• 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: technical difference between B17024 and S1702 and B17012

    Hi Beth,

    The difference between Table B17024 and Tables S1702 and B17012 is the unit of analysis. Table B17024 has children as the unit of analysis while Tables S1702 and B17012 have families as the unit of analysis. Which one you use depends on your…
  • RE: Detailed group quarters type

    Dear Andy,

    Here is some info that I found on intercensal group quarters.  The methods are part of the Population Estimates Program (PEP).  I also emailed with the people in the GQ group. You may be familiar with this info.  Here is how GQ population estimates…

  • Calculating Standard Error of A Median in SAS

    Working with 2016 ACS PUMS data. Can anyone share how to get the standard error for a median using SAS? For example, if one was looking for the median of gross rent, it's easy enough to multiply grntp by adjhsg and find the median, but how do you calculate…

  • RE: Group quarter population

    Good morning Grigoris -

    Yes--if you can find a GQ table to pair up with the total population table, subtracting the two will give you an estimate of household population for that group (e.g. Hispanic/Latino total minus Hispanic/Latino GQ = Hispanic/Latino…

  • RE: Mean vs median in income and age

    Dear Tom,

    Tim is correct if you want to know "how much money is floating around in a community" use average (mean) and multiply by head count.  If you want to know what the  amount of money that a "typical" household or person has use median.…

  • RE: Same Sex married Couples

    What geographic level are you looking for?
    National, single-year data (through 2015) can be found at www.census.gov/.../ssc-house-characteristics.html
    But I also do not recall seeing small-area data in any of the summary files (and I did recently look…
  • How to translate STATA code to R (creating flags and new variables)

    Hello,I have the following STATA code that I am needing to translate over to R (this code uses the 2019 5-year ACS PUMS file):

    /*Create a flag to identify workers in the household*/
    gen worker=(wkl=="1")
    replace worker=. if wkl==""

  • Design Factor for Poverty Status

    Hi, 

     

    I'm looking to cross tabulate a few different variables with a dichotomous poverty variable (below threshold or not) in the 1-year PUMS.  I derived the poverty status variable by recoding the income to poverty ratio.  Unfortunately the statistical…