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Description & Citation--Study No. 9857

Bibliographic Description

ICPSR Study No.:9857
 
Persistent URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR09857
 
Title:American Housing Survey, 1989: National File
 
Principal Investigator(s):United States Department of Commerce. Bureau of the Census
 
Series:American Housing Survey Series
 
Bibliographic Citation:U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of the Census. AMERICAN HOUSING SURVEY, 1989: NATIONAL FILE [Computer file]. Washington, DC: U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of the Census [producer], 1992. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 1992. doi:10.3886/ICPSR09857
 

Scope of Study

Summary:This data collection provides information on the characteristics of a national sample of housing units. 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 have recently moved. Additionally, indicators of housing and neighborhood quality are also supplied. For 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 of an exterminator service, existence of boarded-up buildings, and overall quality of the neighborhood. In addition to housing characteristics, some demographic data are provided on household members, such as age, sex, race, marital status, income, and relationship to householder. Additional data provided on the householder include years of school completed, Spanish origin, length of residence, and length of occupancy.
 
Subject Term(s):commuting (travel), energy assistance, energy conservation, energy consumption, home ownership, housing, housing conditions, housing costs, housing occupancy, housing units, income, Metropolitan Statistical Areas, municipal services, neighborhood conditions, property insurance, property taxes, property values, rental housing, relocation, transportation, utility rates
 
Geographic Coverage:United States
 
Time Period:1989
 
Date(s) of Collection:1989
 
Universe:Housing units in the United States.
 
Data Type:survey data
 

Methodology

Sample:The basic sample of approximately 49,400 housing units was selected from the 1980 Census of Population and Housing records and updated by a sample of addresses from building permits to include new construction and conversions.
 
Data Source:personal interviews
 

Access and Availability

Note:A list of the data formats available for this study can be found in the summary of holdings. Detailed file-level information (such as record length, case count, and variable count) is listed in the file manifest.
 
Original ICPSR Release:1993-02-14
 
Dataset(s):
  • DS1: American Housing Survey, 1989: National File
 

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