2015 American Community Survey - IPUMS Subset

United States, 2011 - 2015

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Reference ID

USA_2015_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

United States Census Bureau, IPUMS

Collection(s)

Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)

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Aug 01, 2025

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Aug 01, 2025

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Total household income (in US$) (US2015A_HHINCOME)

Data file: USA2015_PHC-H-H

Overview

Type: Continuous

Start: 336

End: 342

Width: 7

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

47. Income in the past 12 months
 Mark (X) the "Yes" box for each type of income this person received, and give your best estimate of the total amount during the past 12 months. (NOTE: The "past 12 months" is the period from today's date one year ago up through today.) 

Mark (X) the "No" box to show types of income NOT received. 

If net income was a loss, mark the "Loss" box to the right of the dollar amount. 

For income received jointly, report the appropriate share for each person -- or, if that's not possible, report the whole amount for only one person and mark the "No" box for the other person.

48. What was this person's total income during the past 12 months? 
<div class="i1">Add entries in questions 47a to 47h; subtract any losses. If net income was a loss, enter the amount and mark (X) the "Loss" box next to the dollar amount. [] None or total amount for past 12 months (USD)________ [] Loss</div>

Description

Definition

This variable indicates the total household income (in USD).

Universe

United States 2015: Private occupied houesholds [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept

Imputation and derivation

Derivation

This is a 7-digit numeric variable with 0 implied decimal places

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