AHS 2007 Instrument Booklet & Instrument

The 2007 national American Housing Survey public use file is expected to be available in late summer 2008. The metropolitan survey public use file will follow, near the end of 2008. This page contains documentation of the news BLAISE-based survey instrument, which users may find useful when the datasets are ready.

2007 Instrument Items Booklet (*.pdf, 199 KB): The instrument items booklet is a PDF document that lists all the questions and responses in the AHS survey instrument. It was prepared for the Office of Management and Budget as part of the survey clearance process. This is the closest equivalent to a paper version of the AHS questionnaire.

2007 Instrument Items Booklet, Spanish-Language Version (*.pdf, 158 KB): Although there is no Spanish-language survey instrument, the Census Bureau prepared this translation of the instrument items booklet, as a guide for field representatives who needed to conduct AHS interviews in Spanish.

Detailed Instrument Specifications (*.zip, 1.58 MB): This zip file contains a 12 MB, 2200-page Microsoft Word document giving the detailed specifications for all items in the Blaise-based 2007 survey instrument. It is intended for users who need more detail about the logic of the instrument program than they can get from the instrument items file.

2007 AHS Survey Instrument Software (*.zip, 5.30 MB): This zip file contains all the files needed for a runnable “demo” version of the AHS survey instrument. Users can enter responses and step through the instrument to simulate the flow of questions in an actual AHS interview. This version of the software does not save any data; it merely demonstrates the instrument. It is intended to run on Microsoft Windows-based computers.

DISCLAIMER: The application is distributed for review purposes only, and no production data collection is permitted. By downloading the software, users agree to these terms. Further, this software is being provided "as is." Neither the Census Bureau nor the software publisher will provide any support for software downloaded from this web site.

2007 AHS Survey Instrument Case Description and Instructions (*.pdf, 10 KB): This PDF file provides brief instructions on how to install the survey instrument software above. It also documents the characteristics of the sample cases provided with the software.

Special Technical Note: Be sure that the software you use to unzip the survey instrument is set to create subdirectories as needed. Most zip utilities will do this automatically, but some do not. The software will not work if its files are not stored in the appropriate subdirectories.

2007 Metropolitan Survey Areas
The 2007 AHS includes both a national and a metropolitan survey. The metropolitan survey covers these metropolitan areas:

• Baltimore
• Boston
• Houston
• Miami
• Minneapolis
• Tampa
• Washington DC