Session 6a: Using Data from Household Samples

• Lecture Notes (powerpoint) (PDF)

• Assigned Readings and Materials

  (BLS) BLS Handbook of Methods, Chapter 1 – Labor Force Data Derived from the Current Population Survey, http://www.bls.gov/opub/hom/pdf/homch1.pdf

  American Housing Survey http://www.huduser.org/datasets/ahs.html

• Assigned Tasks

• Background Materials
• U.S. Census Bureau (2002). Current Population Survey: Design and Methodology. Washington, D.C., U.S. Census Bureau.

(Census) Current Population Survey, http://www.bls.census.gov/cps/cpsmain.htm Of importance here is the public access to data, from button for “Data” See slide 9 of lecture

(NBER) National Bureau of Economic Research, CPS Merged Outgoing Rotation Groups, http://www.nber.org/data/morg.html Source of CPS data

(UC Berkeley) FTP site for public access to Monthly CPS data for years 1976 – 2000. ftp://elsa.berkeley.edu/pub/cps/bigcps/ Source of CPS data

(Unicon) link to Unicon Research “The Data Specialists” http://www.unicon.com/, from home page select CPS Utilities. Source of CPS data