1997 AHS ASCII Version
Download the 1997 AHS data in ASCII format (*.exe, 19,328 KB).
The dataset is a format that is considerably different from the way that ASCII versions of AHS data were distributed in the past:
1. The structure of the nine separate files that was used in the SAS dataset has been maintained. The files in the zip archive are:
| CODEBOOK
| FILENAME
| DESCRIPTION
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| B/b |
bhousehld.txt |
Housing Unit Record (Main Record) |
| D/d |
bperson.txt |
Person Record |
| E/e |
bjtw.txt |
Worker Record |
| F/f |
bhomimp.txt |
Work Done Record: replacement or addition to the house |
| H/h |
brmov.txt |
Mover Group Record |
| I/i |
bmortg.txt |
Mortgages (Owners only) |
| J/j |
bowner.txt |
Manager & Owner Record (Renters only) |
| K/k |
btoppuf.txt |
Recodes, one record per housing unit |
| W/w |
bweight.txt |
Weights |
2. The files are in COMMA-DELIMITED ASCII. String variables are enclosed in quotes.
3. The first record of each file is a comma-delimited list of the variable names, providing the record layouts. You can thus import these files into any analysis program that can read comma-delimited ASCII files. Please note that the files are BIG. The zip archive itself is 20 MB. The expanded file is 266 MB (more than a quarter gigabyte). You may want to refer to page 5 of the draft codebook (*.exe, 434 KB) to review the "codes for missing data" section as it applies to ASCII versions of the dataset.
American Housing Survey
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