Table 1.

American Community Survey Questionnaire Content

Social characteristics	School enrollment, educational attainment, marital status, fertility, grandparents caring for children, veteran status, residence 1 year ago, place of birth, U.S. citizenship status, year of entry, country of birth, language spoken at home, relationship, households by type, and ancestry
Health characteristics	Disability status items (items include information on: blindness, deafness, severe vision or hearing impairment, any condition that substantially limits activities such as walking, climbing stairs, reaching, lifting or carrying, learning, remembering or concentrating, dressing bathing or getting around inside the home), and current health insurance coverage
Economic characteristics	Employment status, commuting to work, occupation, industry, class of worker, income and benefits, and poverty status
Housing characteristics	Housing occupancy, units in structure, year structure built, number of rooms, number of bedrooms, housing tenure, year householder moved into unit, vehicles available, house heating fuel, utility costs, occupants per room, housing value, mortgage status and costs, and gross rent
Demographic characteristics	Sex, marital status, age, race, and Hispanic origin

Source: U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey's website. Available at http://www.census.gov/acs/www/SBasics/SQuest/SQuest1.htm