Table 23.--Owner-Occupied Units--Year Structure Built by Selected Characteristics, for the United States: 1968 Table 24.--Owner-Occupied Units--Plumbing Facilities by Selected Characteristics, for the CENSUS BUREAU METHODOLOGICAL RESEARCH, 1983 TO 1966 annatated list papers and reparts Background Papers on Census Bureau Methodology Wider applications of sampling techniques and the increased use of electronic data processing are two of the many areas of methodological research conducted in recent years by the Bureau of the Census. To inform staff members of research underway, to provide access to documentation, and to encourage the dissemination of research reports, the Bureau has issued Census Bureau Methodological Research, 1963 to 1966-an annotated list of staff papers and publications dealing with methodological research conducted during the period, 1963-1966. This publication, available from the Superintendent of Documents, is an invaluable reference tool for everyone interested in survey techniques. 36 pp. 25¢ Partial List of Subjects Covered Statistical theory and sampling methods... Operations research. . . . Measurement of coverage and response error. . . . Field and collection procedures. . . . Data processing. Concepts and techniques of analysis.... Users and uses of statistics. Evaluations of the Accuracy and Methodology of the 1960 Censuses The Evaluation and Research Program of the 1960 Censuses of Population and Housing was undertaken by the Bureau of the Census to measure the accuracy of census statistics, identify sources of errors, and to determine the relative accuracy and cost of alternative methods of conducting a census and evaluating its results. Results of the program have been published in the following Series ER60 reports: No. 1.-Background, Procedures, and Forms. A description of each of the projects constituting the Evaluation and Research Program. 70¢ No. 2.-Record Check Studies of Population Coverage.Results of studies to provide estimates of the number of persons omitted from the 1960 Census of Population. 20¢ UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE DIVISION OF PUBLIC DOCUMENTS WASHINGTON, D.C. 20402 OFFICIAL BUSINESS FIRST CLASS MAIL POSTAGE AND FEES PAID U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFI 44 VACANT HOUSING UNITS IN THE UNITED STATES ** 1969 The national vacancy rate in homeowner housing dropped to 0.9 percent in the first quarter 1969 from 1.1 percent in the fourth quarter 1968. The rental vacancy rate was 5.0 percent in the first quarter 1969, approximately the same level as the 4.9 percent rate for the fourth quarter 1968. These results are based on information obtained in sample surveys conducted by the Bureau of the Census, United States Department of Commerce. The vacancy rate in rental housing has been declining unevenly since the fourth quarter 1965 when it was 7.7 percent. The vacancy rate in homeowner housing has been declining since the first half of 1966 when it was 1.4 percent. ENCE Within standard metropolitan statistical areas (SMSA's), the 1969 rental vacancy rate was 4.3 percent which is lower than the 6.9 percent reported for the remainder of the country. The homeowner vacancy rate in metropolitan areas, 0.8 percent, was also lower than the 1.1 percent rate for nonmetropolitan areas. The vacancy rates in rental and in homeowner housing in central cities of SMSA's were approximately the same levels as the rates outside central cities. Regionally, the Northeast had the lowest vacancy rate in rental housing. In all regions except the West, the 1969 rental vacancy rates Table 1.--RENTAL AND HOMEOWNER VACANCY RATES, FOR THE UNITED STATES: 1960 TO 1969 Homeowner vacancy rates Year First Second Third quarter quarter quarter quarter COMMERCE 5.0 0.9 5.5 5.7 5.4 6.6 For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 20402, 20 cents. UNITED STATES OF U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Maurice H. Stans, Secretary William H. Chartener, Assistant Secretary for Economic Affairs |