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RE: AHS: Electric Billing Variables

I can confirm that the BILLxx variables are not on the 2013 PUF. The BILLx variables (BILLG, BILLF, etc.) are on the PUF. I don't remember why they were dropped. I'm checking to see if I can find documentation about that.

Dav Vandenbroucke
Senior Economist
U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development
451 7th Street SW, Room 8222
Washington, DC 20410

Email david.a.vandenbroucke@hud.gov
Phone 202-402-5890

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From: AHS [mailto:ahs@huduser.gov] Sent: Thursday, November 10, 2016 1:13 PM Subject: RE: AHS: Electric Billing Variables

I have downloaded the flat file, and when I run a proc contents on this file, those variables do not exist.

The variables:
BILLE
BILLF
BILLG
BILLO
BILLT
BILLW
Are there, but not the more detailed ones.

Doug

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From: AHS [mailto:ahs@huduser.gov] Sent: Thursday, November 10, 2016 12:01 PM Subject: RE: AHS: Electric Billing Variables

BILLFE         BILLG             BILLOE                BILLTE               BILLWE            BILLWT

These are all character variables in the 2013 flat file with the following values:

1 Yes
2 NO
B or 6 Not applicable
Blank or 9 not reported

Ndeye Jackson
Social Science Analyst
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Office of  Policy Development and Research
(202) 402-5737


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From: AHS [mailto:ahs@huduser.gov]
Sent: Thursday, November 10, 2016 11:21 AM
Subject: AHS: Electric Billing Variables

Trying to use the following variables in the 2013 AHS Data:

BILLGE
BILLOE
BILLFE
BILLTE
BILLWE
BILLWT

I thought these variables were in the file newhouse, but they appear not to be in the publicly available data set. Am I overlooking them, do they have to be calculated somehow, or are they not publicly available?

Thanks,
Douglas White