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Welcome to the Census Door by T&J Software
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USERS GUIDE:
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A "USER'S GUIDE' TO
MISSOURI STATE CENSUS DATA CENTER'S
1990 SUMMARY TAPE FILE 3 EXTRACT REPORT
NOTE: Entries in columns where data appears in the actual reports
are the names of the variables on the corresponding data files
(STF903X data sets).
Variables Explanation / notes
__________________________________________________________________
| <geoname>-------> | <varies> | Higher level qualifier
| GEOCODE --------> | GEOCODE | Geographic code(s).
| AREANAME--------> | AREANAME | Name of area summarized.
__________________________________________________________________
XP1. GENERAL POPULATION
TOTAL PERSONS/PERCENT SAMPLED.. TOTPOP PCTSMPLD
Sample estimate pop. % of population sampled. Users should be
aware that all data in this report is based on a sample
(appx. 1-in-6 HH's) & is subject to sampling error.
PER SQUARE MILE / LAND AREA... POPPSQMI LANDSQMI
Water area not included.
FEMALES....................... FEMALE PCTFEMAL
The variable PCTFEMAL is not stored on the extract data sets
but can be assigned as 100*FEMALE/TOTPOP.
LIVING IN RURAL AREAS/ON FARMS RURAL ONFARMS
A "rural area" is by defn. *not* in an urbanized area and
*not* in a town of 2500 or more population. "Farm" definition
is complex but includes sales of ag prods of at least $1000
in 1989.
LIVING IN FAMILIES/ALONE...... INFAMILY ALONE
LIVING IN GROUP QUARTERS...... GROUPQTR PCTGQ
GQ pop includes people in shelters for the homeless and in
street locations, as well as nursing homes, dorms, barracks,
prisons...
XP2. PERSONS BY RACE/HISPANIC
Race is based on self-identification. I.E. whatever
respondent checked on the survey. Hispanic is not a race.
WHITE.......................... WHITE PCTWHITE
BLACK.......................... BLACK PCTBLACK
ASIAN & PAC ISLANDER........... ASIANPI PCTASIAN
AMERICAN INDIAN, ESK., ALEUT... AMINDIAN PCTAMIND
HISPANIC (ANY RACE)............ HISPANIC PCTHISP
XP3. PERSONS BY AGE
0-4 / PCT / CUM PCT.......... AGE0_4 PCT0_4 PCT0_4
5-9.......................... AGE5_9 PCT5_9 PCT0_9
10-13........................ AGE10_13 PCT10_13 PCT0_13
14-17........................ AGE14_17 PCT14_17 PCT0_17
18-24........................ AGE18_24 PCT18_24 PCT0_24
25-34........................ AGE25_34 PCT25_34 PCT0_34
35-44........................ AGE35_44 PCT35_44 PCT0_44
45-54........................ AGE45_54 PCT45_54 PCT0_54
55-59........................ AGE55_59 PCT55_59 PCT0_59
60-64........................ AGE60_64 PCT60_64 PCT0_64
65-74........................ AGE65_74 PCT65_74 PCT0_74
75-84........................ AGE75_84 PCT75_84 PCT0_84
85 AND OVER.................. AGE85_UP PCT85_UP
UNDER 20..................... AGE0-19 PCT0_19
20-39........................ AGE20_39 PCT20_39
40-64........................ AGE40_64 PCT40_64
65 AND OVER.................. AGE65_UP PCT65_UP
MEDIAN AGE................... MEDAGE
XP4. HOUSEHOLDS BY SIZE
TOTAL HOUSEHOLDS/AVERAGE SIZE.. TOTHHS AVGHHSZ
AVGHHSZ=Total Persons in HHS/TOTHHS
1 PERSON/1 PERSON OVER 65...... HHS1 HHS1OV65
HHS1OV65=Persons Age 65+ Living Alone in HHs.
PCT HHS: 2 PERSONS / 3-4 / 5+.. PCTHHS2 PCTHHS3_ PCTHHS5_
PCTHHHS5_ is the % of all HHS with 5 or more people.
XP5. HOUSEHOLDS BY TYPE
"Households"=Occupied Housing Units.
FAMILIES/PCT OF ALL HOUSEHOLDS. FAMILIES PCTFAMHH
A family household has 2 or more people related by blood or
marriage. Pct is of all households here.
MARRIED COUPLES/PCT OF FAMLIES MCFAMS PCTMCFAM
This & next 3 pcts are based on total families
WITH OWN CHILDREN < 18....... MCWCHILD PCTMCWCH
FEMALE HOUSEHOLDER (NO HUSB).. FEMHEAD PCTFEMHE
WITH OWN CHILDREN............ FEMHEADC PCTFEMHC
NON-FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS.......... NONFHHS PCTNFHHS
Pct of total households.
XP6. HOUSEHOLD INCOME 1989
Census Bureau's defn of income differs from BEA & others.
Question asked in '90 re previous year's income. In
1989dollars, which are 1.676 times 1979 dollars (inflation
factor)
LESS THAN $10,000/PCT/CUM PCT.. HHI0_10 PHI0_10 PHI0_10
$10,000 - $14,999.............. HHI10_15 PHI10_15 PHI0_15
$15,000 - $24,999.............. HHI15_25 PHI15_25 PHI0_25
$25,000 - $34,999.............. HHI25_35 PHI25_35 PHI0_35
=% of HHS with income < $35,000
$35,000 - $49,999.............. HHI35_50 PHI35_50 PHI0_50
$50,000 - $74,999.............. HHI50_75 PHI50_75 PHI0_75
$75,000 - $99,000.............. HHI75_99 PHI75_99 PHI0_99
$100,000 AND OVER.............. HHI100UP PHI100UP
MEDIAN/AVERAGE................. MEDHHINC AVGHHINC
Estimated from intervals. Max. income for averaging purposes
was $999,999.
XP7. FAMILIES BY # WORKERS
Counts of families with spec. # of wrkers and their avg.
incomes.
COUNT/AVG FAMILY INCOME 1989
0 WORKERS...................... FAMWORK0 AVGFAMI0
1 WORKER....................... FAMWORK1 AVGFAMI1
2 WORKERS...................... FAMWORK2 AVGFAMI2
3+ WORKERS..................... FAMWORK3 AVGFAMI3
XP8. OTHER INCOME MEASURES
MEDIAN/AVG FAMILY INCOME....... MEDFAMIN AVGFAMIN
Household income includes households w. 1 person or unrelated
roommates. This causes HH income means & medians to generally
be less than those for family households only.
PER CAPITA INCOME/NON-GRP QTRS. PCI PCIHHS
PCIHHS is figured based only on the persons-in-household
basis, i.e. it excludes persons in GQ's.
PERSONS BELOW POVERTY LEVEL.... POOR PCTPOOR
Poverty level is based on household size & number of children
but does not take into acct variations in the cost of living
by area % POOR is based on persons for whom pov. status was
determined which excludes most people in grp qtrs.
PERSONS BELOW 50% OF POVERTY... VERYPOOR PCTVERYP
XP9. LEVEL OF EDUCATION
TOTAL PERSONS AGE 25+.......... AGE25_UP
All pcts are based on this 25 and over count.
LESS THAN 9TH GRADE........... ELEMEDUC PCTELEM
9TH TO 12TH GRADE, NO DIPLOMA. HIGHSCH1 PCTHSCH1
HIGH SCHOOL GRAD. (OR EQUIV).. HIGHSCH2 PCTHSCH2
SOME COLLEGE, NO DEGREE....... COLLEGE1 PCTCOLL1
ASSOCIATE/BACHELOR'S DEGREE... ASSTBACH PCTASSTB
ASSTBACH and PCTASSB are calculated for report. On data sets
the variablesare COLLEGE2/PCTCOLL2 & COLLEGE3/PCTCOLL3 for
persons with associates & bachelor's degrees, resp.
GRADUATE OR PROFSSIONAL DEGREE COLLEGE4 PCTCOLL4
XP10. UNEMPLOYMNT: CIV LAB FORCE
Persons Age 16+ Employed or Seeking Employment. Exclude
Military.
TOTAL CLF: UNEMPLOYED/RATE..... UNEMPLYD PCTUNEMP
To get CLF: 100*UNEMPLYD/ PCTUNEMP.
FEMALE: UNEMPLOYED/RATE........ UNEMPFEM
PCTUNEMF Women in work force=100*UNEMPFEM/PCTUNEMF Data sets
have vars CLF, CLFFEM, NONCLFF
XP11. OCCUPATION
TOTAL EMPLOYED PERSONS AGE 16+. EMPOVR16
Universe for all pcts.
MANAGER. & PROF. SPECIALTY OCCS MGRPROF PCTMGPR
TECH, SALES, ADMIN. SUPPORT.... TECHSADM PCTTECHS
SERVICE OCCUPATIONS............ SERVOCCS PCTSERV
FARM, FORESTRY, FISHING........ FARMETC PCTFARME
ALL OTHERS..................... OTHEROCC PCTOTHOC
XH1. GENERAL HOUSING UNITS
TOTAL UNITS / OCCUPIED UNITS... TOTUNITS OCCUNITS
% UNITS:OWNER OCC/RENTED/VACANT PCTOWNER PCTRENTR PCTVACNT
Data set has variables OWNEROCC, RENTED,VACANT.
SINGLE-FAMILY UNITS............ UNITS1 PCTUNIT1
IN BUILDINGS WITH 5+ UNITS..... UNITS5UP PCTUNIT5
CONDOMINIUMS/MOBILE HOMES...... CONDOS MOBILHMS
XH2. YEAR STRUCTURE BUILT
MEDIAN YR BUILT/DECADE MOST BLT MEDYRBLT BUILDDEC
Median Year Blt: 1/2 homes built before this yr BUILDDEC id's
the decade (or pre-1940) when most homes were built.
BUILT IN BUSIEST DECADE........ NBUILTMD PCTBLTMD
Number & % of homes built in BUILDDEC decade, above.
BUILT 1985-MARCH 1990.......... BUILTA85 PCTBLT85
BUILT 1939 OR EARLIER.......... BUILTP40 PCTBLT40
XH3. HOUSING VALUES AND RENTS
Housing Values are based on asking owner what they thought
house would sell for.
SPEC. OWNER-OCC UNITS/AVG VALUE SPOWNUNT AVGHVAL
"Specified" units exclude homes on 10+ acres, in a commercial
bldg, etc. If user checked "Over 500,000" then a value of
600,000 was for median/average calcultn. If "Under 10,000"
was chckd a value of 9,000 was used.
UNITS PAYING CASH RENT/AVG RENT UNTSCRNT AVGRENT
This is "gross" rent which includes cost of utilities and
fuels (oil, gas,etc.) In most '80 tables these were not
included in "contract" rent figures.
MEDIAN HOME VALUE/MEDIAN RENT.. MEDHVAL MEDRENT
Not reported but on data sets: XCENTRM, YCENTRM with
geographic.centroid coordinates in miles.
REV. 10-20-92, jgb
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