The data, coding, and associated documentation found here in the PUMA descriptors repository is directly related with Dr. Charles Murray’s AEI working paper "Data Tools 1: Deciphering the Location of Respondents in the American Community Survey" published on April 14, 2022.
The data, coding, and associated documentation found here in the Marriage Variables repository is related to Dr. Murray’s AEI working paper "Data Tools 2: Introducing MarriageVariables for Analyzing the American Community Survey" published on June XX, 2022.
puma_descriptors_codebook provides details on data sources and the different variables in puma_descriptors.csv. For further information on the variables in puma_descriptors.csv, their coding, and their uses, see puma_variable_details.
marriage_vars_codebook_details provides all the details on data sources, coding, and uses of the variables and data found in marriagevariables.csv.
For all questions and errata associated with PUMA Descriptors, please email cmurray@aei.org.