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From: "Vandenbroucke, David A" <David.A.Vandenbroucke@hud.gov> on 11/1/2007 1:07:46 PM
Subject: AHS: Measuring Overcrowding in Housing

A new report, "Measuring Overcrowding in Housing," is available for
download in PDF format from the HUD USER AHS web site,
https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/ahs.html . Look for the link in
the "AHS Based Analyses" section.

This report considers a number of operational measure of overcrowded
housing and then examines each using data from the American Housing
Survey. Both time-series and cross-sectional tabulations are presented.
An appendix to the report includes a review of the literature on the
effects of overcrowded housing on its occupants.

The report was prepared by Kevin S. Blake, Rebecca L. Kellerson, and
Aleksandra Simic of ICF International, under contract with HUD's Office
of Policy Development and Research.

Dav Vandenbroucke
Senior Economist
U.S. Dept. HUD
david.a.vandenbroucke@hud.gov
202-402-5890


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From: John Hipp <johnhipp@email.unc.edu> on 11/1/2007 4:19:24 PM
Subject: neighbor file

Hello
I know that in the AHS special neighbors subsample from the
national sample for 1985, 1989, and 1993 that they surveyed the "10
closest residents" to the initial sample person. Is there a way to find
out if they gave priority to those on the same street (but across the
street) as opposed to people who live on a backing street (but whose
houses might actually be slightly closer)? Basically, how exactly was
the decision made in which neighbors to survey?
thanks in advance
John Hipp


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