Census of population and housing, 1980 [United States]
Subtitle: Summary tape file 4C SMSA extract
By: principal investigator, United States Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census
Series: ICPSR -- 8426; ICPSR (Series) -- 8426
Publisher: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor
Published: 1984
Place of publication: Ann Arbor, Mich
Language: und
Format: [computer file] /
Subjects: Census, 1980; Population; Statistics; Housing
Description: Summary Tape File (STF) 4C provides summary statistics on population and housing characteristics produced from the 1980 census. This extract of STF 4C provides data for Standard Metropolitan Statistical Areas (SMSAs) and urbanized areas. Population items tabulated for each area include demographic data such as age, race, sex, marital status, and Spanish origin, plus information on schooling, employment status, children, occupation, and income. Housing items include data on size and condition of the housing unit as well as information on value, age, water, sewage and heating, vehicles, and monthly owner costs.
Notes: aggregate data

This file is sorted by level of geographic hierarchy, and individual records may be repeated at different geographic levels. Each ''logical record'' in the dataset consists of 44 record segments (''physical records'') of 1,956 characters each. The data are written in the form of tables that do not necessarily correspond to the physical record divisions in the file.

ICPSR data class: Class IV.

Data collected: 1980.

1980 Census of Population and Housing

United States.

Part number: 1 ; file structure: rectangular ; case count: 234,632 ; variable count: approx. 1,500 ; logical record length: 1,956 ; records per case: 44

Estimates derived from the 1980 Census have been inflated to represent the entire population of the United States.

Universe: All persons and housing units in the United States living in Standard Metropolitan Statistical Areas and urbanized areas.