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Census 2000 Products: Concept and Use. APDU 2001: Workshop B Jocelyn Tipton Wendy Thomas Kimball Brace 13 October 2001. Concepts then and now: 1990 and 2000 Race Geography Industry and Occupation Codes Questions: additions, deletions, changes in wording, shift from short to long
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Census 2000 Products:Concept and Use APDU 2001: Workshop B Jocelyn Tipton Wendy Thomas Kimball Brace 13 October 2001
Concepts then and now: 1990 and 2000 Race Geography Industry and Occupation Codes Questions: additions, deletions, changes in wording, shift from short to long ALLOCATE SOFTWARE Internet access Change in file structures Wading into the morass Disseminator as consultant: Explaining geography Asking questions Explaining why the numbers don’t match Walking people through sites and tools Getting individuals to the right information Overview
Race • The ‘old’ way • Simplicity can be deceptive • The ‘new’ way • Collection • Tabulation • Using • Historical comparability
Geography • Changes • www.census.gov/geo/www/tiger/glossary.html • Urban and Rural Criteria • www.census.gov/geo/www/ua/ua_2k.html • Census Block Strategy • www.census.gov/geo/www/tiger/block/html • Metropolitan Area Standards • www.census.gov/population/www/estimates/masrp.html • www.census.gov/population/www/estimates/aboutmetro.html
Industry and Occupation Codes • NAICCS and SIC • SOC • Sources of information • Historical comparability
Questions… • What’s gone • What’s new • What moved (short to long) • Question order • Question wording
ALLOCATE Software The Jocelyn Tipton Show
Change in File Structures • Old forms: flat and dBase • New forms: • Text • Excel • Access, FoxPro and dBase • Which structure is right for you • Quirks and adjustments
Disseminator as Consultant: • Explaining geography • Getting users to ask questions about the data • Explaining why the numbers don’t match • Walking people through sites and tools • Getting individuals to the right information