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CPS ASEC Redesign & Processing Changes: Income & Poverty

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CPS ASEC Redesign & Processing Changes: Income & Poverty

The CPS ASEC is the source of official national estimates of income and poverty, collecting data on individual, family and household income from over 50 sources. In 2014, the survey instrument was redesigned to better capture retirement income and assets, and more recently changes in survey processing and advances in imputation methods have been incorporated.

Data

pdf README – 2018 Income and Poverty Content [<1.0 MB]
Dataset
2018 CPS ASEC Bridge Files
The 2018 CPS ASEC Bridge File provides a dataset that is based on the recent CPS ASEC redesign and an updated processing system.
pdf README - 2017 Income and Poverty Content [<1.0 MB]
Dataset
2017 CPS ASEC Research File
This page provides data sets and technical documentation regarding the implementation of the new data processing system.

Tables

xls Table 1. Income and Earnings Summary Measures by Selected Characteristics: 2018 CPS ASEC Production File and 2018 CPS ASEC Bridge File [<1.0 MB]
xls Table 2. People in Poverty by Selected Characteristics: 2018 CPS ASEC Production File and 2018 CPS ASEC Bridge File [<1.0 MB]
xls Table 1. Income and Earnings Summary Measures by Selected Characteristics: 2017 CPS ASEC Production File and 2017 CPS ASEC Research File [<1.0 MB]
xls Table 2. People in Poverty by Selected Characteristics: 2017 CPS ASEC Production File and 2017 CPS ASEC Research File [<1.0 MB]

Working Papers

Working Paper
Changes to Income Processing in the CPS ASEC
April 10, 2019
This presentation compares 2016 income estimates using the 2017 CPS ASEC Production and Research Files.
Working Paper
Are Bracket Responses Accurate?
April 10, 2019
This presentation assesses the accuracy of income bracket responses in the CPS ASEC by comparing these responses to linked IRS W-2 records.
Working Paper
Bridging Differences in the Measurement of Poverty
April 10, 2019
This paper examines how implementing the redesigned CPS ASEC processing system affects poverty rates in 2016, decomposing changes by demographic & income edits.
Working Paper
Impact on the Supplemental Poverty Measure: 2016
April 10, 2019
This presentation compares supplemental poverty estimates from the 2017 CPS ASEC production and research files.
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