American Housing Survey (AHS)

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American Housing Survey (AHS)

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Codebooks

2009 National File

Scheduled for release summer 2010.

Instrument Items

2007 National File
2007 Metro File

Now available from HUD USER. PRI affiliates may request these data from the data archivist.

2005
National File

downloaded Nov. 2006
data was revised 1/9/07

2005

2004
Metro File

2004

2003
National File

2003

AHS Codebook
(1997 and later)

Data Dictionary
(all years)

Documentation of
Changes in the 1997
Survey

2002
Metro File

2002

2001
National File

2001

1999
National File

1999

1998
Metro File

1998

1997
National File

1997

1995
National File

1995

Volume 1 (1984-1995)

Table of Contents
Introduction
Questionnaire Layout
Geography General
Unit Equipment and Quality
Neighborhood Household Composition
Income Utilities
Housing Cost
Mobility
Sample Status of 1980 Census Vars.
Occasional Supplements
Explanatory Text Errors Weights
Explanatory Text Sampling Design Alloc.
Indexes

Volume 2 (1984-1996 w/ new items
for 1995-1996 and complete layout)
ahsdoc2.pdf

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