Chatham Household & Business Data

The Chatham survey took place in 1997-1998 in a middle-class black neighborhood on the south side of Chicago. A total of 196 households and 181 small businesses were interviewed. A team from the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago led the data collection efforts.

Data

The datasets are available in SAS format, zipped using PKZIP , and ASCII format. Download the SAS viewer . For other formats, please contact CEDRIC's coordinator at: Cedric@chi.frb.org.

• Household Data Set (ZIP,254KB)
• Household Data Set (ASCI,1.4MB)
• Business Data Set (ZIP,309KB)
• Business Data Set (ASCI,1.2MB)

Documentation

• Sample Design and Methodology (PDF,48KB)
• Household Questionnaire (PDF,214KB)
• Business Questionnaire (PDF,269KB)

Background Information

• Description of Neighborhood (PDF,46KB)
• Description of Community from 1990 Census (XLS,19KB)
• Chatham Map (JPG,52KB)
• Map of Chicago Communities
• Photo Album (PDF,328KB)

Research Studies

• Daniel Aaronson, Paul Huck, and Robert Townsend
  Small Business Access to Trade Credit: Some Evidence of Ethnic Differences (PDF,188KB)
  Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago Policy Studies, May 2000
• Daniel Aaronson, Raphael Bostic, Paul Huck, and Robert Townsend
  Supplier Relationships and Small Business Use of Trade Credit (PDF,139KB)
  Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago Working Paper Series, December 2000
• Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago Annual Report 2000 (PDF,1.39MB)
  Highlighted research based on the households and small business owners in these two ethnic/racial communities.
• Paul Huck, Sherrie L. W. Rhine, Philip Bond, and Robert Townsend
  Small Business Finance in Two Chicago Minority Neighborhoods (PDF,493KB)
  Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago Economic Perspectives, 1999
• Michael H. Moskow
  Building Bridges to America's Emerging Urban Markets
  Text of Speech, April 14, 2000
• Sherrie L.W. Rhine and Maude Toussaint-Comeau
  The Homeownership and Financing Experience in Two Chicago Minority Neighborhoods (PDF,207KB)
  Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago Policy Studies, December 2000
• Maude Toussaint-Comeau and Sherrie L.W. Rhine
  Access to Credit and Financial Services Among Black Households (PDF,96KB)
  Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago Policy Studies, June 2000
• Maude Toussaint-Comeau and Sherrie L. W. Rhine
  Increasing Participation in Mainstream Financial Markets by Black Households (PDF,95KB)
  Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago Policy Studies, December 2000