Dataset: The Health of Houston Survey 2018 Post-Harvey

Variable pumace10: Harris County Public Use Microdata Area (PUMA)

Literal Question

This variable was developed from several questions designed to identify the geographic area or ZIPCode in which the respondent resides, in order to ensure their eligibility for this survey. Of particular importance were questions PHOU_2b and PHOU_3, which asked for the names of the street or nearest street corner of the respondent. Using these data, a geographic information system (GIS) program was used to 'geocode' or locate the PUMA in which the respondent lived. A list of the 38 PUMAs and their designations can be found in our metadata, in the section entitled Other Study Description Materials.

Descriptive Text

The variable identifies the Public Use Microdata Area in which a household is located. A Public Use Microdata Area, or PUMA, is a geographic unit used by the US Census to provide statistical and demographic information. Each PUMA must contain at least 100,000 people. In Harris County, there are 38 PUMAs. We found that the geographic areas identified by these PUMAs provide an excellent representation of Harris County neighborhoods and communities. The variable labels used here are the actual five-digit identifiers used by the US Census Bureau. A list of the 38 PUMAs and their designations can be found in our metadata, in the section entitled Other Study Description Materials. A map of these areas, with their community names, is also available in this section. More detailed information is available at the United States Census Bureau Website https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/geography/guidance/geo-areas/pumas.html.

Values Categories N NW
1 04601 80 82,193.5
 2.5%
2 04602 62 100,869.4
 3.0%
3 04603 134 116,320.3
 3.5%
4 04604 134 114,228.8
 3.4%
5 04605 43 56,163.1
 1.7%
6 04606 62 100,216.1
 3.0%
7 04607 83 108,150.5
 3.3%
8 04608 45 64,300.0
 1.9%
9 04609 74 103,982.4
 3.1%
10 04610 56 66,934.3
 2.0%
11 04611 56 69,337.5
 2.1%
12 04612 68 81,355.6
 2.4%
13 04613 118 113,807.0
 3.4%
14 04614 62 75,092.5
 2.3%
15 04615 77 75,121.3
 2.3%
16 04616 74 79,516.3
 2.4%
17 04617 77 76,054.0
 2.3%
18 04618 61 79,008.4
 2.4%
19 04619 59 68,808.9
 2.1%
20 04620 103 103,990.5
 3.1%
21 04621 84 91,283.3
 2.7%
22 04622 47 68,281.8
 2.1%
23 04623 58 89,689.2
 2.7%
24 04624 57 78,625.8
 2.4%
25 04625 49 86,055.5
 2.6%
26 04626 62 88,902.0
 2.7%
27 04627 53 72,946.6
 2.2%
28 04628 102 109,482.7
 3.3%
29 04629 103 110,421.6
 3.3%
30 04630 63 83,833.0
 2.5%
31 04631 105 105,479.6
 3.2%
32 04632 107 112,843.0
 3.4%
33 04633 89 81,153.0
 2.4%
34 04634 62 65,897.4
 2.0%
35 04635 119 90,982.0
 2.7%
36 04636 106 79,783.6
 2.4%
37 04637 106 98,823.8
 3.0%
38 04638 85 77,537.3
 2.3%

Summary Statistics

Valid cases 2985 3327471.745
Missing cases 0 0.0
Standard deviation 11.523 11.134
This variable is numeric

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