58:10801 Bhatti,
Mansoor ul H. Pakistan RAPID III. Pakistan Population
Review, Vol. 1, No. 1, Autumn 1990. 65-71 pp. Islamabad, Pakistan. In
Eng.
The author describes the software called RAPID (Resources for
the Awareness of Population Impact on Development), which was developed
by the Futures Group, a U.S. company. The software is designed for
IBM-PCs and compatibles, with a configuration that includes 640K RAM, a
fixed disk drive, and DOS 2.0 or higher. The application in Pakistan
of this software in an information, education, and communication
program sponsored by the National Institute of Population Studies,
including the translation of the software into Urdu, is briefly
outlined.
Correspondence: M. ul H. Bhatti, National
Institute of Population Studies, House No. 8, St. 70, F-8/3, P.O. Box
2197, Islamabad, Pakistan. Location: Princeton University
Library (SPR).
58:10802 Bouchard,
Gerard; Roy, Raymond; Casgrain, Bernard; Hubert, Michel.
Population files and database management: the BALSAC database and
the INGRES/INGRID system. [Fichier de population et structures de
gestion de base de donnees: le fichier-reseau BALSAC et le systeme
INGRES/INGRID.] Histoire et Mesure, Vol. 4, No. 1-2, 1989. 39-57 pp.
Paris, France. In Fre. with sum. in Eng.
The authors describe the
BALSAC population register, which includes the population of eastern
Quebec from the beginning of French settlement in the seventeenth
century up to the present time. They also describe two related
systems, INGRES, which has been used to construct individual
biographies, genealogical pedigrees, and cohorts; and INGRID, which has
been developed for more specialized
purposes.
Correspondence: G. Bouchard, Universite du
Quebec, Departement des Sciences Humaines, Chicoutimi, Quebec G7H 5X9,
Canada. Location: Princeton University Library (FST).
58:10803 Dworak,
Nick. Analysis of cohort distributions by completed
parity. Parity Version 1.2. May 1991. 61 pp. Futures Group:
Washington, D.C. In Eng.
This manual describes a microcomputer
software package developed for the analysis of cohort distributions by
completed parity. It contains a description of the basic techniques of
fertility analysis in terms of cohort distributions by number of
children ever born; construction of parity progression tables; the CPA
(cohort parity analysis) technique for estimating the extent by which
fertility control exceeds the given model level; major parametric
models for distributions by completed parity (truncated negative
binomial and Poisson models and the Pullum-Tedrow-Herting relational
logit model); and the corresponding nonlinear fitting procedures. The
data used concern both developing and developed
countries.
Correspondence: Futures Group, 80 Glastonbury
Boulevard, Glastonbury, CT 06033. Location: Princeton
University Library (SPR).
58:10804 Field, Neil
C. Population analysis on the microcomputer: a system of
software packages. Canadian Geographer/Geographe Canadien, Vol.
35, No. 1, Spring 1991. 23-36 pp. Toronto, Canada. In Eng. with sum. in
Fre.
"This paper describes a system of versatile software packages
that has been developed by the author for population analysis on
IBM-compatible microcomputers using PC or MS DOS. The series includes
programs for the production of life tables, the analysis of spatial
patterns and temporal trends in mortality, population projections,
stationary-state population simulations and demographic planning,
cohort survival estimates of net migration, and the analysis of
migration matrices. Each of the programs in the series is discussed in
terms of its principal analytical features, associated conceptual and
methodological issues, and potential applications. The programs are
intended for use both as basic research and planning tools and as
instructional aids in university-level-courses. The programs and
related documentation are available on a set of four 360K
diskettes."
Correspondence: N. C. Field, University of
Toronto, Department of Geography, Toronto, Ontario M5S 1A1, Canada.
Location: Princeton University Library (PR).
58:10805 Hill,
Martha S. The Panel Study of Income Dynamics: a user's
guide. Guides to Major Social Science Data Bases, No. 2, ISBN
0-8039-4609-0. 1992. xiv, 89 pp. Sage Publications: Newbury Park,
California/London, England. In Eng.
This is a user's guide to the
data available in the U.S. Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID). It
"describes PSID's topics, study design, research methods, and available
data files. It reviews key analysis issues and identifies essential
variables for the user. Several detailed analysis examples show how to
make use of the PSID to estimate earnings regressions, changes in
women's income following divorce, and the correlation between parents'
income and a child's adult income, as well as to create a longitudinal
poverty measure. This guidebook concludes by giving information on how
to obtain PSID documents and the data files
themselves."
Correspondence: Sage Publications, 2455 Teller
Road, Newbury Park, CA 91320. Location: Princeton University
Library (SPR).
58:10806 Kelly, Sue;
Creeser, Rosemary. The OPCS Longitudinal Study. ESRC
Data Archive Bulletin, No. 47, Spring 1991. 5-10 pp. Colchester,
England. In Eng.
The authors describe the OPCS Longitudinal Study,
a project that has linked data from the National Health Service Central
Register with census data in England and Wales. The project, which
began in 1971, contains data on some 500,000 individuals. The authors
describe arrangements for accessing the data and give some illustrative
examples of how these data have been used.
Correspondence:
S. Kelly, Office of Population Censuses and Surveys, St. Catherines
House, 10 Kingsway, London WC2B 6JP, England. Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
58:10807 Marsh,
Cathie. The sample of anonymised records. ESRC Data
Archive Bulletin, No. 48, Summer 1991. 3-9 pp. Colchester, England. In
Eng.
The author describes the purchase of two samples of anonymized
records from the 1991 United Kingdom census and the creation of a
center at the University of Manchester to act both as distributor of
these data to the academic community and as a focus for research on
substantive and methodological topics connected with census microdata.
She "describes the legal problems and public sensitivities involved,
makes comparisons with other countries' handling of census data, [and]
describes the information to be released and the broad types of usage
envisaged."
Correspondence: C. Marsh, University of
Manchester, Department of Sociology, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL,
England. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
58:10808 Pasleau,
Suzy. Assembling a computer database from
nineteenth-century population registers: first steps and future
prospects. [Le traitement informatique des registres de population
XIXe siecle: premieres etapes et perspectives d'avenir.] Histoire et
Mesure, Vol. 4, No. 1-2, 1989. 21-38 pp. Paris, France. In Fre. with
sum. in Eng.
The author describes the nominal registers of the
Belgian population generated from the census, which are a valuable
source of economic and demographic data for the nineteenth and
twentieth centuries. More specifically, she outlines a project to put
the data for the Liege area into machine-readable format, and discusses
the procedures used to ensure maximum accuracy of the data included in
the file. She also examines how coherence testing and automatic coding
of professions and place-names are making the data more reliable for
further use.
Correspondence: S. Pasleau, Laboratoire
d'Informatique Documentaire et d'Histoire Quantitative, Residence Andre
Dumont, Place du XX-Aout 32, B-4000, Liege, Belgium. Location:
Princeton University Library (FST).
58:10809 Poulard,
Serge; Heyer, Evelyne; Guillemette, Andre; Brunet, Guy; Bideau, Alain;
Legare, Jacques. SYGAP: a system for the management and
analysis of population. [SYGAP: systeme de gestion et d'analyse
de population.] Programme Pluriannuel en Sciences Humaines Rhone-Alpes,
No. 6, ISBN 2-9504957-2-9. 1991. xii, 227 pp. Centre National de la
Recherche Scientifique [CNRS], Programme Rhone-Alpes Recherches en
Sciences Humaines: Villeurbanne, France. In Fre.
This publication
describes SYGAP, which is software developed to manage and analyze
historical demographic data from a population register on a
microcomputer. SYGAP has been developed jointly by a team working at
the University of Montreal in historical demography and the Rendu-Osler
groups at Lyons, France. Initially produced to handle data already
linked together and structured in the format of a population register,
the software has subsequently been updated for much wider applications
in demographic and genetic analysis. The report describes the
technical aspects of SYGAP, the options it provides, how it can be used
to analyze fertility, nuptiality, mortality, or other demographic
variables, and its application to genetic analysis. A diskette of the
software is included with the publication.
Correspondence:
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Programme Rhone-Alpes
Recherches en Sciences Humaines, 2 avenue Albert Einstein, B.P. 1335,
69609 Villeurbanne Cedex, France. Location: Princeton
University Library (SPR).
58:10810 United
States. Bureau of the Census (Washington, D.C.). Census of
population and housing, 1990: Public Law (P.L.) 94-171 data on CD-ROM
[MRDF]. 1991. Washington, D.C. In Eng.
These files contain
U.S. population and housing data for each state that were submitted to
the President and Congress of the United States in fulfillment of
Public Law 94-171. The files provide "a race count (five race
categories) and a count of all persons of Hispanic origin and persons
18 years old and over of Hispanic origin....The file also includes area
characteristics information such as land area, water area, latitude,
and longitude....The data files on the CD-ROM are in dBASE III+
format....CD-ROM's are released for groups of States as the files
become available....These CD-ROM files are not cumulative. Cost of
each CD-ROM is $150."
Correspondence: U.S. Bureau of the
Census, Customer Services, Washington, D.C. 20233. Source:
U.S. Bureau of the Census, Data User Services Division, Data
Developments, No. XIV-10, Mar 1991.
58:10811 United
States. Bureau of the Census (Washington, D.C.). Census of
population and housing, 1990: Puerto Rico redistricting data
[MRDF]. 1991. Washington, D.C. In Eng.
"The file contains a
count of all persons and all housing units in Puerto Rico. It also
provides a count of persons under 18 and 18 years old and over. Counts
also are supplied for occupied and vacant housing units....The data for
Puerto Rico and its subareas are presented in hierarchical sequence
down to the block level....In addition to geographic codes, the file
includes area characteristics information such as land area, water
area, latitude, and longitude....The record size is 516 characters
consisting of 300 characters of identification followed by 54
characters of data and 162 characters of filler." The file is available
on IBM 3480-compatible tape cartridge or on magnetic tape at 6250 or
1600 bpi, in ASCII or EBCDIC, labeled or unlabeled. The cost of the
file is $175. The file is also available on CD-ROM at a cost of
$150.
For the machine-readable data file containing complete census
data for Puerto Rico, see 57:40798.
Correspondence: U.S.
Bureau of the Census, Customer Services, Washington, D.C. 20233.
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Data User Services
Division, Data Developments, No. XIV-32, Jul 1991 and No. XV-8, Feb
1992.
58:10812 United
States. Bureau of the Census (Washington, D.C.). Census of
population and housing, 1990: Summary Tape File 1 (Virgin Islands of
the United States) [MRDF]. 1991. Washington, D.C. In Eng.
"Summary Tape File 1 (STF 1) for the [U.S.] Virgin Islands contains
Stateside 100-percent equivalent data. Population items include data
on age, sex, race and Hispanic origin, marital status, group quarters,
household type, and household relationship....Summary Tape File 1
(Virgin Islands) is released as file 1A and file 1B. The record layout
is identical for both files but the geographic coverage differs....STF
1A provides data for the Virgin Islands and its component areas in a
hierarchical sequence down to the block group level....STF 1B provides
data down to the lowest level of census geography, census blocks....STF
1 data files for the Virgin Islands have a record size of 7,554
characters in one segment. The first 300 characters of the segment
contain geographic information." The files are available on IBM
3480-compatible tape cartridge or on 9-track tape reel at 6250 or 1600
bpi, in ASCII or EBCDIC, labeled or unlabeled. The cost for either
tape option is $1.25 per megabyte, with a minimum charge of $175 per
order.
Correspondence: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Customer
Services, Washington, D.C. 20233. Source: U.S. Bureau of the
Census, Data User Services Division, Data Developments, No. XIV-64, Oct
1991.
58:10813 United
States. Bureau of the Census (Washington, D.C.). Census of
population and housing, 1990: Summary Tape File 1 [MRDF]. 1991.
Washington, D.C. In Eng.
These files contain 100-percent population
data from the 1990 U.S. census, including information on "age, race,
sex, marital status, Hispanic origin, household type, and household
relationship. Population items are cross tabulated by age, race,
Hispanic origin, or sex....Summary Tape File 1 is released as file 1A,
file 1B, file 1C, and file 1D. The record layout is identical for all
four files but the geographic coverage differs....STF 1 data files have
a record size of 9,610 characters divided into two record segments of
4,805 characters each. The first 300 characters of each segment
contain geographic information. STF 1A and 1B files are available for
each State and the District of Columbia and are released on a
State-by-State basis. STF 1C and 1D files are each available as a
single file for the entire United States." The files are available on
IBM 3480-compatible tape cartridge or on magnetic tape in either ASCII
or EBCDIC, labeled or unlabeled, at 6250 or 1600 bpi. The minimum
charge is $175 per tape or cartridge. Files for individual states are
priced according to the number of megabytes they contain. The files,
with the exception of STF 1D, are also available on CD-ROM at a cost of
$150 per disc.
Correspondence: U.S. Bureau of the Census,
Customer Services, Washington, D.C. 20233. Source: U.S.
Bureau of the Census, Data User Services Division, Data Developments,
No. XIV-22, Mar 1991.
58:10814 United
States. Bureau of the Census (Washington, D.C.). Census of
population and housing, 1990: Summary Tape File 3 [MRDF]. 1991.
Washington, D.C. In Eng.
"Summary Tape File 3 (STF 3) contains
sample data weighted to represent the total population [of the United
States]. In addition, the file contains 100-percent counts and
unweighted sample counts for total persons and total housing
units....Summary Tape File 3 is released as file 3A, file 3B, file 3C,
and file 3D. The record layout is identical for all four files but the
geographic coverage differs....STF 3A provides data for States and
their subareas in hierarchical sequence down to the block group
level....STF 3B provides ZIP Code data for the 5-digit ZIP Codes within
each State including county portions....STF 3C provides summaries for
the entire United States....File 3D provides data by State for the
Congressional Districts of the 103rd Congress....STF 3 data files have
a record size of 31,700 characters divided into four record segments of
7,925 characters each. The first 300 characters of each segment contain
geographic information." Population items covered include age,
ancestry, citizenship, educational and occupational status, family
type, language spoken in home, marital status, poverty status, sex,
place of birth, ethnic group, and residence characteristics.
The
files are available on tape cartridge or on magnetic tape, in ASCII or
EBCDIC, labeled or unlabeled, at 6250 or 1600 bpi. The minimum charge
for a tape or tape cartridge (IBM 3480-compatible) is
$175.
Correspondence: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Customer
Services, Washington, D.C. 20233. Source: U.S. Bureau of the
Census, Data User Services Division, Data Developments, No. XIV-73, Dec
1991 and Feb 1992.
58:10815 United
States. Bureau of the Census (Washington, D.C.). Survey of
Income and Program Participation (SIPP) [MRDF]. 1990. Washington,
D.C. In Eng.
SIPP is a U.S. longitudinal survey in which each
sampled household and each descendent household is reinterviewed at
four-month intervals for seven interviews, or waves. The file created
from the survey data contains basic demographic and social
characteristics data for each member of the household. These include
age, sex, race, ethnic origin, marital status, household relationship,
education, and veteran status. Data are also included on housing and
labor force participation. Files released in 1990 include the 1987
Panel Wave 4 and 6 topical microdata files. The files are rectangular
and are available at 6250 bpi and 1600 bpi at a cost of $175 per
reel.
For other SIPP files released in 1990, see 56:30807 and
56:40811.
Correspondence: U.S. Bureau of the Census,
Customer Services, Washington, D.C. 20233. Source: U.S. Bureau
of the Census, Data User Services Division, Data Developments, Nos.
XIII-8 and XIV-12.
58:10816 United
States. Bureau of the Census (Washington, D.C.).
TIGER/Line census files, 1990 [MRDF]. 1991. Washington, D.C.
In Eng.
"The 1990 [U.S.] Census TIGER/Line file is an extract of
selected geographic and cartographic information from the Census
Bureau's TIGER data base....[It] provides digital data for all 1990
census map features and boundaries, the associated 1990 census final
tabulation geographic area codes (such as 1990 census block numbers),
and the codes for the January 1, 1990 legal statistical areas on both
sides of each line segment of every mapped feature. This version also
contains the final voting district codes and the 1990 census designated
place codes....The...files cover the entire United States, Puerto Rico,
the Virgin Islands of the United States, American Samoa, Guam, the
Northern Mariana Islands, Palau, the other Pacific entities that were
part of the Trust Territory of the United States for the 1980 census
(the Marshall Islands and the Federated States of Micronesia), and the
Midway Islands...."
Also released in 1991 was the Geographic
Reference File--Names, 1990, which provides the names that correspond
with the 1990 census high-level geographic area codes contained in the
1990 Census TIGER/Line files; and the TIGER/Map Sheet Corner Point
Coordinate File, which contains the basic information about the scale
and coverage of the map sheets in the County Block Map (1990) series.
These files are available on magnetic tape or tape cartridge (IBM 3480
compatible). The price is $200 for the first county in a state plus
$25 for each additional county in that state. They are also available
on CD-ROM at $250 per disk.
Correspondence: U.S. Bureau of
the Census, Customer Services, Washington, D.C. 20233.
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Data User Services
Division, Data Developments, Nos. XIV-20, 28, and 31, Apr-Jul 1991.
