American Housing Survey, 1993: MSA Core and Supplement File (ICPSR 6735)
Version Date: Jan 18, 2006 View help for published
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United States. Bureau of the Census
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https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR06735.v1
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This data collection provides information on characteristics of housing units in seven selected Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs) of the United States. Data for each household member include age, sex, race, marital status, income, and relationship to the householder. For the householder, data also include tenure, length of residence, years of school completed, and Spanish origin. Data collected include general housing characteristics such as number of rooms, type of heating and air-conditioning equipment, and whether the housing units had complete kitchens and plumbing facilities. Information on costs incurred for mortgage payments, rent, real estate taxes, property insurance, utilities, parking, and garbage collection permits comparisons of housing costs form one year to another between geographic areas. Limited data are provided on costs of additions, alterations, replacements, and repairs made to the property.
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(1) There are only seven MSAs in the 1993 sample, instead of the usual eight. (2) The frequencies are provided as a Portable Document Format (PDF) file. The PDF file format was developed by Adobe Systems Incorporated and can be accessed using the Adobe Acrobat Reader. Information on how to obtain a copy of the Acrobat Reader is provided through the ICPSR Website on the Internet.
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Separate samples were drawn in seven selected MSAs. The samples were drawn from housing units enumerated in the 1980 Census and updated to include housing units constructed since 1980.
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The universe consists of all housing units in seven selected MSAs of the United States.
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personal interviews
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HideOriginal Release Date View help for Original Release Date
1997-06-27
Version History View help for Version History
- United States. Bureau of the Census. AMERICAN HOUSING SURVEY, 1993: MSA CORE AND SUPPLEMENT FILE. ICPSR version. Washington, DC: United States. Bureau of the Census [producer], 1993. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 1997. http://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR06735.v1
2006-01-18 File CB6735.ALL.PDF was removed from any previous datasets and flagged as a study-level file, so that it will accompany all downloads.
2006-01-18 File FQ6735.ALL.PDF was removed from any previous datasets and flagged as a study-level file, so that it will accompany all downloads.
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These data are freely available to data users at ICPSR member institutions. The curation and dissemination of this study are provided by the institutional members of ICPSR. How do I access ICPSR data if I am not at a member institution?