American Housing Survey, 2015 National Data, Including an Arts and Culture Module

The 2015 American Housing Survey marks the first release of a newly integrated national sample and independent metropolitan area samples. The 2015 release features many variable name revisions, as well as the integration of an AHS Codebook Interactive Tool available on the U.S. Census Bureau We site. This data collection provides information on the characteristics of a national sample of housing units in 2015, including apartments, single-family homes, mobile homes, and vacant housing units. Data from the 15 largest metropolitan areas in the United States are included in the national sample survey (the AHS 2015 Metropolitan Data are also available as ICPSR 36805). The data are presented in three separate parts: Part 1, Household Record (Main Record), Part 2, Person Record, and Part 3, Project Record. Household Record data includes questions about household occupancy and tenure, household exterior and interior structural features, household equipment and appliances, housing problems, housing costs, home improvement, neighborhood features, recent moving information, income, and basic demographic information. The household record data also features four rotating topical modules: Arts and Culture, Food Security, Housing Counseling, and Healthy Homes. Person Record data includes questions about personal disabilities, income, and basic demographic information. Finally, the Project Record data includes questions about home improvement projects. Specific questions were asked about the types of projects, costs, funding sources, and year of completion.

2015年美国住房调查标志着全新整合的国家级样本以及独立的大都市区域样本的首次发布。2015年的版本中，众多变量名称进行了修订，同时整合了美国人口普查局网站上的AHS代码簿交互式工具。该数据收集提供了关于2015年全国住房样本特征的信息，包括公寓、单户型住宅、活动房屋以及空置住房单元。美国前15个最大都市区域的数据也被纳入国家级样本调查中（AHS 2015都市数据也作为ICPSR 36805提供）。数据分为三个独立部分：第一部分，家庭记录（主要记录），第二部分，个人记录，以及第三部分，项目记录。家庭记录数据包括关于家庭居住和租赁情况、家庭外部和内部结构特征、家庭设备和器具、住房问题、住房成本、家庭改善、邻里特征、近期搬家信息、收入以及基本人口统计信息的问题。家庭记录数据还特别设有四个轮换主题模块：艺术与文化、食品安全、住房咨询和健康住房。个人记录数据包括关于个人残疾、收入以及基本人口统计信息的问题。最后，项目记录数据包括关于家庭改善项目的问题。具体问题涉及项目类型、成本、资金来源以及完成年份。