National Survey of Homeless Assistance Providers and Clients (NSHAPC)
Technical Documentation
- Introduction to NSHAPC Public Use Data Files
- Copies of overheads used to present the NSHAPC data to new users in the workshop of July 22, 1999, slightly revised. This is important reading that will save you a lot of time, trouble, and mistakes.
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- Appendices to Technical Report
- A: NSHAPC's 76 primary sampling areas; B: Definitions for NSHAPC programs; C: Paper describing the Census Bureau's sampling procedures for all aspects of NSHAPC; D: Explanation of how the weights for the various NSHAPC data sets were developed.
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- Alcohol, Drug and Mental Health Variables
- Details of how past month, past year, and lifetime alcohol, drug, and mental health variables and their combinations were created, including exact question numbers.
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- Significance Tests
- Description of the formulas, including design effects, used by Urban Institute researchers to determine statistical significance for the NSHAPC Summary and Technical Reports.
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- Formats for Client Data
- Description of the format file that contains all the formats used in conjunction with the client data set. Also includes a brief description of how to integrate this format file into SAS programs.
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Notes:
- For general technical assistance related to file formats and downloading, e-mail Census Technical Support at techsupp@census.gov.
- After reading the data file documentation (codebooks, introduction to NSHAPC public use files, etc.) contained on the NSHAPC CD, you may obtain assistance from Martha Burt at The Urban Institute. Assistance will be limited to understanding the data files and available from November 1999 to October 2000, or until assistance resources are expended. The Urban Institute will not provide help with designing specialized data analyses. Martha Burt can be contacted by e-mail at mburt@ui.urban.org; in writing at NSHAPC Assistance/Martha Burt, The Urban Institute, 2100 M Street, NW, Washington, DC 20037; or by telephone at 202-261-5551. E-mail contact is preferable.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
Last Revised: Monday, 27-Mar-2000 14:59:12 EST
