60:20793 Chewning,
Betty. Evaluating the computer as a data camera in family
planning research. Advances in Population: Psychosocial
Perspectives, Vol. 1, 1993. 85-101 pp. Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania/London, England. In Eng.
"This chapter explores both
the potential and limitations of the micro-computer as a research tool
for unobtrusive data collection in the area of population and family
planning....To provide concrete examples of the computer's potential
usefulness as well as its limitations, two research projects undertaken
[in the United States] by the author and colleagues will be
discussed....Each program offers different applications of how the
computer can be used to: (1) evaluate programs; (2) collect
descriptive data about users' values, decisions, and previous behaviors
regarding sexual issues, and (3) develop and test cognitive and
behavior models. Each application also offers examples of the
limitations of the computer in terms of external validity issues (i.e.,
how representative are samples of persons who use the computer
voluntarily), the need to check the validity of responses typed by
computer users, and ethical issues involved in using the computer to
collect data."
Correspondence: B. Chewning, University of
Wisconsin, Sonderegger Center for Research in Pharmacy Administration,
Madison, WI 53706. Location: Princeton University Library
(SPR).
60:20794 Fair,
Martha; Cyr, Margaret. The Canadian Birth Data Base: a
new research tool to study reproductive outcomes. [La Base de
Donnees Canadienne sur les Naissances: un nouvel outil de recherche
pour etudier l'issue de la grossesse.] Health Reports/Rapports sur la
Sante, Vol. 5, No. 3, 1993. 281-90 pp. Ottawa, Canada. In Eng; Fre.
"A new tool for epidemiological, demographic, and genetic
research--the Canadian Birth Data Base--is being developed at
Statistics Canada. Over a million live birth and stillbirth records
for the period 1987-89 received from all provincial and territorial
offices of vital statistics are being processed in a form suitable for
linkage with other files. Maternal, child health, occupational, and
environmental concerns...could be investigated. Associations between
socio-economic indicators (e.g., parental income, education, and
occupation) and unfavourable birth outcomes could also be studied in
the future....It is planned to update the data base annually....This
paper describes some of the reasons why such a file is required, the
work in progress for its creation, and some of its potential
statistical uses."
Location: Princeton University Library
(SPR).
60:20795 Lalu, N.
M. Computer applications in population research. In:
Readings in population research: policy, methods and perspectives,
edited by P. Krishnan, Chi-Hsien Tuan, and Kuttan Mahadevan. 1992.
259-79 pp. B. R. Publishing: Delhi, India. In Eng.
"Several
[computer] programmes are described with demographic input data
yielding demographic charts, life tables, projections etc....This paper
presents some of the software developed at the University of Alberta
with illustrations....The programmes...are for the construction of
population pyramid, life tables and for making population projections."
Copies of these programs are available from the author on
request.
Correspondence: N. M. Lalu, University of Alberta,
Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2H4, Canada. Location: Princeton
University Library (SPR).
60:20796 Peterson,
Christine E.; Campbell, Nancy. The First Malaysian Family
Life Survey: documentation for subfiles. ISBN 0-8330-1355-6. LC
93-15027. 1993. xi, 34 pp. RAND: Santa Monica, California. In Eng.
"This document describes an alternative format for data from the
[1976] First Malaysian Family Life Survey (MFLS-1) wherein different
card types have been split out into separate subfiles. Users of MFLS-1
data may find this multiple-subfile format easier to use [and more
comparable to the 1988 MFLS-2] than the original single-file
hierarchical format....In addition, this document describes the
repunched and revised MFLS-1 male migration history data...and
describes four new files containing data not included on the original
public release MFLS-1 tape....The four new data files contain some
recall test questions and updated infant feeding and amenorrhea
information for women with children under age
three."
Correspondence: RAND Corporation, 1700 Main Street,
P.O. Box 2138, Santa Monica, CA 90407-2138. Location:
Princeton University Library (FST).
60:20797 Pollard, J.
H. On the re-grouping of deaths and mid-year populations
for mortality analysis. In: Readings in population research:
policy, methods and perspectives, edited by P. Krishnan, Chi-Hsien
Tuan, and Kuttan Mahadevan. 1992. 99-111 pp. B. R. Publishing: Delhi,
India. In Eng.
The author discusses "the recently released World
Health Organisation (WHO) personal computer package 'LIFETIME'...[and
describes] a simple practical method for partitioning the deaths and
population numbers in the reported age groups among the age groups
required by the package."
Correspondence: J. H. Pollard,
MacQuarie University, School of Economic and Financial Studies, Sydney,
NSW 2109, Australia. Location: Princeton University Library
(SPR).
60:20798 United
States. Bureau of the Census (Washington, D.C.). Census of
population and housing, 1990: Congressional districts of the United
States, 103rd Congress on CD-ROM (Summary Tape File 1D) (Summary Tape
File 3D). 1993. Washington, D.C. In Eng.
"The Congressional
Districts of the United States, 103rd Congress on CD-ROM (Summary Tape
File 1D) (Summary Tape File 3D) contains two data sets, Summary Tape
File 1D (STF 1D) and Summary Tape File 3D (STF 3D). Both files are
described in this abstract and other chapters of the technical
documentation. STF 1D contains 100-percent data. Population items
include age, race, sex, marital status, Hispanic origin, household
type, and household relationship. Population items are cross tabulated
by age, race, Hispanic origin, or sex....Selected aggregates and
medians also are provided. Data are presented in 37 population tables
(matrices) and 63 housing tables (matrices). STF 3D contains sample
data weighted to represent the total population. In addition, the file
contains 100-percent counts and weighted and unweighted sample counts
for total persons and total housing units." The cost of the CD-ROM
with both STF 1D and 3D 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. XVI-42, 1993.
60:20799 United
States. Bureau of the Census (Washington, D.C.). Census of
population and housing, 1990: Public Use Microdata Samples--Puerto
Rico [MRDF]. 1993. Washington, D.C. In Eng.
"Public Use
Microdata Samples (PUMS) contain records representing 5% or 1% samples
of the housing units in Puerto Rico and the persons in them. Selected
group quarters persons are also included. The file contains individual
weights for each person and housing unit which, when applied to the
individual records, expand the sample to the total population....Both
the 5% and 1% samples have the same subject content and vary only in
geographic composition of the Public Use Microdata Area (PUMA)." The
population data concern language ability, age, children ever born,
citizenship, educational status, employment, income, literacy, marital
status, migration, occupation, and place of birth. "Options include
6250 or 1600 bpi, ASCII or EBCDIC, labeled or unlabeled. The files are
also available on tape cartridges (IBM 3480 or compatible format) for
the same price....The 5% (A) sample and the 1% (B) sample are on
separate files. The block size for the files varies with each user's
specifications, however the standard block size is 32,387 characters
for 1990 PUMS."
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.
XVI-60, 1993.
60:20800 United
States. Bureau of the Census (Washington, D.C.). Census of
population and housing, 1990: Subject Summary Tape Files (SSTF)
[MRDF]. 1993. Washington, D.C. In Eng.
The Subject Summary
Tape Files (SSTF) contain sample data weighted to represent the total
population of the United States. In addition, the files contain 100%
counts and unweighted sample counts for total persons and total housing
units. The following SSTFs were released in 1993: 1, the foreign-born
population; 2, ancestry of the population; 3, persons of Hispanic
origin; 5, the Asian and Pacific Islander population; and 6, education.
All these files are available as a single file for the United States,
each state, and the District of Columbia. Options include 6250 or 1600
bpi, ASCII, or EBCDIC, labeled or unlabeled. They are also available
on IBM 3480 compatible tape cartridges.
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. XVI, 1993.
60:20801 United
States. Bureau of the Census (Washington, D.C.). Census of
population and housing, 1990: Summary Tape File 3 on CD-ROM (Puerto
Rico). 1993. Washington, D.C. In Eng.
Data from Summary Tape
File 3 for Puerto Rico are now available on CD-ROM. The file contains
sample weighted data as well as 100% counts for total persons and
housing units from the 1990 census.
For a detailed description of
this file, see 59:20874.
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. XVI-75, 1993.
60:20802 United
States. Bureau of the Census (Washington, D.C.). Census of
population and housing, 1990: Summary Tape File 4 (Puerto Rico)
[MRDF]. 1993. Washington, D.C. In Eng.
"Summary Tape File 4
(STF 4) for Puerto Rico contains 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." The population characteristics covered include literacy,
language, age, citizenship, educational status, employment status,
family type, income, marital status, place of birth, sex, rural and
urban population, and migration history. The "STF 4 (Puerto Rico) data
file has a record size of 96,372 characters divided into twelve
segments of 8,031 characters each. The first 300 characters of each
segment contain geographic information. Summary Tape File 4 (Puerto
Rico) is available as 4A and 4B....A machine-readable data dictionary
is included on the tape without charge. Options include 6250 or 1600
bpi, ASCII or EBCDIC, labeled or unlabeled. The file also is available
on IBM 3480 compatible tape cartridge for the same
price."
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. XVI-56,
1993.
60:20803 United
States. Bureau of the Census (Washington, D.C.). Census of
population and housing, 1990: Summary Tape File 4 [MRDF]. 1993.
Washington, D.C. In Eng.
"Summary Tape File 4 (STF 4) contains
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....STF 4 has three files--4A, 4B,
and 4C. Within each file, data are represented in A and B records.
Each record type presents a different set of tables." The data in the
various files differ with regard to ethnic group and geographic area.
The population characteristics covered include age, ancestry,
citizenship, educational status, employment status, family type,
income, language, marital status, place of birth, ethnic group, sex,
and rural or urban residence. "A records for STF 4 have 40,465
characters divided into 5 segments of 8,093 characters each. The B
records for STF 4 have 64,744 characters divided into 8 segments of
8,093 characters each. The first 300 characters of each segment
contain geographic information."
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. XVI-13, 1993.
60:20804 United
States. Bureau of the Census (Washington, D.C.). Current
Population Survey, June 1992: fertility and birth expectations
[MRDF]. 1993. Washington, D.C. In Eng.
"Data are provided on
labor force activity for the week prior to the [June 1992] survey.
Comprehensive data are available on the employment status, occupation,
and industry of persons 15 years old and over. Also shown are personal
characteristics such as age, sex, race, marital status, veteran status,
household relationship, educational background, and Hispanic origin. In
addition, data pertaining to fertility and birth expectations are
included in the file. Date of first marriage is asked of all ever
married women 15-44 years old. Questions determining the number of live
born children and date of birth of youngest and oldest children are
asked of women 15-44 years old. Questions concerning expectations of
having children are asked of women 18-39 years old." The geographical
focus is on the United States. The file structure is rectangular and
the size is 159,339 logical records with a length of 420 characters.
Options include 6250 bpi, ASCII, or EBCDIC, labeled or unlabeled. The
files are also available on IBM compatible tape
cartridges.
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.
XVI-59, 1993.
60:20805 United
States. Bureau of the Census (Washington, D.C.). Current
Population Survey, March 1991-1993 on CD-ROM. 1993. Washington,
D.C. In Eng.
"This file, also known as the Annual Demographic File,
provides the usual monthly labor force data, but in addition, provides
supplemental data on work experience, income, noncash benefits, and
migration. Comprehensive work experience information is given on the
employment status, occupation, and industry of persons 15 years old and
over. Additional data for persons 15 years old and older are available
concerning weeks worked and hours per week worked, reason not working
full time, total income and income components, and residence on March 1
in year of survey. Data on employment and income refer to the
preceding year, although demographic data refer to the time of the
survey. This file also contains data covering nine noncash income
sources....Characteristics such as age, sex, race, household
relationship, and Hispanic origin are shown for each person in the
household enumerated." The file structure is hierarchical. The file
size is 294,657 logical records with a record size of 704
characters.
For a previous citation concerning 1990-1992, see
59:20876.
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.
XVI-76, 1993.
60:20806 United
States. Bureau of the Census (Washington, D.C.). Survey of
Income and Program Participation (SIPP) [MRDF]. 1993. Washington,
D.C. In Eng.
The Survey of Income and Program Participation (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 statistics 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 1993 include the 1989 Panel Waves 1, 2, and 3 core files
and Wave 3 topical module file; the 1990 Panel Wave 6 topical module
microdata file and Panel Wave 8 topical module microdata, topical
module microdata research, and core microdata files; and the 1991 Panel
Waves 3, 4, and 5 topical module microdata files and topical module
microdata research and core microdata files for Panel Wave 5.
Furthermore, information was distributed on the availability of SIPP
files available on CD-ROM.
For SIPP files released in 1991 and 1992,
see 59:20878.
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. XVI,
1993.
60:20807 United
States. Bureau of the Census (Washington, D.C.).
TIGER/Line census files [MRDF]. 1993. Washington, D.C. In Eng.
Several files related to the TIGER data base were released in 1993.
They include the TIGER/Line files for 1992 which describe the points,
lines, and areas on U.S. Census Bureau maps; the TIGER geographic name
file 1992, which provides the names of all geographic entities
identified with numeric codes in the various census TIGER geographic
files; the TIGER/GICS (topologically integrated geographic encoding and
referencing/geographic identification code scheme) census file for
1990; the TIGER/Line 103rd Congressional district file; and the
TIGER/Line 1990 county file. Information was also distributed on the
1990 TIGER/Line census files supplemental CD-ROM, which provides all
missing and corrected files found after the production of the 1990
TIGER/Line census files.
For a previous citation concerning
TIGER/Line files, see 59:20879.
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. XVI, 1993.
60:20808 Weinand, H.
C. Supermap: an introduction. ISBN 1-86389-039-4.
1993. ix, 68 pp. University of New England, Department of Geography and
Planning: Armidale, Australia. In Eng.
This is an introductory
users guide to Supermap, which is a database management system as well
as a mapping program. "Supermap is a system which is used with many
different databases. While this document is mainly concerned with the
Australian Censuses of Population and Housing for 1981 and 1986 (called
CDATA86) it can also be used with the Australian Agricultural censuses
(ADDS), the Australian Municipal Information System (AMIS), the
population censuses of the U.S.A., New Zealand, Hong Kong and many
others. Every data base presents information in a slightly different
format so there are minor differences, mostly to do with retrieving
data, from each database."
Correspondence: University of
New England, Department of Geography and Planning, Armidale, NSW 2351,
Australia. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
