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  • ACS PUMS data variable and (factor) value labels

    Hello all, I'm an experienced, professional user and have been using and analyzing ACS micro-data for over a decade but suddenly I have a basic question. 

    I always used IPUMS ACS micro-data, which come with a file to input the variable labels, factor…

  • RE: calculating SE and MOE in R package srvyr for a proportion using replicate weights and PUMS data

    hi, the instructions on this page hopefully allow you to create a survey design and run the most common analysis commands..  the latter section also includes the `srvyr` conversion in case you'd like to work with dplyr syntax.  hope this helps  :-)

    …

  • Multigenerational Households In PUMS

    I have been working on reproducing the state-level estimates of multigenerational households (households with three or more generations living together) so as to calculate it by PUMA. It's taken me quite some time, but I've got it to be off by no more…

  • How to deal with negative income data in PUMS data

    Hello, I am using PUMS data to calculate the percentage of electricity cost to annual household income in an area. I notice that there are a lot of negative numbers in the household income. After aggregating my data by using R, I found the average percentage…

  • PUMS API

    Does anyone know how to download the PUMS replicate weights (all 80 of them) using the API ?  When I try to list all 80 variable in the API call I get the ERROR: "error: 'get' is limited to 50 variables."  Is there a way to download the…

  • Obtaining ACS 2015-2019 PUMS replicate weights

    Can someone please tell where to obtain 2015-2019 ACS PUMS replicate weights. I do not see the option of obtaining the replicate weights in the data.census.gov micro data. And I do not know how to use the FTP files. Do one or more of them contain the…

  • Comparing estimates across years for PUMS data

    Hello, I am a 1st year demography graduate student.  I do not have a strong background in statistics, but I am doing my best to learn.

    I am looking for a method of comparing estimates across years for statistical significance for a statistic derived from…

  • current 5 year PUMS and PUMAs

    Sorry to be dense but what is the latest 5 year PUMS data and what year PUMAs does it use ?  Can't see to locate info using google.

    Thanks !

  • PUMS Training

    Hi,

    I'd love to get acquainted with using PUMS data. What is a good, free training resource that I can use?

    Thanks,

    Sowmya

  • Undesrstanding VAL=-1 (Home value) in PUMS ACS5 Microdata

    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). 

    I'm only dealing with household heads (SPORDER=1). I first filtered out all group…

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