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Census of Population and Housing, 1980 [United States]: Group Quarters Population by Age, Sex, Race and Spanish Origin (ICPSR 8341)
Principal Investigator(s): United States Department of Commerce. Bureau of the Census
Summary: This data collection contains a complete or 100-percent count of all persons in group quarters by sex and single years of age up to 74 years old with a category for all persons 75 years old and older, as well as a total. The distribution is repeated for 18 racial/ethnic groups. The group quarters population includes persons in institutional group quarters such as homes, schools, hospitals, or wards for the physically and mentally handicapped, hospitals or wards for mental, tubercula... (more info)
Series: Census of Population and Housing, 1980 [United States] Series
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Citation
U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of the Census. CENSUS OF POPULATION AND HOUSING, 1980 [UNITED STATES]: GROUP QUARTERS POPULATION BY AGE SEX, RACE, AND SPANISH ORIGIN. ICPSR version. Washington, DC: U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of the Census [producer], 1983. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2001. doi:10.3886/ICPSR08341.v1
Persistent URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR08341.v1
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Scope of Study
Summary: This data collection contains a complete or 100-percent count of all persons in group quarters by sex and single years of age up to 74 years old with a category for all persons 75 years old and older, as well as a total. The distribution is repeated for 18 racial/ethnic groups. The group quarters population includes persons in institutional group quarters such as homes, schools, hospitals, or wards for the physically and mentally handicapped, hospitals or wards for mental, tubercular, or chronically ill patients, homes for unwed mothers, nursing, convalescent, and rest homes for the aged and dependent, orphanages, and correctional facilities. Noninstitutional group quarters cover rooming and boarding houses, general hospitals, including nurses' and interns' dormitories, college student dormitories, religious group quarters, and similar housing. Data are available for all counties and independent cities.
Subject Terms: census data, cities, counties, demographic characteristics, gender, Hispanic origins, ethnicity, group homes, housing, race
Geographic Coverage: United States
Time Period:
- 1980
Date of Collection:
- 1980
Universe: All persons living in group quarters in the United States in 1980.
Data Types: census/enumeration data
Data Collection Notes:
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Methodology
Data Source:
self-enumerated questionnaires
Version(s)
Original ICPSR Release: 1985-03-18
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