Census of population and housing, 1980 [United States]
Subtitle: Master area reference file (MARF) 5
By: principal investigator, United States Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census
Series: ICPSR -- 8323; ICPSR (Series) -- 8323
Publisher: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor
Published: 1980
Place of publication: Ann Arbor, Mich
Language: und
Format: [computer file] /
Number of pages: 589
Subjects: Housing; Statistics; Census, 1980; Population
Description: MARF 5 is a five-digit zip code equivalency file created for the 1980 Census of Population and Housing. This dataset contains geographic items from Summary Tape Files 1A and 3A, as well as total population and housing unit counts. This equivalency file was created to allow the user to prepare additional data summaries relevant to zip code areas. The file enables the user to equate detailed record files having zip codes with census geographic units. This national file is hierarchically sequenced by geographic areas.
Notes: Holding archive: National Archive of Computerized Data on Aging

ICPSR data class: Class IV.

Data collected: 1980.

United States.

The data require two 2400-foot magnetic tapes written at 6250 bpi or six tapes at 1600 bpi and blocked near 32,000.

589,491 records, with a logical record length of 387 characters; approximately 95 variables.