2009 AHS National Data

The data from the 2009 American Housing Survey will not be ready until early summer 2010. However, this page does allow you to download documentation about the survey. We have the instrument items booklets, which are human-readable documents listing all of the items in the survey instruments, and we have a runnable copy of the 2009 computerized interviewing instrument itself. If you download and install this on your Windows-capable computer, you can step through an AHS interview just as a Census Field Representative would conduct it.

2009 Instrument Items Booklet (*.pdf, 790 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.

Spanish Language Instrument Items Booklet (*.pdf, 1.08 MB)

Reinterview Items Booklet for the AHS 2009 National and Metro Surveys (*.pdf, 122 KB)

2009 AHS Survey Instrument Software (*.zip, 20.4 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.