2005-2007 American Community Survey Three-Year PUMS Housing File

Dataset Summary

Agency:	Department of Commerce
Sub-Agency:	US Census Bureau
Category:	Population
Date Released:	16-Jan-09
Date Updated:	1-Apr-09
Time Period:	January 1, 2005 - December 31, 2007
Frequency:	annual
Description:	National survey that collects data from a sample of the resident population in the United States. Housing units in every county in the United States and municipio in Puerto Rico, including institutional and non-institutional group quarters, are included in the sample.

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Dataset Information

Data.gov Data Category Type	Raw Data Catalog
Specialized Data Category Designation	Statistical
Keywords	Bedrooms, Condominium status, Contract rent (monthly rent), Cost of utilities and fuels, Family income, Family, subfamily, and household relationships, Farm status and value, Fire, hazard, and flood insurance, Food Stamps, Fuels used, Gross rent, House heating fuel, Household income, Household type, Kitchen facilities, Linguistic isolation, Meals included in rent, Mortgage status and selected monthly owner costs, Plumbing facilities, Presence and age of own children, Presence of subfamilies in household, Property value, Real estate taxes, Residence State, Rooms, Telephone in housing unit, Tenure, Units in structure, Vacancy status, Vehicles available, Year householder moved into unit, Year structure built
Unique ID	90

Contributing Agency Information

Citation	Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2005-2007 American Community Survey PUMS
Agency Program Page	American Community Survey http://www.census.gov/acs/www
Agency Data Series Page	Public Use Microdata Sample File (PUMS): Access PUMS Files http://www.census.gov/acs/www/Products/PUMS/acspums_archived.html

Dataset Coverage

Unit of Analysis	Household, Housing Unit
Granularity	Public Use Microdata Area (PUMA)
Geographic Coverage	Nation, States, District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Public Use Microdata Areas (PUMAs)

Data Description

Collection Mode	mail/paper, computer assisted telephone interview (CATI), computer assisted personal interview (CAPI)
Data Collection Instrument	http://www.census.gov/acs/www/SBasics/SQuest/SQuest1.htm
Data Dictionary/Variable List	http://www.census.gov/acs/www/Products/PUMS/pumsdict.html

Additional Dataset Documentation

Technical Documentation	http://www.census.gov/acs/www/Products/PUMS/pumsaccuracy_archived.html
Additional Metadata	http://www.census.gov/acs/www/SBasics/desgn_meth.htm http://www2.census.gov/census_2000/datasets/PUMS/FivePercent/ http://www.census.gov/acs/www/Products/PUMS/codelist_archived.html http://www.census.gov/acs/www/Products/PUMS/C2SS/minmaxval_archived.html

Statistical Information

Statistical Methodology	http://www.census.gov/acs/www/SBasics/desgn_meth.htm http://www.census.gov/acs/www/Downloads/dm1.pdf
Sampling	http://www.census.gov/acs/www/SBasics/desgn_meth.htm
Estimation	http://www.census.gov/acs/www/SBasics/desgn_meth.htm
Weighting	http://www.census.gov/acs/www/SBasics/desgn_meth.htm
Disclosure avoidance	http://www.census.gov/acs/www/SBasics/desgn_meth.htm
Questionnaire design	http://www.census.gov/acs/www/SBasics/desgn_meth.htm
Series breaks	http://www.census.gov/acs/www/SBasics/desgn_meth.htm
Non-response adjustment	http://www.census.gov/acs/www/SBasics/desgn_meth.htm
Seasonal adjustment	n/a
Statistical Characteristics	http://www.census.gov/acs/www/SBasics/desgn_meth.htm

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