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Census 1970 on 2010 Geographies

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Publisher: U.S. Census Bureau & Social Explorer

Survey: Census 1970 on 2010 Geographies

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Census 1970 on 2010 Geographies

1970 Census Users' Guide - Part I

Population and Housing Censuses: 1790 To 1970

Why a Census

National Growth Leads to Permanent Census Bureau

Footnotes

Change to Meet New National Requirements

Recent Developments: The Computer Revolution

Recent Developments the Trend toward the Bureau as Service Agency

Bureau Response 1960

1970: The Bureau Becomes Data Deliverer as Well as Fact Finder

More data

Greater areal detail and flexibility

Several media used for data delivery

References

The 1970 Census: Finding the Facts

Which Facts

1970 Population questions [All]

1970 Census of Puerto Rico

Figure 1. 1970 Census Questionnaire

Sampling

Geographic Preparation

Collecting the Data

Processing the Data

References

The 1970 Census: Data Products and Data Delivery

The Concept of the Data Delivery System

Data Products and Services

General Tabulations and Services

Printed reports

1970 Population Census Reports

1970 Housing Census Reports

1970 Population-Housing Census Joint Report

Summary tapes

Footnotes

Microform

Other eye readable copy

Geographic products

Special Tabulations

Census Use Programs and Materials

The Census Use Study

Information resources for users of unpublished products

Small-Area Data Notes

Data Access Descriptions

Summary Tape User Memoranda

Summary Tape Information Library Memoranda

1970 Census User Conferences

Directory of Census Procedures and Tabulation Units for Small Areas

Technical materials needed to use census products

Census Users Dictionary

Glossary of Technical Terms and Abbreviations

Technical Documentation

Format and Technical Information about Tape Data Files on IBM-Compatible Tapes

Summary Tape Test Reels

DAULLIST

Guides to Federal Statistics

Data Delivery Facilities

Data delivery facilities at the Census Bureau

Data facilities outside the Federal Government

Dimensions of Census Data Use

Introduction

Dimension I - General Census Data Uses

Dimension II - Functional Areas of Use

Education

Urban Planning and Development

Health and Welfare

Market Research

Dimension III - Community Characteristics

Conclusion

Footnotes

Census Users' Dictionary

Introduction

Census Bureau Statistical Programs

Census Procedures: Implications for Concept Definitions

Implications for Census Data Users

Using the Dictionary

Part I. Geographic Areas (Concepts 1 through 49)

Introduction

Geographic Areas and Concepts

States

Quasi-State or Pseudo-State

Geographic division

Region

State Economic Areas (SEA's)

Economic Sub-Regions (ESR's)

Counties

Congressional districts

School districts

Special purpose districts

Foreign trade statistical areas

Ward

Municipalities and townships

Minor Civil Divisions (MCD's)

Census County Divisions (CCD)

Place (Cities and other incorporated and unincorporated places)

Urban-rural areas (population)

Urbanized areas (UA)

Standard Consolidated Areas (SCA's)

Universal Area Code (UAC)

Major Retail Center (MRC)

Central Business District (CBD)

Census tract

Standard Location Area (SLA)

City block

Enumeration Districts (ED's)

Address Register

Address Coding Guide (ACG)

Mail census areas (mail-out/mail-back areas)

Non-mail areas (conventional enumeration areas)

Census listing book

Master Reference File (MRF)

Dual Independent Map Encoding (DIME)

ZIP Code areas

Summary and record-type codes

Part II. Population Census Concepts (Concepts 50 through 149)

Introduction

Population and density

Total population

Population Density

Place of residence at time of census

Urban-rural residence

Metropolitan residence

Place of residence five years ago

Mobility status

Year moved into present house

Nativity, parentage, ethnic background

Nativity

Parentage

Foreign stock

Spanish-American population

Level and year or grade of school in which enrolled

Type of school in which enrolled

Years of school completed

Vocational training

Marital status and history

Marital status

Times married

Age at first marriage

Termination of first marriage

Household/group quarters membership

Household relationship

Family structure

Family/unrelated individual status

Family Type (family head)

Married couples

Children

Military status and history

Military status

Veteran status and history

Work patterns: labor force and employment concepts

Duration of disability

Work patterns: occupation, industry, and related concepts

Occupation

1960 Major Occupation Groups

Industry

Class of worker

Activity five years ago

Occupation five years ago

Industry five years ago

Class of worker five years ago

Work patterns: place of work and means of transportation to work

Place of work

Means of transportation to work

Financial well being income and poverty concepts

Part Ill. Housing Census Concepts (Concepts 150 through 250)

Introduction

Census questions from which the concept is derived

Concept categories carried on basic records, but not on summary tapes

The universe to which the concept applies

The census(es) to which the concept applies (year)

Instructions for respondents in mail census areas

Editing and allocation procedures

Housing inventory

Total housing units (housing inventory)

Living arrangements: Definition of a housing unit

Living quarters

Access (entrance to unit)

Kitchen facilities

Location of housing units

Urban-rural location

Metropolitan location

Occupancy status

Occupancy characteristics of occupied housing units

Population in units

Persons per room

Characteristics of persons in occupied housing units

Tenure

Second Homes

Vacancy characteristics of vacant units

Vacancy status

Vacancy rates

Duration of vacancy

Financial characteristics of housing units

Rent

Contract rent

Ratios of income to value and rent

Structural characteristics

Units in structure (type of structure)

Type of foundation

Number of stories in structure

Elevator in structure

Year structure built

Rooms in unit

Substandard housing

Plumbing characteristics

Heating equipment and fuels

Clothes washing machine

Automobiles available

Air conditioning

Television sets

Radio sets

Components of Inventory Change (CINCH) Survey

Description of the 1970 Survey

Components of Inventory Change Concepts

Concepts Unique to CINCH

The components of change

Condition

Recent movers

1970 Residential Finance Program

Residential finance concepts

Comparison of Printed Reports and Summary Tapes

1970 Population Census Data

1970 Housing Census Data1970 Housing Census Data

Glossary of Technical Terms and Abbreviations

ACG (Address Coding Guide)

Address Register

Address Serial Number (ASN)

ADMATCH (Address Matching System)

Advance reports

Allocation

Alphanumeric

ASCII (American Standard Code for Information Interchange)

ASN

Base maps

Basic record

Basic Record Tape (BRT)

BCD (Binary Coded Decimal)

BRT

CBD (Central Business District)

CCC (Central County Code)

CCD (Census County Division)

Cell

Census

Census Use Study

Central Users' Service

CINCH (Components of Inventory Change)

COBOL (Common Business Oriented Language)

CPI (Characters Per Inch)

CPS (Current Population Survey)

CRT (Cathode Ray Tube)

Cross-tabulations

CUD (Census Users Dictionary)

DAD (Data Access Descriptions)

Data

Data item

Data processing

DAUL (Data Access and Use Laboratory)

DIME (Dual Independent Map Encoding)

DO (District Offices)

DOS (Disk Operating System)

Dump

EBCDIC (Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code)

ED (Enumeration District)

EDP (Electronic Data Processing)

Editing

Enumeration

ESR (Economic Subregion)

Field

File

File maintenance

FIPSPUB (Federal Information P recessing Standards Publication)

Flag

Format

FORTRAN (Formula Translation)

FOSDIC (Film Optical Sensing Device for Input to Computer)

GBF (Geographic Base File)

General tabulations

Geospace plotter

GICS (Geographic Identification Code Scheme)

Header record (or label)

Hexadecimal

HSF (High Speed Printer)

HU (Housing Unit)

ICR (Individual Census Report)

MCD (Minor Civil Division)

MEDList (Master Enumeration District List)

Microfiche

Microfilm

MMS (Metropolitan Map Series)

MRC (Major Retail Center)

MRF (Master Reference File)

MSP (Married, Spouse Present)

Node

Nonmail area (Conventional enumeration area)

Q.C. (Quality Control)

Releasability analysis

Run

SADNotes (Small-Area Data Notes)

Sample data

Sample survey

SC.4411

SCA (Standard Consolidated Area)

Schedule

SCRIS (Southern California Regional Information Study.)

SEA (State Economic Area)

Self-enumeration

Sentinel

Short form

SIC (Standard Industrial Classification)

SLA (Standard Location Area)

SLEUTH (Symbolic Language for the Univac 1107 Thin Film Computer)

SMSA (Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area)

STUM (Summary Tape User Memoranda)

Sub-block

Summary tape

Summary Tape Processing Center

Technical Documentation (TD)

Terminal

Time sharing

Track

Trailer record (or label)

UA (Urbanized Area)

UAC (Universal Area Code)

Volume label

Weighting

Word

XS-3 (Excess-three Code)

Abbreviations for Selected United States Government Agencies, Offices, and Other Units

Social Explorer; U.S. Census Bureau; 1970 Census Users’ Guide; U. S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D. C., 1970.

1970 Census Users' Guide - Part II

Cover Images

Introduction

Applicability of conventions

Method of establishment

Conventions for Data Records

Block and sub-block

Logical record

Fields

Geographic identification

Data fields

Padding

Disclosure suppression indication

Types of suppression on tape

Suppression indicators on the documentation

Example 2. Identification of Levels of Stratification

Conventions for Header and Trailer Labels on Magnetic Tape

File Label Formats

Footnotes:

Fourth Count Population Summary Tape

Footnote:

Footnotes:

Social Explorer; U.S. Census Bureau; 1970 Census Users’ Guide; U. S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D. C., 1970.

U.S. Decennial Censuses on 2010 Geographies

Summary

Data

Methodology

Combining Areal and Population Interpolation (2000 to 2010)

Interpolation with Area Weights (1970-1990 to 2010)

Social Explorer, U.S. Census Bureau; U.S. Decennial Censuses on 2010 Geographies

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