1.00 or Less Occupants Per Room - B25014H002 - Occupants Per Room (White Alone, Not Hispanic or Latino Householder) - American Community Survey Tables: 2010 -- 2014 (5-Year Estimates) (ACS14_5yr) - Survey ACS 2014 (5-Year Estimates)

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ACS 2014 (5-Year Estimates)

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Survey: ACS 2014 (5-Year Estimates)

Data Source:

U.S. Census Bureau

Data set: American Community Survey Tables: 2010 -- 2014 (5-Year Estimates) (ACS14_5yr)

Table:

B25014H. Occupants Per Room (White Alone, Not Hispanic or Latino Householder) [3]

Universe: Universe: Occupied housing units with a householder who Is White alone, not Hispanic or Latino

Variable Details

B25014H.	Occupants Per Room (White Alone, Not Hispanic or Latino Householder)
	Universe: Universe: Occupied housing units with a householder who Is White alone, not Hispanic or Latino
	B25014H001Universe: Occupied housing units with a householder who Is White alone, not Hispanic or Latino B25014H002 1.00 or Less Occupants Per Room Percent base: Occupied Housing Units with a Householder Who Is White Alone, Not Hispanic or Latino (ACS14_5yr:B25014H001) Aggregation method: Addition

Relevant Documentation:

Excerpt from:	Social Explorer; U.S. Census Bureau; American Community Survey 2014 Summary File: Technical Documentation.
	ACS 2014-5yr Summary File: Technical Documentation -> Appendix A: Supplemental Documentation -> 2014 Subject Definitions -> Housing Variables -> Occupants Per Room

Occupants Per Room

Occupants per room is obtained by dividing the reported number of current residents in each occupied housing unit by the number of rooms in the unit. The figures show the number of occupied units having the specified ratio of current residents per room. Occupants per room is rounded to the nearest hundredth.
This data is the basis for estimating the amount of living and sleeping spaces within a housing unit. The data also serve to aid in planning for future services and infrastructure, such as home energy assistance programs and the development of waste treatment facilities.

Comparability

Caution should be used when comparing American Community Survey data on occupants per room from the years 2008 and after with both pre-2008 data. Changes made to the rooms question between the 2007 and 2008 ACS involving the wording as well as the response option resulted in an inconsistency in the ACS data. This inconsistency in the data was most noticeable in a 2006 content test with the revised question showing an increase in "1 room" responses, decrease in "2 rooms" to "6 rooms" responses, and increases in "7 rooms" and "9 or more" room responses, with an overall increase in the median number of rooms reported using the revised question.

Data on occupants per room in the American Community Survey should be compared with great caution to Census 2000 data due to: 1) differences in residence rules and the absence of population controls used to adjust for undercoverage in the reported number of current residents in the ACS used in this measure and 2) differences in the reported number of rooms due to changes in the rooms question between the 2007 and 2008 ACS.