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…
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…
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…
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.…
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==""
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…