| Data Dictionary: | ACS 2007 -- 2009 (3-Year Estimates) |
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| Data Source: | U.S. Census Bureau |
| Table: | B19081. Mean Household Income Of Quintiles [6] |
Universe: Households
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| B19081. | Mean Household Income Of Quintiles | ||||||||||||||
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Relevant Documentation:
| Excerpt from: | Social Explorer; U.S. Census Bureau; American Community Survey 2007-2009 Summary File: Technical Documentation. |
| ACS 2009-3yr Summary File: Technical Documentation -> Appendix A. Supplemental Documentation -> 2009 Subject Definitions -> Population Variables -> Health Insurance Coverage -> Comparability |
Health insurance coverage was added to the 2008 ACS and so no equivalent measure is available from previous ACS surveys or Census 2000. Because of the addition of the eligibility edit to 2009 ACS health insurance, data users should be careful as to which 2008 ACS estimates they use to make comparisons. National, state, county and place-level 2008 1-year data incorporating the eligibility edit are available at www.census.gov/hhes/www/hlthins/data/acs/2008/re-run.html; they are comparable to the 2009 estimates in American Fact Finder. For more information on the logical coverage (eligibility) edits, please see www.census.gov/hhes/www/hlthins/publications/coverage_edits_final.pdf.
Because coverage in the ACS references an individual's current status, caution should be taken when making comparisons to other surveys which may define coverage as "at any time in the last year" or "throughout the past year." A discussion of how the ACS health insurance estimates relate to other survey health insurance estimates can be found in "A Preliminary Evaluation of Health Insurance Coverage" in the 2008 American Community Survey (www.census.gov/hhes/www/hlthins/acs08paper/2008ACS_healthins.pdf).
Because coverage in the ACS references an individual's current status, caution should be taken when making comparisons to other surveys which may define coverage as "at any time in the last year" or "throughout the past year." A discussion of how the ACS health insurance estimates relate to other survey health insurance estimates can be found in "A Preliminary Evaluation of Health Insurance Coverage" in the 2008 American Community Survey (www.census.gov/hhes/www/hlthins/acs08paper/2008ACS_healthins.pdf).
