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American Housing Survey for Selected Metropolitan Areas: 2009 It is also available in print; Order Online or call HUD USER 1-800-245-2691. |
The 2009 Seattle SAS Data Files (Download as *.exe, 1.22 MB or *.zip, 606 KB)
The 2009 Seattle ASCII Data Files (Download as *.exe, 1.62 MB or *.zip, 1.28 MB)
The file flattener program is a SAS routine that extracts the eight individual SAS files from the transport dataset and produces a single SAS file, with one record per housing unit. Observations on persons, commuting, recent mover groups, and alterations & repair projects are transformed into numbered groups of variables in the housing unit record. While this file structure requires about twice as much disk space as the individual files, some users find it easier to use.
2009 Seattle survey topcode file (*.xls, 49 KB) Topcodes and bottom codes are used in the AHS public use file in order to maintain confidentiality. Unusually high (and, in a few cases, low) values in the AHS dataset are replaced with maximum (or minimum) values, called top (or bottom) codes. This MS-Excel spreadsheet documents these values for the affected variables.
Download the Descriptive Statistics of 2009 AHS Variables (Download as *.exe, 1.10 MB or *.zip, 486 KB)
Please download the Codebook for the American Housing Survey; Public Use File: 1997 and later (*.pdf, 2.46 MB).
2009 Instrument Items Booklet (2009 Questionnaire) (*.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 (2009 Questionnaire) (*.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 national 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.
| Changes to the 2009 National American Housing Survey – Seattle Metropolitan Area |
ITEMS ADDED
Households with Disabled Persons. Questions were added to determine the disability status of household members.
OTHER
Public Use File. The Ratio Verification (RATIOV) file returns for 2009. The file contains data on the verification of income to cost when the ratio of income to cost is outside of certain tolerances. (Note: This file was present from the 1998 AHS metro sample to the 2005 national sample. This file is not present in 1997 or in 2007.)
