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American Housing Survey: Survey Topics and
Questionnaire
May 11th 2017
Evan Brassell American Housing Survey Analyst
U.S. Census Bureau
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AHS Overview CAPI survey conducted every two years CAPI-Computer assisted personal interview
Redesigned in 2015 Questionnaire was re-worked
Longitudinal survey of housing units Longitudinally allows for dependent interviewing
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AHS “Core” Topics -Most of the AHS is part of the “core” survey. -These topics are asked each cycle. -Covers many different topics critical to HUDs mission. -Questions are consistent between survey years.
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Some “Core” Subjects in the AHS
Housing Burden Housing Costs versus Household Income Housing Subsidies
Housing Adequacy Home Remodeling Demographic and Disability data Equipment and Rooms info
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Rotating Topics -Introduced in the 2011 AHS -Way to cover important subjects, while not increasing respondent burden (interview length).
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Past Rotating Topics Healthy Homes Home Accessibility Disaster Preparedness Housing Counseling Food Security And more...
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Rotating Subjects Con’t No set schedule for topics Several have been “sponsored” by outside
groups i.e. NEA was involved in the development of the
Arts and Culture section.
Starting in 2013 AHS has had a split sample to ease respondent burden even more.
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Rotating topics for 2015 and 2017
2015 Arts and Culture, Food Security, Healthy Homes
and Housing Counseling.
2017 Commuting, Disaster Planning and Delinquent
Payments.
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Any Questions? Contact Info
Evan Brassell
Survey Statistician-US Census Bureau American Housing Survey Branch
[email protected] (301) 763-3235
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Accessing AHS Data Data located on the AHS page at Census.gov Link: https://www.census.gov/programs-
surveys/ahs/data.html
Variety of products available Historic Tables Historic and current Microdata files New product: Table Creator
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AHS Table Creator New product introduced in 2013 Allows for custom tabulations developed on
the fly. Base table display similar information as was
available prior years in excel workbooks.
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**NOTE** The following slides will not be gone over during the presentation, instead a live demonstration of the data products will be done. These slides
are here only as a resource for future use.
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Product Sources AHS Website Table Creator (2015 and future) Microdata Public Use File (PUF) American FactFinder (AFF)/Excel Tables (2013 and
earlier)
Infographic(s)
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AHS Website http://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/ahs.html
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http://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/ahs/about/why-am-i-in-a-survey-.html
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