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I am a bit confused on the county-county migration MOE's, specifically for the geographical mobility estimates for each county. The documentation just says this:
"the files also contain additional geographical mobility estimates for each county…
I'm a non-profit researcher and policy analyst and I feel like I'm constantly banging my head against a wall to download ACS data in a usable format. I have decent statistical analysis and data analysis chops but I am not a coder.
For example…
It sounds like you are trying to compare results from a summary of PUMS data to summary file data. Without more information on the specific topic/table you are trying to replicate, I can only provide general comments. Hopefully they help. For questions…
Hey Jason - here is the Census Bureau documentation on the pre-joined geodatabases: https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/geography/technical-documentation/records-layout/tiger-line-demo-record-layouts.html As for the SQL files - that could be a permission…
To follow up on Beth's posting, (I don't think that this solution will be very satisfying but ) I use R and the API to combine across tables and geos. I wrote an R function(s) to do weighted sums, products and ratios across geos and table categories …
Thanks Alicia. I had read that readme doc but I was looking for more detailed explanations. One of the Census research paper explains a bit better why the reduced variance estimates are an essential byproduct of entrophy-balanced weights (See page 33…
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This is a pretty basic question but I can't seem to find a concise explanation online, and I'm pretty new to the ACS! I'm just looking up general data on the racial/ethnic make-up of Illinois and Illinois counties in 2016 (using 2012-2016…