2002 DATA RELEASES
MICRODATA
File |
Type |
File Size (kb) |
Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Program Documentation | 166 | Provides general survey information, supplies information on how to use the microdata, and notes program changes that impacted comparability. | |
| Microdata (SAS) | ZIP | 14,030 | Contains individual data records masked to avoid disclosure. |
| Microdata (Text) | ZIP | 7,756 | Contains individual data records masked to avoid disclosure. |
| Data Dictionary | 184 | Provides a listing of each variable, description of variable, question asked to obtain data (if appropriate), applicable universe, and valid responses. | |
| Sample Size and Response Rates | MS Excel | 90 | Provides the sample size and response rate for the United States, each state, and the District of Columbia for each year. [Select the 2002 worksheet.] |
| Variables | MS Excel | 119 | Provides a list of each variable and field type (numeric or character) by year. [Select the 2002 worksheet.] |
| Comparability | MS Excel | 707 | Provides comparability between each survey year by variable and valid responses. [Select the 2002 worksheet.] |
Disclaimer: Data users should take into account the magnitude of "Not Reported" categories when assessing estimates computed using microdata. Individuals who use the microdata to create estimates not published by the Census Bureau should cite the Census Bureau as the source of only the microdata used, not as the source of the new estimates.
PUBLICATIONS
The following files are in PDF format.
[Excel] or the letters [xls] indicate a document is in the Microsoft® Excel® Spreadsheet Format
(XLS). To view the file, you will need the
Microsoft®
Excel® Viewer 
available for free from Microsoft®.
[PDF] or 
denotes a file in Adobe’s Portable Document Format.
To view the file, you will need the
Adobe® Acrobat® Reader
available free from Adobe.
This symbol
indicates a link to a non-government web site. Our linking to these sites does not
constitute an endorsement of any products, services or the information found on them.
Once you link to another site you are subject to the policies of the new site.
