American Housing Survey, 2005: National Microdata

<p>This data collection provides information on the characteristics of a national sample of housing units, including apartments, single-family homes, mobile homes, and vacant housing units. Unlike previous years, the data are presented in eight separate parts: Part 1, Work Done Record (Replacement or Additions to the House), Part 2, Worker Record, Part 3, Mortgages (Owners Only), Part 4, Housing Unit Record (Main Record), Recodes (One Record per Housing Unit), and Weights, Part 5, Manager and Owner Record (Renters Only), Part 6, Person Record, Part 7, Ratio Verification, and Part 8, Mover Group Record. Data include year the structure was built, type and number of living quarters, occupancy status, access, number of rooms, presence of commercial establishments on the property, and property value. Additional data focus on kitchen and plumbing facilities, types of heating fuel used, source of water, sewage disposal, heating and air-conditioning equipment, and major additions, alterations, or repairs to the property. Information provided on housing expenses includes monthly mortgage or rent payments, cost of services such as utilities, garbage collection, and property insurance, and amount of real estate taxes paid in the previous year. Also included is information on whether the household received government assistance to help pay heating or cooling costs or for other energy-related services. Similar data are provided for housing units previously occupied by respondents who had recently moved. Additionally, indicators of housing and neighborhood quality are supplied. Housing quality variables include privacy of bedrooms, condition of kitchen facilities, basement or roof leakage, breakdowns of plumbing facilities and equipment, and overall opinion of the structure. For quality of neighborhood, variables include use of exterminator services, existence of boarded-up buildings, and overall quality of the neighborhood. In addition to housing characteristics, some demographic data are provided on household members, such as age, sex, race, marital status, income, and relationship to householder. Additional data provided on the householder include years of school completed, Spanish origin, length of residence, and length of occupancy. (Source: ICPSR, retrieved 06/28/2011)</p>

本数据集收录全国住宅单元（housing unit）样本的特征信息，涵盖公寓、单户住宅、移动住房及空置住宅单元。与往年不同，本次数据分为八个独立部分：第一部分为已完工工程记录（房屋翻新或扩建），第二部分为施工人员记录，第三部分为抵押贷款（Mortgages）记录（仅针对业主），第四部分为住宅单元主记录、重编码（Recodes）数据（每户一条记录）及权重文件，第五部分为管理者与业主记录（仅针对租户），第六部分为住户成员记录，第七部分为比例验证数据，第八部分为搬迁群体记录。
数据集包含建筑建造年份、居住单元类型与数量、居住状态、通行条件、房间数量、物业内商业设施存在情况及物业价值等信息。附加数据涵盖厨房与给排水设施、所用取暖燃料类型、水源、污水处理方式、供暖与空调设备，以及物业的主要扩建、改造或维修情况。
住房开支相关信息包括月度抵押贷款或租金支出、水电、垃圾清运、物业保险等服务费用，以及上一年度缴纳的不动产税额。此外还收录了住户是否获得政府补助以支付取暖、制冷费用或其他能源相关服务的相关信息。
针对近期搬迁过的受访家庭曾居住的住宅单元，同样提供了同类数据。此外还提供了住宅与社区质量的相关指标：住宅质量变量包括卧室私密性、厨房设施状况、地下室或屋顶渗漏情况、给排水设施与设备故障情况，以及对住宅建筑的整体评价；社区质量变量包括是否使用除虫服务、是否存在被木板封堵的废弃楼宇，以及社区整体质量评价。
除住宅特征外，数据集还提供住户成员的部分人口统计数据，包括年龄、性别、种族、婚姻状况、收入及与户主的关系。关于户主的附加数据包括受教育年限、西班牙裔身份、居住时长及入住时长。