ABSTRACT

Census of Population and Housing, 1990: Subject Summary Tape File (SSTF) 2, Ancestry of the Population in the United States [machine-readable data file] / prepared by the Bureau of the Census. --Washington: The Bureau [producer and distributor], 1993.

The user should note that there are limitations to many of these data. Please refer to this technical documentation provided for Subject Summary Tape File (SSTF) 2, Ancestry of the Population in the United States for a further explanation on the limitations of the data.

TYPE OF FILE

Summary statistics.

UNIVERSE DESCRIPTION

All persons and housing units in the United States.

SUBJECT MATTER DESCRIPTION

SSTF 2 contains sample data weighted to represent the total population. In addition, the file contains 100-percent counts and unweighted sample counts for total persons and total housing units. Other population and housing items are listed below. Please see the List of Tables chapter for a complete listing.

Population items include:

• Ability to speak English
• Age
• Children ever born
• Citizenship
• Class of worker
• Disability status
• Earnings in 1989
• Educational attainment
• Employment status
• Family type and presence and age of children
• Household size
• Household type and relationship
• Income in 1989
• Industry
• Labor force status
• Language spoken at home
• Living arrangements
• Marital status
• Nativity
• Occupation
• Poverty status in 1989
• School enrollment
• Sex
• Veteran status
• Workers in family
• Year of entry

Housing items include:

• Gross rent
• Housing units
• Kitchen facilities
• Mortgage status
• Plumbing facilities
• Tenure
• Units in structure
• Year householder moved into unit

SSTF 2 data are represented in A and B records. Each record type presents a different set of tables (matrices).

The A records have 3 population (PA) and 3 housing (HA) tables (matrices). The B records present more detail in 66 population (PB) and 10 housing (HB) tables (matrices).

GEOGRAPHIC COVERAGE

SSTF 2 is released as a single file. The Summary Level Sequence Chart chapter outlines the hierarchical and inventory summaries in their entirety.

United States, regions, divisions, states. (Only the United States and State geographies are available via this Web site.)

RELATED PRINTED REPORTS

1990 CP-3, Population Subject Reports. Several reports are planned covering population subjects and subgroups. Geographic areas generally will include the United States; some reports may include data for highly populated areas, such as States, metropolitan areas (MA's), counties, and large places. Scheduled for release in 1993.

1990 CH-3, Housing Subject Reports. Housing subject reports are planned covering 1990 census items. Geographic areas generally include the United States, regions, and divisions; some reports may include data for other highly populated geographic areas such as States, MA's, counties, and large places. Scheduled for release in 1993.

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