Using the American Community Survey: Benefits and Challenges (2007)
Chapter: Appendix A Acronyms and Abbreviations
APPENDIX A
Acronyms and Abbreviations
ACS American Community Survey
AHS American Housing Survey
APDU Association of Public Data Users
BEA Bureau of Economic Analysis
BLS Bureau of Labor Statistics
C2SS Census 2000 Supplementary Survey
CAPI Computer-assisted personal interviewing
CATI Computer-assisted telephone interviewing
CAUS Community Address Updating System
CES Current Employment Statistics Program (of the Bureau of Labor Statistics)
CI Confidence interval
CIC Census Information Center
CNSTAT Committee on National Statistics
CPI Consumer Price Index
CPI-U-RS Consumer Price Index, Urban Consumers, Research Series
CPS Current Population Survey
CPS ASEC Current Population Survey Annual Social and Economic Supplement
CTPP Census Transportation Planning Package
CV Coefficient of variation
DMAF Decennial Master Address File
DSF Delivery Sequence File (of the U.S. Postal Service)
e-StARS Electronic Statistical Administrative Records System (of the U.S. Census Bureau)
FSCPE Federal State Cooperative Program for Population Estimates
FTP File transfer protocol
GQ Group quarters
HUD U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
IRS Internal Revenue Service
LAUS Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program (of the Bureau of Labor Statistics)
LUCA Local Update of Census Addresses
MAF Master Address File (of the U.S. Census Bureau)
MBF Mode bias factor (ACS weight adjustment)
MOE Margin of error
NHIS National Health Interview Survey
NIF1 Noninterview factor 1 (ACS weight adjustment)
NIF2 Noninterview factor 2 (ACS weight adjustment)
NIF3 Noninterview factor 3 (ACS weight adjustment)
NRC National Research Council
OMB U.S. Office of Management and Budget
PE Population Estimates Program (of the U.S. Census Bureau)
PRCS Puerto Rico Community Survey
PUMA Public use microdata area
PUMS Public use microdata sample
SAHIE Small Area Health Insurance Estimates Program (of the U.S. Census Bureau)
SAIPE Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates Program (of the U.S. Census Bureau)
SDC State Data Center
SE Standard error
SF Summary file
SIPP Survey of Income and Program Participation
StARS Statistical Administrative Records System (see e-StARS)
TAZ Traffic analysis zone
UI Unemployment insurance records (of state governments)
USPS U.S. Postal Service
VMS Variation in monthly response (ACS weight adjustment)
