Combining the American Housing Survey and the American Community Survey to Produce Information Useful in Public Emergency Situations: An Exploratory Analysis

摘要

In October 2008, Econometrica, Inc., and its partner, ICF International, entered into a contract with the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to support the American Housing Survey (AHS). Task C of that contract required the Econometrica team to use the information from the 2007 AHS surveys of seven metropolitan areas to produce information for those areas that might be useful to federal, state, or local agencies in preparing for or responding to natural disasters or other emergencies. For Task D, Econometrica suggested exploring the possibility of using small area statistical techniques to generate information available only in the AHS to areas not covered by the AHS. ICF International performed the analysis under Task C; Econometrica carried out the work under Task D.