Census of Population and Housing, 1980 (United States)Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research, 1984 - 172 pages |
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5-percent allocated or N/A ancestry APPENDIX BALANCE OF COUNTY basic records basis see questionnaire block block statistics BOROUGH boundaries carpools Census Bureau census tracts central cities characteristics classified complete-count confidence interval consistency edit County Group Codes DATA DICTIONARY RECORD defined enumeration estimated farm FIPS state code fuel geographic Historical comparability housing units identified included Income in 1979 Industry interval Islander item was asked Labor Force Status machine operators maps MCD's median Metropolitan Statistical Areas microdata files minor civil divisions N/A Allocated N/A under 16 NAME SCALE BEGIN number of persons occupations Pacific Islander Payment percent poverty poverty threshold public-use microdata samples Puerto Rico questionnaire item race rent reported Residence in 1975 sample basis SMSA SMSA's Spanish origin specified standard error statistics tabulations tape TOWN TOWNSHIP TYPE UNITS IN STRUCTURE unrelated individuals urbanized areas vacant unit VILLAGE
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Page 17 - ... and thus is a measure of the precision with which an estimate from a particular sample approximates the average result of all possible samples. The...
Page 26 - Persons employed at more than one job are counted only once in the census and are classified according to the job at which they worked the greatest number of hours during the reference week.
Page 21 - ... and unrelated individuals below the poverty level and their respective poverty thresholds. In computing the income deficit, families reporting a net income loss are assigned zero dollars and for such cases the deficit is equal to the poverty threshold.
Page 31 - A measure obtained by dividing the number of persons in families by the total number of families (or family householders). In cases where the measure, "persons in family
Page 27 - ... language other than English spoken in the person's home when he or she was a child; one's first language; or the language spoken before immigrating to the United States. The censuses of 1910-1940, 1960 and 1970 included questions on mother tongue. A change in coding procedure from...
Page 41 - No cash rent" in census data products. The unit may be owned by friends or relatives who live elsewhere and who allow occupancy without charge. Rent-free houses or apartments may be provided to compensate caretakers, ministers, tenant farmers, sharecroppers, or others. Contract rent is the monthly rent agreed to or contracted for, regardless of any furnishings, utilities, fees, meals, or services that may be included.
Page 25 - ... with a job but not at work"— those who did not work during the reference week but...
Page 39 - race" or "color" have been asked in each census since 1790. In 1970, when persons with parents of different races were in doubt as to their classification, the race of the father was used. In 1980, the race of the mother was used for persons who could not provide a single response. The 1970 category "Negro or Black" has been retitled "Black or Negro.
Page 25 - Civilians 16 years old and over who were either (a) "at work" — those who did any work at all as paid employees or in their own business or profession, or on their own farm, or who worked ' 5 hours or more as unpaid workers on a family farm or in a family business; or (b) "with a job but not at work...