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Census of Population and Housing, Subject Summary Tape Files (SSTF)

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STIPULATIONS FOR USE: Access to files on CD and PopNet limited to Penn State PRI researchers.

DESCRIPTION: The SSTF files contain sample data weighted to represent the total population. In addition, the files contain 100 percent counts and un-weighted sample counts for total persons and total housing units in the 1990 Census. Population variables include citizenship, nativity, ability to speak English, age, number of children ever born, class of worker, disability status, earnings in 1989, educational attainment, employment status, household size, industry, labor force status, language spoken at home, occupation, poverty status in 1989, school enrollment and year of entry to the United States. Housing variables include gross rent, housing units, kitchen facilities, mortgage status, plumbing facilities, tenure, units in structure, and year householder moved into unit. The data are crosstabulated and presented in a variety of tables. Datasets include both A and B records. The A records have 3 population (PA) and three housing (HA) tables. The B records present more detail in 66 population (PB) and 10 housing (HB) tables.

ORIGINATING AGENCY / PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR(S): United States Census Bureau 

 

Year(s) / Wave(s)Abstract?Data Location Input Statement Documentation Location 
1990 SSTF1
Foreign Born
YesPOPNET: 
/home/data/census/stf 
/1990/sstf1/da6211.gz
None at present 806 Oswald
706 Oswald 
1990 SSTF2
Ancestry
YesPOPNET: 
/home/data/census/stf 
/1990/sstf2/da6213.gz
None at present806 Oswald
706 Oswald 
1990 SSTF3
Hispanic Origin
NoPOPNET: 
/home/data/census/stf 
/1990/sstf3/sstf3.dat.Z
None at present706 Oswald

POPNET: 
/home/data/census/stf 
/1990/sstf3/sstf3.dictionary

1990 SSTF5 
Asian & Pacific Islr
NoPOPNET: 
/home/data/census/stf 
/1990/sstf5/sstf5.dat.Z 
None at present806 Oswald
706 Oswald

POPNET: 
/home/data/census/stf 
/1990/sstf5/sstf5.dictionary

1990 SSTF19
The Older Population
of the United States
60+ population
Yeson CD-ROM 
706 Oswald
None at presenton CD-ROM 
1990 STP 14 Special Tabulation
on Aging (22 CDs) by
Federal Region
Noon CD-ROM
706 Oswald
None at present706 Oswald

DATA DISSEMINATED BY:
 
ICPSR (SSTF1, F2, and F3)

Census Bureau  (SSTF3, SSTF5, SSTF19 and STP14)

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