Household & Small Business Data: Chatham
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.Documentation
Background Information
- Description of Neighborhood
- Description of Community from 1990 Census
- Chatham Map
- Map of Chicago Communities
- Photo Album
Research Studies
Small Business Access to Trade Credit: Some Evidence of Ethnic Differences
Daniel Aaronson, Paul Huck and Robert Townsend
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago Policy Studies, May 2000
Supplier Relationships and Small Business Use of Trade Credit
Daniel Aaronson, Raphael Bostic, Paul Huck and Robert Townsend
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago Working Paper Series, December 2000
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago Annual Report 2000
Highlighted research based on the households and small business owners in these two ethnic/racial communities.
Small Business Finance in Two Chicago Minority Neighborhoods
Paul Huck, Sherrie L. W. Rhine, Philip Bond and Robert Townsend
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago Economic Perspectives, 1999
The Homeownership and Financing Experience in Two Chicago Minority Neighborhoods
Sherrie L.W. Rhine and Maude Toussaint-Comeau
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago Policy Studies, December 2000
Access to Credit and Financial Services Among Black Households
Maude Toussaint-Comeau and Sherrie L.W. Rhine
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago Policy Studies, June 2000
Increasing Participation in Mainstream Financial Markets by Black Households
Maude Toussaint-Comeau and Sherrie L. W. Rhine
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago Policy Studies, December 2000
