Hi,
I'd love to get acquainted with using PUMS data. What is a good, free training resource that I can use?
Thanks,
Sowmya
Hello All,
I'm fairly new to the PUMS Microdata. I'm using the ACS5 2018 vintage. My question is about those with a null (-1) Home Sale Price value (variable VAL).
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Does anyone know how the Census assigns the PUMS codebook value "b" code to a text value in the downloaded (API) data?
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Can you post the code that precedes the joins and then the code for the joins itself? It would also help if the PUMS variables are explicitly listed. Thank you
Thank you for that information. I look forward to using this in the future. It's great to know that more is available.Thank you very much for responding. I know more about publishing and policy (www.publicpolicypress.com), if you have questions on…
2022 ACS 1-Year Public Use Microdata Sample (PUMS) Files
We are pleased to announce the release of the 2022 American Community Survey (ACS) 1-year Public Use Microdata Sample (PUMS) files. The PUMS files show the full range of population and housing unit…
This seems to be a basic issue: How does one identify households below the Federal Poverty Level in the ACS PUMS data?
Income and the ratio of income to the Federal Poverty Level (POVPIP) are in the person file. Are there ways to identify households in…
I read in the 2020 documentation for the PUMS that the PUMS includes approximately two-thirds of the full ACS sample. Is this the case for all of the 1-year PUMS files (e.g. two-thirds of each year's ACS sample for 2000-2019)? Or do the public use files…
I am trying to use the ACS API (application programming interface) to download selected PUMS variables. There are 2 types of records (RT variable, "H"=Housing record "P" person record.) When I use the API examples: https://api.census…
I want to do a QED analysis on ACS data for causal inference -- specifically between broadband and income. Before proceeding with that I want to understand the nuances of using such method on the ACS data. I could not find any existing work that has done…