American Community Survey and Puerto Rico Community Survey 2011 Subject Definitions Table of Contents GENERAL INFORMATION ____________________________________________ 6 LIVING QUARTERS ____________________________________________________ 7 HOUSING VARIABLES _______________________________________________ 11 ACREAGE (CUERDA) _________________________________________________ 11 AGRICULTURAL SALES ________________________________________________ 11 BEDROOMS _________________________________________________________ 12 BUSINESS ON PROPERTY ______________________________________________ 13 CONDOMINIUM STATUS AND FEE _______________________________________ 13 CONTRACT RENT ____________________________________________________ 14 FOOD STAMP/SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM BENEFITS (SNAP) ___________________________________________________________________ 16 GROSS RENT ________________________________________________________ 17 GROSS RENT AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD INCOME ___________________ 18 HOMEOWNER VACANCY RATE _________________________________________ 19 HOUSE HEATING FUEL ________________________________________________ 19 HOUSEHOLD SIZE ____________________________________________________ 20 HOUSING UNITS _____________________________________________________ 20 INSURANCE FOR FIRE, HAZARD, AND FLOOD ______________________________ 20 KITCHEN FACILITIES _________________________________________________ 21 MEALS INCLUDED IN RENT ____________________________________________ 22 MOBILE HOME COSTS ________________________________________________ 22 MONTHLY HOUSING COSTS ____________________________________________ 23 MONTHLY HOUSING COSTS AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD INCOME _______ 23 MORTGAGE PAYMENT ________________________________________________ 24 MORTGAGE STATUS __________________________________________________ 24 OCCUPANTS PER ROOM _______________________________________________ 25 OCCUPIED HOUSING UNITS ____________________________________________ 26 OWNER-OCCUPIED UNITS _____________________________________________ 26 PLUMBING FACILITIES ________________________________________________ 26 POPULATION IN OCCUPIED HOUSING UNITS _______________________________ 27 POVERTY STATUS OF HOUSEHOLDS _____________________________________ 27 REAL ESTATE TAXES _________________________________________________ 28 RENT ASKED ________________________________________________________ 28 RENTAL VACANCY RATE ______________________________________________ 28 RENTER-OCCUPIED HOUSING UNITS ____________________________________ 28 ROOMS ____________________________________________________________ 29 SECOND OR JUNIOR MORTGAGE PAYMENTS OR HOME EQUITY LOAN __________ 30 SELECTED CONDITIONS _______________________________________________ 31 SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS ____________________________________ 31 2 SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD INCOME 32 SPECIFIED OWNER-OCCUPIED UNITS ____________________________________ 33 SPECIFIED RENTER-OCCUPIED UNITS ____________________________________ 33 TELEPHONE SERVICE AVAILABLE _______________________________________ 34 TENURE ____________________________________________________________ 35 UNITS IN STRUCTURE _________________________________________________ 36 UTILITIES __________________________________________________________ 37 VACANCY STATUS ___________________________________________________ 38 VACANT – CURRENT RESIDENCE ELSEWHERE _____________________________ 39 VACANT HOUSING UNITS ______________________________________________ 40 VALUE _____________________________________________________________ 40 VEHICLES AVAILABLE ________________________________________________ 42 YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT _________________________________ 42 YEAR STRUCTURE BUILT ______________________________________________ 43 POPULATION VARIABLES ___________________________________________ 45 ABILITY TO SPEAK ENGLISH ___________________________________________ 45 AGE _______________________________________________________________ 46 ANCESTRY _________________________________________________________ 48 CHILDREN EVER BORN _______________________________________________ 52 CITIZENSHIP STATUS (U.S. CITIZENSHIP STATUS) __________________________ 52 CLASS OF WORKER __________________________________________________ 54 DISABILITY STATUS __________________________________________________ 56 EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT ___________________________________________ 59 EMPLOYMENT STATUS ________________________________________________ 61 FAMILIES __________________________________________________________ 65 FERTILITY __________________________________________________________ 66 FIELD OF DEGREE ___________________________________________________ 66 FOREIGN-BORN POPULATION __________________________________________ 67 FOSTER CHILDREN ___________________________________________________ 67 GRADE IN WHICH ENROLLED __________________________________________ 67 GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS _______________________________________ 67 GROUP QUARTERS (GQ) ______________________________________________ 68 HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE ________________________________________ 69 HISPANIC OR LATINO ORIGIN __________________________________________ 71 HOUSEHOLD ________________________________________________________ 73 HOUSEHOLD TYPE AND RELATIONSHIP __________________________________ 73 HOUSEHOLD SIZE ____________________________________________________ 77 HOUSEHOLDER ______________________________________________________ 78 IMMIGRANTS ________________________________________________________ 78 INCOME IN THE PAST 12 MONTHS _______________________________________ 78 INDUSTRY __________________________________________________________ 85 JOURNEY TO WORK __________________________________________________ 88 LABOR FORCE STATUS ________________________________________________ 93 LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME __________________________________________ 93 3 MARITAL STATUS/MARITAL HISTORY ___________________________________ 95 MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION TO WORK _________________________________ 97 MIGRATION ________________________________________________________ 97 NATIVE POPULATION _________________________________________________ 97 NATIVITY __________________________________________________________ 97 NATIVITY OF PARENT _________________________________________________ 97 OCCUPATION _______________________________________________________ 98 OWN CHILDREN ____________________________________________________ 100 PERIOD OF MILITARY SERVICE ________________________________________ 100 PERSONS IN FAMILY _________________________________________________ 100 PERSONS IN HOUSEHOLD _____________________________________________ 100 PLACE OF BIRTH____________________________________________________ 100 PLACE OF WORK ___________________________________________________ 102 POVERTY STATUS IN THE PAST 12 MONTHS ______________________________ 102 PRIVATE VEHICLE OCCUPANCY _______________________________________ 105 RACE _____________________________________________________________ 105 REFERENCE WEEK __________________________________________________ 113 RELATIVES AND NONRELATIVES _______________________________________ 113 RESIDENCE 1 YEAR AGO _____________________________________________ 113 SCHOOL ENROLLMENT AND TYPE OF SCHOOL ____________________________ 115 SEX ______________________________________________________________ 117 SOCIAL SECURITY INCOME ___________________________________________ 119 SUBFAMILY ________________________________________________________ 119 TIME LEAVING HOME TO GO TO WORK _________________________________ 119 TRAVEL TIME TO WORK _____________________________________________ 119 TYPE OF SCHOOL ___________________________________________________ 119 USUAL HOURS WORKED IN THE PAST 12 MONTHS ________________________ 119 VETERAN STATUS ___________________________________________________ 120 WEEKS WORKED IN THE PAST 12 MONTHS ______________________________ 124 WORK EXPERIENCE _________________________________________________ 124 WORK STATUS IN THE PAST 12 MONTHS ________________________________ 126 YEAR OF ENTRY ____________________________________________________ 126 DERIVED MEASURES _______________________________________________ 128 QUALITY MEASURES _______________________________________________ 132 GENERAL INFORMATION _____________________________________________ 132 SAMPLE SIZE ______________________________________________________ 132 COVERAGE RATES __________________________________________________ 132 RESPONSE RATES ___________________________________________________ 133 IMPUTATION RATES _________________________________________________ 134 APPENDIX A _______________________________________________________ 135 FIELD OF DEGREE CLASSIFICATION ____________________________________ 135 4 FOUR MAIN GROUP CLASSIFICATIONS AND THIRTY-NINE SUBGROUP CLASSIFICATIONS OF LANGUAGES SPOKEN AT HOME WITH ILLUSTRATIVE EXAMPLES ________________________________________________________ 136 POVERTY FACTORS AND THRESHOLDS __________________________________ 138 RACE COMBINATIONS _______________________________________________ 140 MEDIAN STANDARD DISTRIBUTIONS ____________________________________ 142 5 General Information Contact List: To obtain additional information on these and other American Community Survey (ACS) subjects, see the list of Census 2000/2010 Contacts on the Internet at http://www.census.gov/contacts/www/c-census2000.html. Scope: These definitions apply to the data collected in both the United States and Puerto Rico. The