Number	1503
Subject	Census
Source	Richard O'Reilly
State	Los Angeles Times
Year	2002
Publication Date	Philadelphia NICAR 2002
Summary	Richard O'Reilly, director of computer analysis for the Los Angeles Times, writes about a little known dataset the Census Bureau produces -- the Public Use Microdata Sample or PUMS. "PUMS is the next best thing to raw census data itself. It is the answers to each of the long form questions for each member of a housing unit." O'Reilly explains the benefits -- and pitfalls -- associated with using PUMS data.
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