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  • 1.  How are POVIP and OCPIP included?

    Posted 08-26-2020 12:24 PM

    I am working on my first project with Microdata and a client asked me two technical questions about the variables:

    • How is POVIP: Income-to-poverty ratio recode calculated?
    • How is OCPIP: Selected monthly owner costs as a percentage of household income during the past 12 months calculated?

    At first glance I am not seeing information on this. Can someone please point me to a resource where Census explains how these variables are calculated?

    Thanks.

    Ari



  • 2.  RE: How are POVIP and OCPIP included?

    Posted 08-26-2020 12:39 PM

    Ari--

    Documentation from ACS is here https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/tech_docs/subject_definitions/2018_ACSSubjectDefinitions.pdf

    The monthly owner costs variable is defined on p. 35.

    Income/poverty is defined on pp. 107-109 (there are a lot of moving parts to it).

    Good luck with your project.



  • 3.  RE: How are POVIP and OCPIP included?

    Posted 08-26-2020 01:32 PM

    Thank you !