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From: david_a._vandenbroucke@hud.gov on 10/10/2006 8:07:38 AM
Subject: AHS 2005 Report Now Available

The printed report for the 2005 American Housing Survey
national data is now available for purchase or download.

You can download it in PDF format from the Census Bureau web
site, http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/housing/ahs/nationaldata.html .

You can order the paper version from the HUD USER webstore.
For your convenience, there is an "order" button on the AHS
2005 page: https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/ahs.html .

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


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From: david_a._vandenbroucke@hud.gov on 10/10/2006 1:34:01 PM
Subject: AHS Variable Name Index Updated

The Variable Name Index for the American Housing Survey has
been updated to cover the 2005 AHS. You can download the new
version from the HUD USER web site,
https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/ahs.html .

The Variable Name Index is a table that cross-indexes all of
the variable names ever used in AHS datasets with the survey
years. Thus, you can use it to find out the years in which a
particular variable was used. The index is available as a
comma-separated values file (csv). Most spreadsheet,
database, statistical, etc. programs can automatically import
csv files.

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


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From: david_a._vandenbroucke@hud.gov on 10/11/2006 10:40:28 AM
Subject: AHS Codebook and Data Dictionary Updated

The codebook and data dictionary for the American Housing
Survey have been updated to cover all the new variables in
the 2005 dataset. The documents are available for download
from https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/ahs.html .

The codebook is the main reference for users of AHS data
files, covering the survey from 1997 forwards. It is a
large PDF file that contains information about each
variable, plus commentaries and appendices on such topics
as linking files, allocation, universe exclusions, and so
on. It runs over a thousand pages when printed, but many people prefer to
consult it using Adobe Acrobat Reader's
find function. One tip that you may find useful is that
the variable definition pages all begin with the variable
name followed by a space and an equal sign. Thus, to go
directly to the definition of the TENURE variable, you
should do a find for TENURE =. That will skip all the
other references to tenure in the text.

The data dictionary is a text file derived from the
codebook. It contains just the information about variable
definitions, without the additional material. We provide
it because some users prefer this stripped-down format.

Note that both the code book and data dictionary apply to
both the SAS and ASCII versions of the AHS datasets. The
phrase "ASCII data dictionary" indicates that the
_dictionary_ is in ASCII format, not that it applies only to
the ASCII dataset.

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


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From: "Lance Freeman" <lf182@columbia.edu> on 10/11/2006 10:52:47 AM
Subject: OLD AHS data

Does anyone have AHS data for the years prior to 1985? The National archives
supposedly has this data but they have been very unresponsive to my inquiries.

Thanks.

Lance Freeman, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation
Columbia University
400 Avery Hall
1172 Amsterdam Avenue
New York, NY 10027
Ph:212-854-8495
Fax:212-864-0410


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From: david_a._vandenbroucke@hud.gov on 10/11/2006 11:05:53 AM
Subject: OLD AHS data

Lance Freeman asks:

>>Does anyone have AHS data for the years prior to 1985? <<

HUD USER has all of the AHS datasets on CD, back to 1973. If
you can't find what you need on the web store, give them a
call at 800-245-2691 or email at helpdesk@huduser.gov .

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




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