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Census 1990 on 2010 Geographies

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Survey: Census 1990 on 2010 Geographies

Document:	Summary Tape File 3
citation:	Social Explorer, U.S. Census Bureau; Census of Population and Housing, 1990: Summary Tape File 3 on CD-ROM [machine-readable data files] / prepared by the Bureau of the Census. Washington: The Bureau [producer and distributor], 1991.

Documentation

Census 1990 on 2010 Geographies

Subject Matter Description

Geographic Coverage

Related Products

Related Reference Materials

Software

Technical Description

File Availability

Chapter 2. How To Use This File

Documentation Chapters

Field Names In Numeric Data Tables

Components of the Field Name

Record Identification

Summary Level Sequence Charts and Geographic Area Component Codes

Standard Codes

Chapter 3. Subject Locator

Index

Chapter 4. Table (Matrix) Section

Chapter 5. Table (Matrix) Outlines

Chapter 6. Summary Level Sequence Charts

Chapter 7. User Notes

Chapter 8. Data Dictionary

Appendix A. Area Classifications

American Indian and Alaska Native Area

Alaska Native Regional Corporation

Alaska Native Village Statistical Area

American Indian Reservation and Trust Land

Tribal Designated Statistical Area (TDSA)

Tribal Jurisdiction Statistical Area (TJSA)

Area Measurement

Block

Block Group (BG)

Geographic Block Group

Tabulation Block Group

Boundary Changes

Census Region and Census Division

Census Division

Census Region

Census Tract and Block Numbering Area

Block Numbering Area (BNA)

Census Tract

Congressional District

County

County Subdivision

Census County Division

Census Subarea (Alaska)

Minor Civil Division

Unorganized Territory (unorg.)

Geographic Code

Census Code

Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) Code

United States Postal Service (USPS) Code

Geographic Presentation

Hierarchical Presentation

Inventory Presentation

Consolidated and Primary Metropolitan Statistical Area (CMSA and PMSA)

Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA)

Outlying Areas of the United States

Place

Census Designated Place (CDP)

Consolidated City

Incorporated Place

Population or Housing Unit Density

Urbanized Area Central Place

Urbanized Area Title and Code

Voting District (VTD)

ZIP Code(r)

Appendix B. Definitions of Subject Characteristics

Housing Characteristics

Acreage

Gross Rent as A Percentage of Household Income in 1989

House Heating Fuel

Insurance For Fire, Hazard, and Flood

Kitchen Facilities

Meals Included in Rent

Poverty Status of Households In 1989

Real Estate Taxes

Rooms

Second or Junior Mortgage Payment

Selected Monthly Owner Costs

Selected Monthly Owner Costs As A Percentage of Household Income in 1989

Sewage Disposal

Source of Water

Telephone in Housing Unit

Tenure

Value

Year Householder Moved Into Unit

Year Structure Built

Derived Measures

Interpolation

Mean

Median

Percentages, Rates, and Ratios

Quartile

Appendix C. Accuracy of the Data

Introduction

Sample Design

Confidentiality of the Data

Errors in the Data

Calculation of Standard Errors

Confidence Intervals

Use of Tables to Compute Standard Errors

Estimation Procedure

Control of Nonsampling Error

Editing of Unacceptable Data

Footnote:

Appendix D. Collection & Processing Procedures

Enumeration and Residence Rules

Enumeration Rules

Residence Rules

Data Collection Procedures

Enumeration of Housing Units

Followup

Special Enumeration Procedures

Shelter and Street Night (S-Night)

Processing Procedures

Appendix F. Data Products and User Assistance

Compact Disc--Read-Only Memory (CD-ROM)

Online Information Systems

Custom Data Products

Geographic Products

Maps

Census Tract/Block Numbering Area (BNA) Outline

Geographic Publications

Machine-Readable Geographic Files

Reference Materials

1990 Census of Population and Housing Tabulation and Publication Program

TIGER

Monthly Product Announcement

Census Catalog and Guide

Sources of Assistance

U.S. Bureau of the Census

Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office

Other Sources of Products and Services

Other Census Bureau Resources

Current Demographic and Housing Programs

Economic Censuses and Surveys

Agriculture Census and Surveys

Governments Census and Surveys

Foreign Trade Statistics

Other Statistical Activities

Appendix G. Maps

Map Descriptions

County Block Maps

Census Tract/Block Numbering Area Outline

Terminology

Appendix H. Code Lists

Ancestry

Appendix I. CD-ROM Technical Information¹

Data Retrieval Software

Converting to ASCII Files

Technical Documentation

Social Explorer, U.S. Census Bureau; Census of Population and Housing, 1990: Summary Tape File 3 on CD-ROM [machine-readable data files] / prepared by the Bureau of the Census. Washington: The Bureau [producer and distributor], 1991.

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