1998 AHS Metro Survey
Census reports on 1998 AHS metro survey can be found at http://www.census.gov/mp/www/pub/con/mscho22a.html
This document provides a brief introduction to the 1998 Metropolitan Survey
dataset of the American Housing Survey.
- Click here to download the 1998
metro data, SAS file flattener, and readme file. The file is a
self-extracting (*.exe, 12,476 KB) file that is approximately 12 meg in size, and
expands to just over 100 meg. Updated on 11/29/00.
- Click here to download the
1998 metro data in ASCII format. The file is a self-extracting (*.exe, 18,453 KB) file that is approximately 22 meg in size, and
expands to just over 320 meg. Updated 11/29/00.
- Click here to download the descriptive statistics (*.exe, 570 KB). This archive contains descriptive statistics by metro area (SMSA) for
the 1998 American Housing Survey Metropolitan Sample. These are
intended to help analysts verify that they have set up the microdata
files correctly. Statistics are provided for both the multifile
format distributed by HUD and the file produced by the "file
flattener" utility. Descriptive statistics (minimum, mean, maximum,
and sum) are provided in weighted and unweighed forms, by SMSA, for
all numeric variables. Unweighed frequency distributions are provided
for all character variables (not by SMSA). Updated on 12/18/2000.
The files are:
- 1998 111600 Contents.txt
- 1998 unweighted flat file descriptives.txt
- 1998 unweighted flat file frequencies.txt
- 1998 unweighted multifile descriptives.txt
- 1998 unweighted multifile frequencies.txt
- 1998 weighted flat file descriptives.txt
- 1998 weighted multifile descriptives.txt
Data
Error in the American Housing Survey for the American Housing
Survey for the Baltimore Metropolitan Area in 1998
SUMMARY OF RESEARCH INTO THE 1998 AMERICAN HOUSING SURVEY METROPOLITAN SAMPLE DATA (AHS-MS) ANOMALIES
This report is available as a WORD (*.doc, 73 KB) file.
METROPOLITAN AREAS COVERED
Records in specific metropolitan areas can be identified by the value of
the SMSA variable, as follows:
| SMSA |
Frequency |
Metro Area |
| 0720 |
4741 |
Baltimore |
| 1000 |
5066 |
Birmingham |
| 1120 |
4528 |
Boston |
| 1640 |
5041 |
Cincinnati |
| 3360 |
4819 |
Houston |
| 5120 |
4796 |
Minneapolis |
| 5680 |
4861 |
Norfolk/Newport News |
| 5775 |
4753 |
Oakland(*) |
| 6480 |
4724 |
Providence |
| 6840 |
4763 |
Rochester |
| 7160 |
4878 |
Salt Lake City |
| 7360 |
4813 |
San Francisco(*) |
| 7400 |
4804 |
San Jose |
| 8280 |
4825 |
Tampa |
| 8840 |
4816 |
Washington, DC |
[*] San Francisco and Oakland have been split into separate surveys.
SURVEY DOCUMENTATION
Please download the Codebook
for the American Housing Survey; Public Use File: 1997 and
later (*.pdf).
SAS "FILE FLATTENER" PROGRAM
The datasets supplied by HUD follow the pattern of the 1997 national survey
in that there are a number of separate files pertaining to households,
mortgages, persons, and so on. The records in these files can be related
to one another by the combination of SMSA and CONTROL values. As a service
to our users, HUD also provides a "file flattener" program, IN_AHS_MS.SAS,
which combines the separate file into a single one, with one record for
each housing unit. Users of statistical packages other than SAS can use
the logic of this program to write their own file flatteners, if desired.
DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE 1998 METRO SURVEY AND THE 1997 NATIONAL
SURVEY
Certain files which were included in the 1997 national dataset are not
included in the 1998 metro dataset. One dataset which was not in the
national dataset is in the metro dataset.
Common to both datasets:
| houshld |
General household and housing unit |
| mortg |
mortgages |
| owner |
Manager and owner of rental units |
| person |
Persons |
| mov |
Recent mover groups |
| toppuf |
Recorded variables |
| weight |
Sample weights |
Not in metro survey:
| homimp |
Alterations and repairs |
| jtw |
Journey to work |
Not in national survey:
RATIOV DATASET
The variables in the RATIOV dataset are the responses to the question shown
below, about help that households receive with various expenses. The
question was asked of renter households with very high housing cost-to-
income ratios. The ratio trigger depended on whether the household was in
subsidized housing. If subsidized, the trigger was 35 percent or more. If
not, the trigger was 50 or more (and household income also had to be less
than or equal to $15,000). The households eligible for the module were
first checked to be sure we'd recorded the proper amounts for rent and
income. If so, we asked if they received any other types of assistance that
could account for their high ratios.
"In these difficult economic times, many people have trouble making ends
meet. Do you receive any EXTRA help from people or groups outside the
household to meet your monthly expenses, such as help with -
MARK (X) ALL THAT APPLY:
| RGROC |
Food or groceries |
| RCLOT |
Clothes |
| RCARP |
Car or transportation expenses (include gas,
car payments, tolls, public transportation) |
| RKIDC |
Child care |
| RMEDI |
Medical care or medicine |
| RUTIL |
Utility bills |
| RCOST |
The rent |
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