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OT: Re: Metro status of previous locations in the post-1997 AHS data

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Thanks, Greg. I looked at the documentation Greg listed below. The
documentation provides a discussion of the METRO variable (metro status
of current units), but still not of the XLOC variable (metro status of
previous units, the information collected only for recent movers), which
is available for the pre-1997 AHS data. Has AHS stopped collecting this
information for the post-1997 surveys?

Kimiko

Kimiko Shiki
Ph.D. Candidate
Department of Urban Planning
UCLA School of Public Affairs


Gregory J. Watson wrote:
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> Kimiko (and others)-
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> This is unfortunately true and was due to changes in data collection.
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> For a discussion of this, and other changes in the 1997 AHS, please
> see the Documentation of Changes in the 1997 AHS report, located on
> HUD USER at: https://www.huduser.gov/datasets/ahs/docchg1997.pdf
> Discussion of the METRO variable is on P. 16.
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> Greg
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> Gregory Watson
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> *From:* ahslistserv@huduser.gov [mailto:ahslistserv@huduser.gov]
> *Sent:* Tuesday, January 09, 2007 9:28 AM
> *To:* Gregory J. Watson
> *Subject:* OT: Metro status of previous locations in the post-1997 AHS
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> From: American Housing Survey (AHS) ListServ <ahs@huduser.gov>
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> The post-1997 AHS data do not have the variable that shows metropolitan
> status of previous locations (e.g. central city or suburbs of the same
> MSA, outside the MSA, and abroad) while the pre-1997 AHS data
> (1985-1995) have this variable. AHS does not collect this information
> anymore, or they just do not make this information public?
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> I am thinking of applying for confidential data access to the Center for
> Economic Studies (CES). What geographical level would be available for
> locations of current and previous residence if my proposal was approved
> for access to pre- or post- 1997 AHS confidential data?
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> I would appreciate anyone answering my questions...
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> Kimiko Shiki
> Ph.D. Candidate
> Department of Urban Planning
> UCLA School of Public Affairs
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