Saadia GreenbergElena Fazio Office of Performance and Evaluation Administration on Aging US Department of H ealth and Human Services 1

 Will provide:  Summary of the major data sources  Advantage and limitations of each  Statistics used in:  AoA OAA formula allotments  State intra-state funding formulas  Federal-State-AAA planning and advocacy - sometimes to good effect [sorry to restate the obvious] 2

 Statistics always changing – a moving target  Statistical resources never perfect, always with a past date  Census disclosure protection procedures limit access to data when the numbers are small (more on this later)  New possibilities in recent years due to:  New statistical sources – ACS replaces the Long Form  New technologies of distribution  Census American FactFinder (AFF)  AoA’s AGing Integrated Database (AGID) 3

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 Age, Sex, Race, Ethnicity, Household Composition  Access: Census Bureau American FactFinder (AFF), some data on AGID, possible special tabulation  Available now on AFF (requires some user effort to learn) but may not include all tabulations of interest; geography down to Census Tract level  Rural/urban figures will not be available until early

Old version of AFF still used for access to American Community Survey data 6

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 Income/Poverty, Disability (limited), Education, Household composition, age, sex, race, ethnicity, and more – based on the 2000 Census Long Form with a few revisions (especially for Disability questions starting in 2008)  Continuous nationwide sample  Accessible via AFF - information on the 60+ is limited  Some state level data on AoA’s AGID system  special tabulation of 2009 disability data to be conducted Soon (should cover almost all PSAs + larger counties)  Very relevant data fields but access limited to larger geo units (disclosure protection), 60+ data limited without a special tabulation 8

 Data is almost the same as for annual ACS Exception: Due to revision of the Disability questions in 2008, we have to wait for the year dataset for the Disability data for lower level geo units.  Continuous nationwide sample - data for five years of samples combined for a more powerful sample  Available on AFF but information on the 60+ is limited;  Switch from Decennial Long Form data requires a mindset change. Benefit will be annually updated data.  Special Tabulation on Aging of the ACS 5 year data will be released to SUAs/AAAs shortly and will be on AoA’s AGID system  Data by State, PSA, County, Place, Census Tract 9

 Age  Race and Hispanic or Latino  Household Type and Marital Status  Grandparents Living with Own Grandchildren Under 18 years  Ability to Speak English  Citizenship Status and Place of Birth  Residence Five Years Earlier (Migration)  Educational Attainment  Employment Characteristics  Veteran Status  Disabilities [will be addressed separately]  Family Income in Previous Year  Income in Previous Year for Individuals  Poverty Status in Previous Year  Ratio of Income in Previous Year to Poverty Level  Social Security Income in Previous Year 10

 Age, Sex, Race, Ethnicity only – age data available for the nation, states (+DC & PR), and counties  Based on last Decennial Census plus administrative records (births, deaths, MVA, and Medicare)  On Census Bureau web site, AGID system, AoA web site  Useful for many annual statistics but not available for PSAs which divide counties 11

Available on the AoA web site 12

 Income/poverty, disability (not comparable with 2008 ACS and on), education, household composition, age, sex, race, ethnicity, etc.  Large sample taken as part of 2000 Decennial Census  Available on AoA web site (plus CD distributed to SUAs/AAAs in 2004)  Still useful for rural as well as poverty (until data is released) 13

Currently (in addition to AoA program data – SPR etc.): - Census Population Estimates State Level --County Level - State level ACS 1 year stats on poverty & disability Decennial state level Very Soon: - Special Tabulation of 5 year ACS Planned: - Tabulation of 2010 Decennial Census 14

For further information: Data.Saadia.Info [ AoA Staff see: Q:\OE\Key.Census.Data]  Sources of Census Data for State and Area Agencies on Aging - [PowerPoint Slide Presentation]  Key Census Data Sources on Aging [color version] - One page summary table - pdf  Key Census Data Sources on Aging [Black & White Version] - One page summary table - pdf  2010 Decennial Census Questionnaire – pdf  Key Information on the American Community Survey – pdf  2009 ACS Questionnaire – pdf  AoA Concept paper for special tabulation of ACS year dataset - pdf  Table Specs for the special tabulation of the ACS year dataset - pdf ********** Comments and questions may be sent to: Saadia Greenberg 15