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From: david_a._vandenbroucke@hud.gov on 10/6/2003 11:30:03 AM
Subject: AHS: Error in 2002 Metro Survey Reports

I am sorry to announce that there was an error in tabulating certain rows and
columns of the 2002 AHS Metro Survey reports. Since this is a tabulation
error, it does not affect the microdata. Here is the Census Bureau's
description of the problem:

In the occupied chapters of the following 2002 American Housing Survey
(AHS) publications the data are incorrect for the boxhead columns "Selected
Subareas" and the stub item "Selected Geographic Areas." The areas
involved are:

Anaheim-Santa Ana, CA
Buffalo, NY
Dallas, TX
Fort Worth-Arlington, TX
Milwaukee, WI
Phoenix, AZ
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA
San Diego, CA

A processing error resulted in a significant number of cases not being
tallied under the "Selected Subareas" columns and for the stub item
"Selected Geographic Areas." The data shown in the publications are
underestimates for these items. The processing is being currently
corrected. Although there are no plans to issue new paper copies of the
publications, corrected PDF copies of the publications will be published as
soon as possible along with the HTML tables which are currently on the
Internet at the U.S. Census Bureau's web site. We will let everyone know
as soon as corrections have been made.

Dav Vandenbroucke
Economist
U.S. Dept. HUD
david_a._vandenbroucke@hud.gov
202-708-1060 ext. 5890


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From: david_a._vandenbroucke@hud.gov on 10/8/2003 9:00:50 AM
Subject: OT: Stata 8 Imports SAS XPORT files

This message doesn't concern the AHS directly, but it may be of interest to
those of you that use the Stata statistical program to analyze AHS data.

According to "The Stata News" Volume 18, Number 3, Stata 8 can now read and
write SAS XPORT format files. This is the format that is used to distribute
AHS microdata files. The article says that Stata is adding this capability
because the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) requires SAS XPORT format for
submissions. Thus (and confusingly), the new commands are called fdause and
fdasave. However, it appears that these commands can be used with any SAS
XPORT files.

You need to update your Stata software via their web site (www.stata.com) in
order to gain this capability.

I have only rudimentary knowledge of Stata myself. If any AHS user tries out
this new capability, I'm sure we'd appreciate a report on how well it works.

Dav Vandenbroucke
Economist
U.S. Dept. HUD
david_a._vandenbroucke@hud.gov
202-708-1060 ext. 5890


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