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Description & Citation--Study No. 9782

Bibliographic Description

ICPSR Study No.:9782
 
Persistent URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR09782
 
Title:Census of Population and Housing, 1990 [United States]: Summary Tape File 3A
 
Principal Investigator(s):United States Department of Commerce. Bureau of the Census
 
Series:Census of Population and Housing, 1990 [United States] Series
 
Bibliographic Citation:U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of the Census. Census of Population and Housing, 1990 [United States]: Summary Tape File 3A [Computer file]. Washington, DC: U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of the Census [producer], 1992. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 1999-12-29. doi:10.3886/ICPSR09782
 

Scope of Study

Summary:Summary Tape File 3A contains sample data weighted to represent the total population. The collection also contains 100-percent counts and unweighted sample counts for total persons and total housing units. Additional population and housing variables include age, ancestry, disability, citizenship, education, income, marital status, race, sex, travel time to work, rent, tenure, value of housing unit, number of vehicles, and monthly owner costs. The data for the states include 178 population tables and 99 housing tables. The information for Puerto Rico includes 149 population tables and 101 housing tables. Data are provided for states and Puerto Rico and their subareas in hierarchical sequence down to the block group level.
 
Subject Term(s):automobile expenses, census data, citizenship, commuting (travel), demographic characteristics, disability, education, ethnicity, family background, family history, household composition, housing, housing conditions, income, marital status, population, rent, states (USA)
 
Geographic Coverage:Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Puerto Rico, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, United States, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington
 
Time Period:1990
 
Date(s) of Collection:1990
 
Universe:All persons and housing units in the United States.
 
Data Type:census data
 
Data Collection Notes:The codebook for All Parts Except Puerto Rico is provided as an ASCII text file. The codebook for Puerto Rico is provided as a Portable Document Format (PDF) file. The PDF file format was developed by Adobe Systems Incorporated and can be accessed using PDF reader software, such as the Adobe Acrobat Reader. Information on how to obtain a copy of the Acrobat Reader is provided through the ICPSR Website on the Internet.
 

Methodology

Data Source:self-enumerated questionnaires
 

Access and Availability

Note:A list of the data formats available for this study can be found in the summary of holdings. Detailed file-level information (such as record length, case count, and variable count) is listed in the file manifest.
 
Original ICPSR Release:1993-02-11
 
Version History:The last update of this study occurred on 2006-01-12.
 
  2006-01-12 - All files were removed from dataset 88 and flagged as study-level files, so that they will accompany all downloads.
 
  2006-01-12 - All files were removed from dataset 87 and flagged as study-level files, so that they will accompany all downloads.
 
  2006-01-12 - All files were removed from dataset 86 and flagged as study-level files, so that they will accompany all downloads.
 
  2006-01-12 - All files were removed from dataset 85 and flagged as study-level files, so that they will accompany all downloads.
 
  2006-01-12 - All files were removed from dataset 84 and flagged as study-level files, so that they will accompany all downloads.
 
  2006-01-12 - All files were removed from dataset 83 and flagged as study-level files, so that they will accompany all downloads.
 
  2006-01-12 - All files were removed from dataset 82 and flagged as study-level files, so that they will accompany all downloads.
 
  2006-01-12 - All files were removed from dataset 81 and flagged as study-level files, so that they will accompany all downloads.
 
  2006-01-12 - All files were removed from dataset 80 and flagged as study-level files, so that they will accompany all downloads.
 
  1999-12-29 - Part 72, Puerto Rico, has been added to the data collection, with corresponding PDF codebook, database dictionaries, and SAS and SPSS data definition statements.
 
Dataset(s):
  • DS1: Alabama
  • DS2: Alaska
  • DS4: Arizona
  • DS5: Arkansas
  • DS6: California
  • DS8: Colorado
  • DS9: Connecticut
  • DS10: Delaware
  • DS11: District of Columbia
  • DS12: Florida
  • DS13: Georgia
  • DS15: Hawaii
  • DS16: Idaho
  • DS17: Illinois
  • DS18: Indiana
  • DS19: Iowa
  • DS20: Kansas
  • DS21: Kentucky
  • DS22: Louisiana
  • DS23: Maine
  • DS24: Maryland
  • DS25: Massachusetts
  • DS26: Michigan
  • DS27: Minnesota
  • DS28: Mississippi
  • DS29: Missouri
  • DS30: Montana
  • DS31: Nebraska
  • DS32: Nevada
  • DS33: New Hampshire
  • DS34: New Jersey
  • DS35: New Mexico
  • DS36: New York
  • DS37: North Carolina
  • DS38: North Dakota
  • DS39: Ohio
  • DS40: Oklahoma
  • DS41: Oregon
  • DS42: Pennsylvania
  • DS44: Rhode Island
  • DS45: South Carolina
  • DS46: South Dakota
  • DS47: Tennessee
  • DS48: Texas
  • DS49: Utah
  • DS50: Vermont
  • DS51: Virginia
  • DS53: Washington
  • DS54: West Virginia
  • DS55: Wisconsin
  • DS56: Wyoming
  • DS72: Puerto Rico