American Housing Survey, 1998 : Metropolitan Microdata

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Label

American Housing Survey, 1998 : Metropolitan Microdata

Title remainder

Metropolitan Microdata

Statement of responsibility

United States Department of Commerce. Bureau of theCensus

Contributor

• Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research

Subject

• Home ownership
• Statistics
• Utility rates
• Energy consumption
• Transportation
• Property insurance
• Energy conservation
• Housing
• Property taxes
• Commuting (travel)
• Metropolitan Statistical Areas
• Income
• Neighborhood conditions
• Housing units
• Relocation
• Municipal services
• Energy assistance
• Housing occupancy
• Living arrangements
• Property values
• Housing costs
• Housing conditions
• Rental housing

Genre

• Statistics

Language

eng

Summary

The metropolitan survey is conducted in even-numbered years, cycling through a set of 41 metropolitan areas, surveying each one about once every six years. This data collection provides information on the characteristics of a metropolitan sample of housing units including apartments, single-family homes, mobile homes, and vacant housing units. The data are presented in eight separate parts: Part 1, Housing Unit Record (Main Record), Part 2, Mortgages (Owners Only), Part 3, Manager and Owner Record (Renters Only), Part 4, Person Record, Part 5, Ratio Verification, Part 6, Mover Group Record, Part 7, Recodes (One Record per Housing Unit), and Part 8, Weights. Data include year the structure was built, type and number of living quarters, occupancy status, access, number of rooms, presence of commercial establishments on the property, and property value. Additional data focus on kitchen and plumbing facilities, types of heating fuel used, source of water, sewage disposal, heating and air-conditioning equipment, and major additions, alterations, or repairs to the property. Information provided on housing expenses includes monthly mortgage or rent payments, cost of services such as utilities, garbage collection, and property insurance, and amount of real estate taxes paid in the previous year. Also included is information on whether the household received government assistance to help pay heating or cooling costs or for other energy-related services. Similar data are provided for housing units previously occupied by respondents who had recently moved. Additionally, indicators of housing and neighborhood quality are supplied. Housing quality variables include privacy of bedrooms, condition of kitchen facilities, basement or roof leakage, breakdowns of plumbing facilities and equipment, and overall opinion of the structure. For quality of neighborhood, variables include use o... Cf.: http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR03174

Member of

• ICPSR (Series), 3174

Additional physical form

Also available as downloadable files.

Cataloging source

ICPSR

Characteristic

combination

Geographic coverage

United States.

Government publication

unknown if item is government publication

Series statement

• ICPSR
• American Housing Survey Series

Series volume

• 3174
• 3174

Target audience

specialized