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From: "Watson, Gregory" <GWatson@icfconsulting.com> on 4/23/2003 6:09:40 PM
Subject: RE: Vouchers and other subsidies
cc: <rdrew@gsd.harvard.edu>,
Rachel and others-

From my quick look at the codebook, it doesn't appear that Census is forcing this to occur after the data is collected.

However, it is possible that this is "forced" as a result of the data collection through the use of the skip patterns in the questionnaire.

To see the actual code being used by Census in collecting data, you need to look at the "Q-Code."  The 1997 Q-Code can be found on the HUD USER web site on the following page: https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/ahs.html

One note, it isn't easy code to wade through the Q-Code.

One of the Census people may be able to give a definitive answer.
      Greg
Gregory Watson
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ICF Consulting
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-----Original Message-----
From: AHSlistserv@huduser.gov [mailto:AHSlistserv@huduser.gov]
Sent: Wednesday, April 23, 2003 2:20 PM
To: Watson, Gregory
Subject: Vouchers and other subsidies

From: American Housing Survey (AHS) ListServ <ahs@huduser.gov>

Has anyone else noticed that all AHS respondents who report receiving a
rent voucher (VCHER=1) also report another subsidy qualifier (PROJ=1,
SUBRNT=1 or REPHA=1 or 2)?  Is this intentional (i.e. the question gets
asked only when a positive response is given to one of the other subsidy
questions), or is it just coincidence that those with vouchers all report
some additional type of subsidy?  Any insight would be helpful, thanks.

Rachel Drew
Research Assistant
Joint Center for Housing Studies
617.495.9296
rdrew@gsd.harvard.edu

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From: David Kantor <dkantor@jhu.edu> on 5/5/2003 12:26:53 PM
Subject: UNITSF

Hi.

Does anyone have experience with UNITSF (square footage of unit)?

I am using this variable in the 2001 National AHS.  I find ...

1, it is missing in 14.5% of the cases. That's among occupied regular
interviews (status=1).  According to documentation, there should be no
missing values in these cases.

2, the maximal value is 9911.  Documentation states that it ought to be
99998.  Also, there is a cluster of cases at that value of 9911 (251
cases), suggesting that it is a topcoding.  But also, that value is far
from the rest of the values; the next lower is 4300.  I.e., there is a
reasonable-looking distribution from 99 to 4300, then a big gap, then 251
cases at 9911.

3, minimal value is 99, as advertised.

Does anyone else find these same problems?

(I use Stat/Transfer to extract the data and convert to Stata.  It comes
out as an int variable.  That, as contrasted with long, would kill some
high values, but if that were the problem, I would expect a possibly-higher
maximal value, and no cluster at 9911.)

Thanks to anyone who might be able to help.
-- David

David Kantor
Institute for Policy Studies
Johns Hopkins University
dkantor@jhu.edu
410-516-5404



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From: "Adneisha" <neisha.shipman@cox.net> on 5/7/2003 8:38:22 PM
Subject:


 


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From: "joyce hug" <whroses@hotmail.com> on 5/7/2003 10:21:49 PM
Subject: how do we get help?

how can we get help? flagstaff, az has stoped taking apps. for low income
housing.  my son and I are now pay $635 per mo. plus utilities, plus extra
bandages insurance does not cover. and many other thing as he is a kidney
tranplant patient.

between the two of us we only make $1500 a mo. we just got a $85 electric
bill, $30 higher than last month.

how do people live?  can you tell me where to turn?

thank you for any help you can give me.

joyce hug

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From: "Erven & Katherine Heiligmann" <heiligmann@ctesc.net> on 5/8/2003 12:24:59 PM
Subject: Blank Messages


I keep getting blank messages and don't know why, could you please explain.  If I needed to do something earlier and didn't, sorry. Thank You, Katherine.


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From: david_a._vandenbroucke@hud.gov on 5/8/2003 12:58:51 PM
Subject: Re: Blank Messages
To:


No, you haven't done anything wrong. The reason that you received some blank messages is because somebody sent some to the mailing list. Presumably it was a matter of hitting the "send" button before they were ready.

HUD USER is going to modify the mailing list software to intercept such things, but it's not a top priority item.

Dav Vandenbroucke
Economist
U.S. Dept. HUD
david_a._vandenbroucke@hud.gov
202-708-1060 ext. 5890


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From: "Kochera, Andrew" <AKochera@aarp.org> on 5/9/2003 2:06:53 PM
Subject: RE: UNITSF


Maximal value of 9911 sounds like it is the topcode, with the number
representing the average value of the topcoded cases.

Andy

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Andrew S. Kochera
Senior Policy Advisor
Public Policy Institute, AARP

Ph: 202-434-3866
Fx: 202-434-6402
akochera@aarp.org


-----Original Message-----
From: AHSlistserv@huduser.gov [mailto:AHSlistserv@huduser.gov]
Sent: Monday, May 05, 2003 12:31 PM
To: Kochera, Andrew
Subject: UNITSF


From: American Housing Survey (AHS) ListServ <ahs@huduser.gov>

Hi.

Does anyone have experience with UNITSF (square footage of unit)?

I am using this variable in the 2001 National AHS.  I find ...

1, it is missing in 14.5% of the cases. That's among occupied regular
interviews (status=1).  According to documentation, there should be no
missing values in these cases.

2, the maximal value is 9911.  Documentation states that it ought to be
99998.  Also, there is a cluster of cases at that value of 9911 (251
cases), suggesting that it is a topcoding.  But also, that value is far
from the rest of the values; the next lower is 4300.  I.e., there is a
reasonable-looking distribution from 99 to 4300, then a big gap, then
251 cases at 9911.

3, minimal value is 99, as advertised.

Does anyone else find these same problems?

(I use Stat/Transfer to extract the data and convert to Stata.  It comes
out as an int variable.  That, as contrasted with long, would kill some
high values, but if that were the problem, I would expect a
possibly-higher maximal value, and no cluster at 9911.)

Thanks to anyone who might be able to help.
-- David

David Kantor
Institute for Policy Studies
Johns Hopkins University
dkantor@jhu.edu
410-516-5404


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