Census of Population and Housing, 1970 [California]: Summary Statistic File 4A: Population and Housing [Fourth Count] (ICPSR 6712)
Principal Investigator(s): United States Department of Commerce. Bureau of the Census
Summary:
This collection comprises census tract-level data for California from the 1970 Census. The data contain 20-, 15-, and 5-percent sample population and housing characteristics including education, occupation, income, citizenship, vocational training, and household equipment and facilities.
Series: Census of Population and Housing, 1970 [United States] Series
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Citation
U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of the Census. CENSUS OF POPULATION AND HOUSING, 1970 [CALIFORNIA]: SUMMARY STATISTIC FILE 4A-- POPULATION AND HOUSING [FOURTH COUNT]. ICPSR version. Washington, DC: U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of the Census [producer], 197?. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 1997. doi:10.3886/ICPSR06712.v1
Persistent URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR06712.v1
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Scope of Study
Subject Terms: census tract level, citizenship, demographic characteristics, education, ethnicity, facilities, income, occupational status, population, population characteristics, states (USA), vocational training
Geographic Coverage: California, United States
Time Period:
- 1970
Date of Collection:
- 1970
Universe: All persons and housing units in California.
Data Types: census enumeration data
Data Collection Notes:
(1) The number of cases (tracts) varies by state. For the whole United States, there are about 35,000 tracts. (2) The codebook is provided as a Portable Document Format (PDF) File. The PDF format was developed by Adobe Systems Incorporated and can be accessed with the Adobe Acrobat Reader. Information on how to obtain a copy of the Acrobat Reader is provided through the ICPSR Website on the Internet. (3) The codebook comprises Parts 1 and 2 of the 1970 Census Users' Guide, published by the Bureau of the Census. (4) In the 1970 Census Users' Guide, these data are called "Fourth Count Population Summary Tape, File A" and "Fourth Count Housing Summary Tape, File A."
Methodology
Data Source:
self-enumerated questionnaires
Version(s)
Original ICPSR Release: 1997-04-14
Version History:
- 2006-01-18 File CB6712.ALL.PDF was removed from any previous datasets and flagged as a study-level file, so that it will accompany all downloads.
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