Census Bureau

SPECIAL TABULATION ON AGING (STP 14)

CD-DEC90-AOA-FR-KIT $100 per disc or $500 for entire 22-disc set Add $25 shipping fee for international orders (including Canada and Mexico) Special tabulation commissioned by Administration on Aging, Health and Human Services Department Technical Documentation included with product; $15 if purchased separately For credit card purchasing via the web, click on the "BUY" button below. If you prefer to place your order by telephone (credit card or census deposit account payment only), call Customer Services, Bureau of the Census (Phone: 301-763-INFO(4636); FAX: 888-249-7295 (toll-free) or 301-457-3842). If paying by check, send a check payable to Commerce-Census to U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, P.O. Box 277943, Atlanta, GA 30384-7943.

Subject content: Contains 483 population and 228 housing tables that present data for all persons and housing units. It has sample data weighted to represent the total population. In addition, the file contains 100-percent counts and unweighted sample counts for total persons and total housing units. Other population and housing data items are listed below.

Population items:

Ability to speak English, Low income status, Age, Marital status, Educational attainment, Mobility and self-care limitation status, Employment status, Persons, Family type, Place of birth, Hispanic origin, Poverty level, Household type and relationship, Poverty status in 1989, Income in 1989, Race, Residence in 1985, Veteran status, Sex, Work disability status.

Housing items:

Age of person in unit, Persons in unit, Condominium status, Plumbing facilities, Gross rent, Poverty level, Hispanic origin of householder, Poverty status in 1989, Household type and relationship, Race of householder, Housing units, Selected monthly owner costs, Kitchen facilities, Telephone availability, Meals included in rent, Tenure, Mobility of self-care limitation, Units in structure, Value, Mortgage status, Vehicles available, Year structure built.

Geography: The most frequently accessed geographic levels for states, in hierarchical sequence, are: State, county, census tract/block numbering area, place with 2,500 or more persons, county subdivision with 2,500 or more persons (13 states), American Indian Reservation/Tribal Jurisdiction Statistical Area, Alaska native regional corporation, metropolitan statistical area/consolidated metropolitan statistical area, consolidated metropolitan statistical area/primary metropolitan statistical area, urbanized area, planning and service area.

The United States file provides data for the entire United States in the following hierarchical sequence: United States, American Indian Reservation/Tribal Jurisdiction Statistical Area; metropolitan statistical area/consolidated metropolitan statistical area, consolidated metropolitan statistical area/primary metropolitan statistical area, urbanized area, and special planning and service area. (The Older Americans Act of 1965 as amended instructs the State Agency on Aging in each state to subdivide the state into planning and service areas (PSAs).

The following states are single PSA jurisdictions: Alaska, Delaware, District of Columbia, Nevada, New Hampshire, North Dakota, Rhode Island, South Dakota, and Wyoming. Forty-one states and Puerto Rico have a total of 659 substate PSAs.)

File format: dBase III+; software: "GO" display/retrieval.

Year 2000 Compliant: The software on the Special Tabulation on Aging CD-ROM is Year 2000 compliant. It does not process date information and can be used during and after calendar year 2000 without any interruption or error.

Census contact: Customer Services Branch (orders), 301-763-INFO(4636); Administration on Aging, Don Fowles (content), 202-619-2614


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Last update: Wednesday, 01-Aug-2001 14:41:52 EDT