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From: "Watson, Gregory" <GWatson@icfconsulting.com> on 11/14/2002 9:13:42 AM
Subject: AHS 2001 printed books now available



AHS people-

        The printed books for the American Housing Survey for 2001 are now available from HUD USER for $5.

        Ordering: They can be ordered by telephone by calling: 1-800-245-2691.  They can also be ordered through the web store on the HUD USER website.  To find it quickly there go to:https://www.huduser.gov/, select “Order online”, select “Enter the web store”, and for title put down “American Housing Survey 2001”.  (The web store is unfortunately not set up to recognize AHS as a synonym for “American Housing Survey”; I’ll have to see about getting that changed.)

                                        Greg

(Who is acting for HUD USER in this message.)

Gregory Watson

Project Manager

HUD USER

703-934-3694 (v)

703-934-3156 (f)

gwatson@icfconsulting.com

https://www.huduser.gov/

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From: Bulbul_Kaul@abtassoc.com on 11/15/2002 11:00:07 AM
Subject: 2 Questions

Couple of questions regarding the 1999 and 2001 AHS

1999 AHS question

Is there a plan to replace the tables on the Census website that are no
longer accurate due to the processing error in the earlier version of the
1999 AHS, and if so when would these tables be updated?

2001 AHS question

The numbers generated for owner occupied units from the 2001 AHS downloaded
from the huduser website do not
match the printed numbers in the H150 Report on the Census website.  Any
ideas why?  I am using the TENURE and the ISTATUS variables.

I get 72,365 vs. 72,265 owner occupied units in the printed.  Similarly for
the number of renter occupied units as well as number of vacant units . The
overall number of units does match.


Thanks

Bulbul Kaul
Abt Associates Inc.
4800 Montgomery Lane
Bethesda, MD 20814
Phone: (301) 718-3191






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From: "Jill Meron" <Jmeron@nmhc.org> on 11/15/2002 12:21:18 PM
Subject: 1978 microdata

Has anyone worked with the 1978 AHS microdata.  I am having trouble
duplicating the totals for occupied units (77,167).  Has anyone done
this?
Thanks

Jill Meron
Research Analyst
National Multi Housing Council
202 974 2343


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From: David_A._Vandenbroucke@HUD.GOV on 11/25/2002 1:28:07 PM
Subject: AHS Update

1999 National Survey

All of the files on the HUD USER web site have been updated to reflect the
new 1999 national file.  In addition to the SAS file which we announced
earlier, the ASCII file and documentation archive have been updated.  There
is also an updater package for those of you who already had the previous
version of the dataset (SAS or ASCII) and need only the changed variables.
The URL for the 1999 page is
https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/ahs.html.  The alterations &
replacements tables on the Census Bureau web site have not yet been
updated, but the change is in the works.

2001 National Survey

As you probably know, the published tabulations from the 2001 survey are
weighted using 1990 metro area geography.  The weights on the public use
file (PUF) reflect 1980 geography, consistent with previous surveys.  I am
happy to announce that the Census Bureau's Disclosure Review Board has
okayed the release of 1990 weights for the PUF as well.  Thus, there will
be an update to the 2001 dataset shortly, adding a second weight variable.
We will issue an update package for those of you that have the data
already.

The 2001 wall chart has gone to the printer.  We will probably have copies
in a couple weeks.

2005 National Survey

The AHS reports are much larger than most printed reports that the Census
Bureau now does.  With the availability of the internet as a source for
detailed tabulations, most other surveys have reduced the amount of paper
they use.  We are probably going to go in that direction as well.  If
anyone has suggestions for what parts of the current report should
definitely stay on paper, please send me an email or reply to the list.

Property Owners and Managers Survey (POMS)

The Property Owners and Mangers Survey was a "son of AHS," based on the
rental units identified in the 1993 national survey.  We at HUD are working
on our long-term research program, and one idea is to do a new POMS.  We
would appreciate hearing from anyone who found the original survey useful.
References to specific publications or studies are especially welcome.

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




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