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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

README – 2018 Income and Poverty Content [<1.0 MB]

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.

README - 2017 Income and Poverty Content [<1.0 MB]

2017 CPS ASEC Research File

This page provides data sets and technical documentation regarding the implementation of the new data processing system.

Tables

Table 1. Income and Earnings Summary Measures by Selected Characteristics: 2018 CPS ASEC Production File and 2018 CPS ASEC Bridge File [<1.0 MB]

Table 2. People in Poverty by Selected Characteristics: 2018 CPS ASEC Production File and 2018 CPS ASEC Bridge File [<1.0 MB]

Table 1. Income and Earnings Summary Measures by Selected Characteristics: 2017 CPS ASEC Production File and 2017 CPS ASEC Research File [<1.0 MB]

Table 2. People in Poverty by Selected Characteristics: 2017 CPS ASEC Production File and 2017 CPS ASEC Research File [<1.0 MB]

Working Papers

Changes to Income Processing in the CPS ASEC

This presentation compares 2016 income estimates using the 2017 CPS ASEC Production and Research Files.

Are Bracket Responses Accurate?

This presentation assesses the accuracy of income bracket responses in the CPS ASEC by comparing these responses to linked IRS W-2 records.

Bridging Differences in the Measurement of Poverty

This paper examines how implementing the redesigned CPS ASEC processing system affects poverty rates in 2016, decomposing changes by demographic & income edits.

Impact on the Supplemental Poverty Measure: 2016

This presentation compares supplemental poverty estimates from the 2017 CPS ASEC production and research files.

Related Information

CPS ASEC Redesign and Processing Changes

Page Last Revised - October 28, 2021

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