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  • RE: Area Median Income Data

    I would encourage you not to give up too quickly. As Cliff pointed out, it isn't trivial to do this, but neither is it so difficult that it isn't worth trying (depending on how much you want the data). To demonstrate, I created & uploaded a tabulation…

  • RE: Family Structure and Income

    Could someone provide a little more background on the RELP variable? My exposure to PUMS is through the IPUMS site. A quick look there does not reveal RELP in the list of variable definitions.

  • RE: statistical methods for comparing of 2 1-year surveys

    Beth,

    Would you say that any statistical test requiring independence would be inappropriate? Another one that has been suggested in my group is to put two years of pums data together and use year as a variable in a regression. This model also requires…

  • RE: Interpolation for median earnings

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    Hello-

    Attached are a .txt and Word version that were provided by some colleagues here at Census. It doesn't look like I can upload the SAS file directly.

    Just…

  • Aggregating county income medians by sex

    Hello,

    I am trying to calculate the aggregate median income by sex of 10 counties within the same state. This question highlights how to calculate an aggregate median income in general. The answer in the question uses binned incomes from table B19001 to…

  • SSI Estimates

    Looking at 2014 ACS PUMs data and we are looking at persons receiving SSI income. Can anyone answer why/how person can have $30,000 in SSI income? The maximum benefit is $1100 per month if you have an eligible spouse, so it appears that no one should…

  • RE: Race/Ethnicity Breakdown help

    There are several questions on this thread. Here are some at least partial answers:

    1. ACS data is annual. there are no monthly figures available. Monthly unemployment by race and other subgroups might be available through the BLS, but I am unsure…

  • RE: Is it Possible to Download ACS data at the Census Tract Level

    There are 84,414 census tracts so usually you download data (ACS "B" detailed tables typically). for a single state or a single county within a state. The most effective way to do this is through the ACS "API" Application Programming interface. To do…

  • Using ACS 5-year estimates to examine social, economic, and housing characteristics BY Race/ethnicity for small city

    Hi All,

    I'm new to using census and ACS data and am hoping someone can help me navigate the data. I'm trying to find data for a small town (population ~21,000) on various social, economic, and housing characteristics by "Race."

    Here…

  • Single-family, owner-occupied homes

    What is the best way to capture single-family, owner-occupied homes in PUMS? I was thinking of using the units in structure (UNITSSTR) and property tax (PROPTX99) variables, selecting for 1-family houses, attached/detached and paying property tax (any…
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