it into SPSS. To check myself, I wanted to check a basic population number. I've weighted by person weight and did a basic sex frequency table, and my numbers are consistently about…

  • RE: Household Demographics with Children under 18

    Hi ! There are a couple of ways to approach this.

    For tricks on how to search, if you ask 10 people you'll get 10 different answers on their strategy. My best suggestion is to start with Census Bureau recorded trainings like this one: https…

  • RE: I'm finally starting to run tabulations from the new 5 year file ...

    Hi John,

    Thanks so much for the detail that went into explaining how to understand the tabulation in the new file based on people age 35+in Hillsborough County (FL). I am amazed how much information can be extracted from PUMS. I would definitely be interested…

  • Use of microdata file for average state income

    I'm trying to calculate the average (mean) 2021 income of the state of Minnesota using PUMS to see if I can come close to the data in the ACS table S1901.

    From S1901, I find that in 2021, 1YR ACS, there are 2,281,033 households in the state and households…

  • 2019 ACS Data Release Schedule

    2019 American Community Survey 1-year Estimates

    The 2019 American Community Survey (ACS) 1-year estimates are scheduled to be released on Thursday, September 17, 2020.  These data will be available for the nation, all states, the District of Columbia,…

  • 2019 to 2020 changes in initial addresses selected by states

    I am conducting some analysis using the 2020 ACS PUMS, and one evaluation is the changes in the number of initial addresses selected by states. I did a simple comparison of the numbers in 2020 to the numbers in 2019. I noticed a significant difference…

  • RE: Top-coded values

    I wasn't able to fully implement what I wanted to do last year with the 2013 PUMS but am hoping to do it with the 2014 PUMS. What models for censored data would you recommend? I have heard a lot about the Tobin model for censored regressions but was unsure…

  • RE: Adjusting Income in ACS

    After reading David's response, I realized that the answer may depend on whether you're using PUMS or pre-tabulated data.
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