Dataset: The Health of Houston Survey 2018 Pre-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 61 90,084.7
 2.7%
2 04602 83 107,740.6
 3.2%
3 04603 89 75,656.3
 2.3%
4 04604 111 85,875.8
 2.6%
5 04605 70 91,073.9
 2.7%
6 04606 54 75,305.6
 2.3%
7 04607 71 95,157.4
 2.9%
8 04608 36 64,091.4
 1.9%
9 04609 81 115,049.4
 3.5%
10 04610 54 77,722.4
 2.3%
11 04611 71 108,176.8
 3.3%
12 04612 60 67,505.8
 2.0%
13 04613 69 66,550.2
 2.0%
14 04614 55 94,060.3
 2.8%
15 04615 52 52,983.8
 1.6%
16 04616 91 89,513.5
 2.7%
17 04617 124 146,067.4
 4.4%
18 04618 67 90,369.3
 2.7%
19 04619 40 44,955.3
 1.4%
20 04620 72 89,384.0
 2.7%
21 04621 79 70,812.3
 2.1%
22 04622 56 63,387.6
 1.9%
23 04623 89 93,572.0
 2.8%
24 04624 88 120,379.5
 3.6%
25 04625 53 79,541.0
 2.4%
26 04626 65 91,379.5
 2.7%
27 04627 47 61,808.6
 1.9%
28 04628 87 120,398.7
 3.6%
29 04629 88 96,120.7
 2.9%
30 04630 51 89,127.8
 2.7%
31 04631 69 69,573.1
 2.1%
32 04632 79 112,206.0
 3.4%
33 04633 55 51,113.0
 1.5%
34 04634 57 80,829.6
 2.4%
35 04635 116 128,603.5
 3.9%
36 04636 85 117,719.7
 3.5%
37 04637 73 82,729.1
 2.5%
38 04638 61 70,845.9
 2.1%

Summary Statistics

Valid cases 2709 3327471.73
Missing cases 0 0.0
Standard deviation 11.132 11.075
This variable is numeric

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