• PUMS weighted population count for NH (cross-post)

    Apologies for cross-posting this.  I am new to posting in this group and originally put it under ACS Basics, but I believe this is the correct area for my question

     

    We are starting to work with the 2018 1-year PUMS data.  After downloading the datasets…

  • U.S. Census Bureau Releases 2015-2019 ACS 5-Year PUMS Files and Variance Replicate Estimate Tables

    2015-2019 ACS 5-Year Public Use Microdata Sample (PUMS)

    We are pleased to announce the release of the 2015-2019 American Community Survey (ACS) 5-year Public Use Microdata Sample (PUMS) files.

    The ACS 5-year PUMS files show the full range of population…

  • 2018 ACS 1-Year Public Use Microdata Sample (PUMS) Files

    We are pleased to announce the release of the 2018 American Community Survey (ACS) 1-year Public Use Microdata Sample (PUMS) files. The PUMS files show the full range of population and housing unit responses collected on individual ACS questionnaires…

  • PUMS vs. ACS

    Hello. I can't seem to find documentation anywhere about this; I know that the released PUMS datasets are approximately two thirds of the total ACS in any given year, but how does Census they go about subsetting this?

    The main thing that I'm concerned…

  • PUMS variable "meanings"

    Hello. Does anyone know of any good documentation about the meaning of each of the PUMS variables? The data dictionaries only give the "full name" of the variables, not necessarily what they are. I recall seeing such a document at some point…

  • U.S. Census Bureau Releases New 2019 American Community Survey (ACS) 1-Year PUMS and ACS 1-Year Supplemental Estimates

    2019 ACS 1-Year Public Use Microdata Sample (PUMS) Files

    We are pleased to announce the release of the 2019 American Community Survey (ACS) 1-year Public Use Microdata Sample (PUMS) files. The PUMS files show the full range of population and housing unit…

  • RE: Limiting Age Range of ACS PUMS in Stata

    Hi Brooke, I am also starting to use PUMS data and will be analyzing it in STATA. I have not used the ACS before. If you have any tips or code that you would be willing to share I would be forever grateful.
  • Merging National Survey of Family Growth (NSFG) with ACS PUMS data

    Working with the RDC on a proposal to access restricted NSFG contextual data to be able to link the economic conditions of the Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) a woman lived in at the time of interview (from the ACS) with the woman's individual-level…

  • Merging National Survey of Family Growth (NSFG) data with ACS PUMS data

    Working with the RDC on a proposal to access restricted NSFG contextual data to be able to link the economic conditions of the Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) a woman lived in at the time of interview (from the ACS) with the woman's individual-level…

  • Limiting Age with ACS PUMS Data in STATA?

    Hi all,

    I'm utilizing ACS PUMS files from 2005-2016 for research.

     

    Does anyone have any experience in limiting the age range from the ACS PUMS data in Stata.  Specifically, I am trying to limit those from 20-29 who were born in the USA.  Perhaps someone…