Census of Population and Housing, 1970 [United States]: Summary Statistic File 1B [First Count] (ICPSR 8122)

Version Date: Jan 12, 2006

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

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https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR08122.v1

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Summary

These data from the "100 percent" items in the 1970 Census comprise population and housing characteristics such as age, race, sex, marital status, occupancy/vacancy status of housing units, housing tenure, number of housing units in structure, number of rooms in housing units, value of housing, contract rent, and the presence of telephones, plumbing, and complete kitchen facilities. These characteristics are reported for states, counties, Minor Civil Divisions or Census County Divisions, places, and Congressional Districts. The data are in DUALabs, Inc. compressed format and require the use of special software.

Citation

United States. Bureau of the Census. Census of Population and Housing, 1970 [United States]: Summary Statistic File 1B [First Count]. Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2006-01-12. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR08122.v1

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Subject Terms

Geographic Coverage

Distributor(s)

Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research
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Time Period(s)

1970

Date of Collection

1970

Data Collection Notes

  1. 2010-11-19 DS8: New Jersey was removed from the collection because the data file was incomplete.

  2. The number of cases varies by state.

  3. The codebook (Part 52) 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, this data collection is named "First Count Summary Tape, File B."

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Universe

All persons and housing units in the United States.

Data Source

self-enumerated questionnaires

Data Type(s)

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Original Release Date

1984-06-28

Version History

2018-02-15 The citation of this study may have changed due to the new version control system that has been implemented. The previous citation was:
  • United States. Bureau of the Census. Census of Population and Housing, 1970 [United States]: Summary Statistic File 1B [First Count]. ICPSR08122-v1. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 1996. http://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR08122.v1

2006-01-12 All files were removed from dataset 52 and flagged as study-level files, so that they will accompany all downloads.

1997-02-13 An electronic codebook in PDF format has been added as Part 52

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