Census of Population and Housing, 1990 [United States]: Summary Tape File 3B (ICPSR 6116)

Principal Investigator(s): United States Department of Commerce. Bureau of the Census

Summary: Summary Tape File 3B contains sample data weighted to represent the total population. The collection also contains 100-percent counts and unweighted sample counts for total persons and total housing units. Additional population and housing variables include items such as age, ancestry, disability, citizenship, education, income, marital status, race, sex, travel time to work, rent, tenure, value of housing unit, number of vehicles, and monthly owner costs. The collection includes 178 population ... (more info)

Series: Census of Population and Housing, 1990 [United States] Series

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Study Description

Citation

United States Department of Commerce. Bureau of the Census. Census of Population and Housing, 1990 [United States]: Summary Tape File 3B. ICPSR06116-v1. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 1993. doi:10.3886/ICPSR06116.v1

Persistent URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR06116.v1

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Scope of Study

Summary:   Summary Tape File 3B contains sample data weighted to represent the total population. The collection also contains 100-percent counts and unweighted sample counts for total persons and total housing units. Additional population and housing variables include items such as age, ancestry, disability, citizenship, education, income, marital status, race, sex, travel time to work, rent, tenure, value of housing unit, number of vehicles, and monthly owner costs. The collection includes 178 population tables and 99 housing tables. Data are provided by 5-digit ZIP code within each state, including county portions of the ZIP codes.

Subject Terms:   automobile expenses, census data, citizenship, commuting (travel), demographic characteristics, disabilities, education, ethnicity, family background, family history, household composition, housing, housing conditions, income, marital status, population, zip code areas

Geographic Coverage:   United States

Time Period:  

  • 1990

Date of Collection:  

  • 1990

Universe:   All persons and housing units in the United States.

Data Types:   census/enumeration data, survey data

Methodology

Data Source:

self-enumerated questionnaires

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Original ICPSR Release:  1993-12-18

Version History:

  • 2006-01-12 All files were removed from dataset 13 and flagged as study-level files, so that they will accompany all downloads.
  • 2006-01-12 All files were removed from dataset 12 and flagged as study-level files, so that they will accompany all downloads.
  • 2006-01-12 All files were removed from dataset 11 and flagged as study-level files, so that they will accompany all downloads.
  • 2006-01-12 All files were removed from dataset 10 and flagged as study-level files, so that they will accompany all downloads.
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  • 2006-01-12 All files were removed from dataset 5 and flagged as study-level files, so that they will accompany all downloads.

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