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  • RE: Energy insecurity/utility assistance data in ACS?

    Could you consider using PUMAs as the primary unit of analysis and working from the PUMS file, which as electricity, gas, and other fuel costs (ELEP, GASP, and FULP)?

  • 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,…

  • Questions on B25070, B25091, B23001 5-year ACS tables by race/ethnicity

    Hello:

    I'm looking for tract-level data by race/ethnicity for the following tables:

    B25070 GROSS RENT AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN THE PAST 12 MONTHS)
    B25091 MORTGAGE STATUS BY SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD INCOME…

  • 2020 American Community Survey Data Release Schedule Now Available

    2020 American Community Survey 1-year Estimates

    The 2020 American Community Survey (ACS) 1-year estimates are scheduled to be released on Thursday, September 23, 2021.  These data will be available for the nation, all states, the District of Columbia, Puerto…

  • 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: Separating Renters and Homeowners in Low Income Household Measurements

    Hi Alex,

    Are you working with the PUMS files? If so, you can merge the population file with the housing units file using the serial number (actual variable is called "serialno") and then there's a variable for tenure called "ten" in the PUMS housing…

  • RE: PAP measure

    In PUMS, food stamps/SNAP participation is captured in the FS variable, and Medicaid/CHIP is recorded in HINS4.
    PAP reflects TANF/welfare.
    For details on each concept, see the Subject Definitions document at www2.census.gov/.../2016_ACSSubjectDefinitions…

  • 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.

  • Klimek.pdf

    • Klimek.pdf

  • RE: microdata and filter by MSA

    Yes, the policy for geographic information in public use microdata is to identify no sub-state entities other than Public Use Microdata Areas (PUMAs) which are specialized units required to have at least 100,000 residents each, helping to protect the ide…

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