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I am looking to obtain the total population and total housing unit population for a PUMA using the 2018 ACS 1-year PUMS file for TX. I use these files often, but admittedly have never been tasked with deriving these numbers. I am using R in RStudio…
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I'm currently trying to create a tabulation of limited English household x race (of householder / reference person) and limited English household x place of birth (of householder / reference person). However, the race and place of birth variables…
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I'm interested in comparing home ownership rates between different races/ethnicities. Based on the way the questions are structured, the easiest way would be to have two separate plots, one for race and one for ethnicity. However, I personally find…
2021 ACS 1-Year Public Use Microdata Sample (PUMS) Files
We are pleased to announce the release of the 2021 American Community Survey (ACS) 1-year Public Use Microdata Sample (PUMS) files. The PUMS files show the full range of population and housing unit…
The American Community Survey (ACS) program has released a file containing experimental weights that can be joined to the 2019 ACS 1-year Public Use Microdata Sample (PUMS) file. The weights were produced using the same methodology used to produce the 2020…
I am attempting to double-check the number of people in household for a specific PUMA.
I am sorting(group_by) SERIALNO, once the person and household files have been merged.
This is what I am attempting to do:
Longer answer: there is a lot going on in this question. I personally am not satisfied with the existing answers. The problem is that you have two VASTLY different inferences you need to make:
1. inference with respect to the pseudo-random assignment…
It has been the practice to make short form and long form data available for PUMS analysis after a delay in years from collection. Is this still the practice? If so, In 2021, what is the most recent PUMS data (actual short and long form information) that…
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I am currently working on calculating the median household income for a specific PUMA.
I am using the 2017 1-year ACS PUMS for my state (merged person and household files by SERIALNO). Also, I have converted household income dollars to 2017 dollars…
What does a value of 0 mean for POVPIP? I've combed through the documentation and can't find any additional information. My best guesses:
1) Income is 0 or a negative value
2) Income-to-poverty ratio is less than 1