Dear All,
I have posted the open source Poverty Assessment Toolkit R package PAT_0.7.zip on the GitHub open source website:
https://github.com/ddorer44/PovertyAssessment
Updated to 0.7 12-18-23
https://github.com/ddorer44/PovertyAssessment/blob/main/PAT_0…
Does anyone know how to download the PUMS replicate weights (all 80 of them) using the API ? When I try to list all 80 variable in the API call I get the ERROR: "error: 'get' is limited to 50 variables." Is there a way to download the…
Dear Beth,
Thanks for replying on the weekend. You must be a night owl like me. I'm hoping that someone has reconciled the PUMS calculation to the ACS detailed tables numbers for poverty level. When I do this with other variables I usually come within…
Hi Elise,
I work for HUD and managed the development of the ACS-based CHAS data. As Bryan said, the CHAS data are perfect for the scenario you described. With standard ACS tables there's no way to eliminate duplicative housing problems. (thanks, Bryan…
We are pleased to announce the first release of documentation in support of the 2018 American Community Survey 1-year estimates scheduled for release on Thursday, September 26, 2019. This documentation offers ACS data users the opportunity to prepare…
Dear Erik,
Do you want to know how to create weighted statistics from tract level data ? I use PUMS data to create a model (loglinear) from a multivariate table based on PUMS variables at the PUMA level . I then adjust the model based on various marginal…
Has anyone compared non-overlapping 5-year estimates from 2006 - 2010 and 2011 - 2015 at the tract level? What has been your experience and how do you feel about the reliability of the results?
I looked at ‘Drove Alone to Work’ comparing ACS tables B08006…
This is all true! Especially when a zip is at the margins of civilization (in the Miami area you'd have vast swaths of Everglades that would suddenly turn into subdivisions) but for my purposes a few years ago it worked well, maybe partly because I was…