AHRQX

AHRQ MEPS Extract

Description

The Center for Economic Studies (CES) is pleased to announce that the Census Bureau has reached agreement with the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) to make AHRQ's restricted Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) data available to qualified researchers through the Census Research Data Center (RDC) network.

Observations

Coverage

2005  

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acs

American Community Survey

Description

A New Approach for Timely Information The American Community Survey (ACS) is a new nationwide survey designed to provide communities a fresh look at how they are changing. It is intended to eliminate the need for the long form in the 2010 Census. The ACS collects information from U.S. households similar to what was collected on the Census 2000 long form, such as income, commute time to work, home value, veteran status, and other important data. As with the official U.S. census, information about individuals will remain confidential. Three Million Households to be Surveyed The ACS will collect and produce population and housing information every year instead of every ten years. About three million households will be surveyed each year. Collecting data every year will reduce the cost of the official decennial census, and will provide more up-to-date information throughout the decade about trends in the U.S. population at the local community level. A similar program is planned for Puerto Rico. Expanding Local Coverage The ACS began in 1996 and has expanded each subsequent year. Data from the 2004 ACS are available for over 800 geographies, including 244 counties, 203 congressional districts, most metropolitan areas of 250,000 population or more, all 50 states, and the District of Columbia. The Census Bureau plans to conduct the ACS in every county of the U.S., contacting the residents of three million housing units. Within three years, data should be available for all areas of 20,000 or more. For small areas less than 20,000, it will take five years to accumulate a large enough sample to provide estimates with accuracy similar to the decennial census

Observations

In USA and Puerto Rico, about 2500 addresses per month, or 2.5% of the population or approximately three million households peryear, will receive the survey.

Coverage

Every year from 1996 through 2007

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AHS

American Housing Survey

Description

The American Housing Survey (AHS) collects data on the Nations housing, including apartments, single-family homes, mobile homes, vacant housing units, household characteristics, income, housing and neighborhood quality, housing costs, equipment and fuels, size of housing unit, and recent movers. National data are collected in odd numbered years, and data for each of 47 selected Metropolitan Areas are collected about every four years, with an average of 12 Metropolitan Areas included each year. The AHS returns to the same housing units year after year to gather data; therefore, this survey is ideal for analyzing the flow of households through housing.

Observations

The American Housing Survey Metropolitan Survey (AHSMS) is conducted in 41 metropolitan areas on a rotating basis. Thirteen metropolitan areas are included, with a sample size of approximately 4,800 addresses in each AHSMS area.

Coverage

Every year from 1984 through 2005

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ACE

Annual Capital Expenditures Survey

Description

The Annual Capital Expenditures Survey (ACES) is a firm-level survey designed to collect industry-level data on capital investment in new and used structures and equipment. The sample typically consists of large employers, small employers, and non-employers. Respondents are asked to provide capital expenditures data for each industry in which they had activity and to classify these expenditures as new or used and as structures, equipment, or other. Industry detail is at the 2- to 3-digit SIC level (3- to 4-digit NAICS level, in more recent years). Additional firm-level information on total assets, depreciation & retirements, sales/revenue, capital lease arrangements, and capitalized interest is also requested. In certain years, firms are asked to break down their expenditures further, by type of structure (in 1992, 1994, and 1998) and type of equipment (in 1992 and 1998). CES has ACES microdata for reference years 1993 to the present. Additionally, expense data is available from the Information & Communication Technology (ICT) Survey for 2003.

Observations

45,000 - 60,000

Coverage

Every year from 1993 through 2005

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ARTS

Annual Retail Trade Survey

Description

Annual Retail Trade Survey (ARTS) provides detailed industry measures of retail company activities. ARTS covers retail companies with one or more establishments that sell merchandise and associated services to final customers. ARTS started in 1999. Companies provide data on dollar value of retail sales, sales taxes collected, inventories, method-of-inventory valuation, cost of purchases, and account receivables balances.

Observations

Coverage

Every year from 1999 through 2006

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