52:30896 Quick,
Sylvia D. International Data Base. In: American
Statistical Association, 1984 proceedings of the Social Statistics
Section. [1984]. 621-3 pp. American Statistical Association:
Washington, D.C. In Eng.
The author discusses the International
Data Base, which was developed by the U.S. Bureau of the Census and
contains demographic, social, and economic data for the countries of
the world. Consideration is given to subject, geographic, and time
coverage; data sources; data quality; definitions; features and
accessibility of the computerized system; current status; and plans for
expanding the coverage and usefulness of the data
base.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
52:30897 Stockholms
Historiska Databas (Stockholm, Sweden); Stockholms Stadsarkiv
(Stockholm, Sweden). The Roteman Data Base [MRDF].
1986. Stockholms Historiska Databas [producer and distributor]:
Stockholm, Sweden. In Eng; Swe.
These files currently contain one
million records (with a record length of 900 characters) and have
accompanying technical documentation. The files contain information on
individuals, families, households, and properties in Stockholm, Sweden,
as recorded in the Roteman Archives between 1878 and 1926. The data
base project was initiated in 1977; to date, data on one million
individuals in 7 of the city's 36 wards have been entered. Information
is included on births, deaths, family names, occupations, civil status,
sex, family and household standing, church registration, migration,
education, military enrollment, public assistance, workhouses, medical
care, property, and addresses.
Location: Stockholms
Stadsarkiv, Stockholm, Sweden. Source: Publisher's
announcement.
52:30898 United
Nations. Centro Latinoamericano de Demografia [CELADE] (Santiago,
Chile). Bulletin of the Data Bank. [Boletin del Banco
de Datos.] No. 11; LC/DEM/G.39, Apr 1986. 52 pp. Santiago, Chile. In
Eng; Spa.
This Bulletin presents updated tables of all the census
and survey data sets presently available from the CELADE Data Bank in
Santiago, Chile. Information is included on the services available and
the computer programs used at CELADE. Information is presented on
programs for mainframes and minicomputers, including large file
tabulation systems, survey data processing systems, programs for
demographic projections and analysis, and bibliographic storage and
retrieval systems; information is also included on microcomputer
programs.
The tables of data bank holdings include a listing of
census data in the original format of the country by year; census
samples in standardized format (OMUECE) and related tabulations; census
data on the foreign-born population; experimental census and
demographic survey data; internal migration, household, and other
survey data; fertility survey data; and family planning data. The data
are primarily for the countries of Latin America and the
Caribbean.
For Bulletin No. 10, published in 1982, and its
supplement, published in 1984, see 49:30750 and 50:30856.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
52:30899 United
States. Bureau of the Census (Washington, D.C.). Survey of
Income and Program Participation (SIPP). Wave 4: Rectangular Core and
Topical Module Microdata File [MRDF]. 1986. U.S. Bureau of the
Census [producer and distributor]: Washington, D.C. In Eng.
This
file contains 55,993 logical records (with a record length of 6,620
characters) and has accompanying technical documentation. Data are for
individuals in the United States interviewed during the fourth wave of
the Survey of Income and Program Participation. Basic demographic data
are provided concerning age, sex, race, marital status, household
relationship, education, and veteran status; limited information on
housing characteristics is included.
"Core questions, which are
repeated at each interview, cover labor force activity, types and
amounts of income, and participation in various cash and noncash
benefit programs for each month of the four-month reference
period....In addition to income data associated with labor force
activity, data include nearly 50 other types of income....Additional
data collected in the Wave 4 interview focus on assets and liabilities;
retirement and pension coverage; and housing costs, conditions, and
energy usage."
Location: U.S. Bureau of the Census,
Washington, D.C. Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Data User
Services Division, Data Developments, No. IX-23, Jun 1986.
52:30900 United
States. Environmental Protection Agency (Research Triangle Park, North
Carolina). U.S. Cancer Counts, 1950-1979 [MRDF]. Pub.
Order No. PB84-236942. Apr 1984. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
[producer]: Research Triangle Park, North Carolina; U.S. National
Technical Information Service [NTIS] [distributor]: Springfield,
Virginia. In Eng.
These files contain 2,477,235 logical records
(with a record length of 132 characters) and have accompanying
documentation on the tape. The files present "death counts by five
year age groups ending with age 85 and older by county, state and the
U.S., by race-sex (white/non-white for male, female) for 35 groupings
of cancers, for each year from 1950 through
1979."
Location: U.S. National Technical Information
Service [NTIS], Springfield, Va. Source:
Environment/Health-Related Data Files, NTIS, Jun 1985.
52:30901 United
States. Environmental Protection Agency (Research Triangle Park, North
Carolina). U.S. Cancer Mortality Rates and Trends
1950-1979 [MRDF]. Pub. Order No. PB84-196914. Mar 1984. U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency [producer]: Research Triangle Park,
North Carolina; U.S. National Technical Information Service [NTIS]
[distributor]: Springfield, Virginia. In Eng.
These files contain
2,320 logical records (with a record length of 80 characters) and come
with accompanying documentation. These data files contain "cancer
mortality rates and changes in rates for counties of the United States
for 1950-1959, 1960-1969, and 1970-1979." Also included are "the number
of deaths and cancer mortality rates age-adjusted to the 1970 U.S.
population for each of 35 site-specific cancers for four race-sex
groups. Further, counties are ranked nationally by percentile for
1970-1979 age-adjusted death rates and for percent change from
1950-1959 to 1970-1979."
Location: U.S. National Technical
Information Service [NTIS], Springfield, Va. Source:
Environment/Health-Related Data Files, NTIS, Jun 1985.
52:30902 United
States. National Center for Health Statistics [NCHS] (Hyattsville,
Maryland). Mortality Surveillance Program Data (Mortality
and Population) for years 1968-1978 [MRDF]. Pub. Order No.
PB84-191188. Jun 1984. U.S. National Center for Health Statistics
[NCHS] [producer]: Hyattsville, Maryland; U.S. National Technical
Information Service [NTIS] [distributor]: Springfield, Virginia. In
Eng.
These files contain 8,839,144 logical records (with varying
record lengths) and have accompanying documentation. "The Mortality
Surveillance Project was initiated to develop a national mortality and
population data base from which differential mortality trends can
easily and efficiently be examined. The mortality data base is derived
from the 21 million U.S. micro-data death records from the National
Center for Health Statistics for the period 1968-1978. The population
data base is derived from annual estimates for each county that were
prepared by the U.S. Bureau of the Census."
Location: U.S.
National Technical Information Service [NTIS], Springfield, Va.
Source: Environment/Health-Related Data Files, NTIS, Jun 1985.
