61:30835 Anderson,
Albert F.; Anderson, Paul H. Interactive access to large
census data sets. Population Studies Center Research Report, No.
94-315, Jun 1994. [13] pp. University of Michigan, Population Studies
Center: Ann Arbor, Michigan. In Eng.
"This paper presents an update
on data management and access activities that have been conducted at
the Population Studies Center (PSC), University of Michigan (U-M), over
the past thirty years....A review of the basic problem our work
addresses is followed by a description of the approach we have taken to
resolve issues related to providing high speed, interactive, remote
access to relatively large census and survey data files. The paper
concludes with an evaluation of progress to date and suggested
directions for the future."
Correspondence: University of
Michigan, Population Studies Center, 1225 South University Avenue, Ann
Arbor, MI 48109. Location: Princeton University Library
(SPR).
61:30836 Andrews,
Sylvia. Do-it-yourself census data using new census CDROM
products. Online and CDROM Review, Vol. 19, No. 2, Apr 1995. 79-82
pp. Oxford, England. In Eng.
The author explains how three new U.S.
Bureau of the Census CD-ROM products can be used to create customized
demographic tabulations and research databases. These three CD-ROMs
are the "Public Use Microdata Samples (PUMS), Census Transportation
Planning Package (CTPP) and School District Data Book (SDDB)." The
author notes that "each of these CDROM products includes software on
the disc and may be downloaded into other popular software packages.
The data may also be accessed using more sophisticated statistical
software packages such as SAS."
Correspondence: S. Andrews,
Indiana State Data Center, Indiana State Library, 140 North Senate,
Indianapolis, IN 46404. Location: New York Public Library,
New York, NY.
61:30837
Duke-Williams, Oliver; Rees, Philip. TIMMIG: a
program for extracting migration time series tables. School of
Geography Working Paper, No. 93/13, May 1993. iv, 76 pp. University of
Leeds, School of Geography: Leeds, England. In Eng.
"This paper
describes the first of three stages involved in building a continuous
time series of migration data for the United Kingdom and linking that
database to user friendly software for extracting statistics. Stage (1)
arranges the databases as three aggregated arrays for the period from
mid-1975 to the most recent quarter. Stage (2) will create a parallel
population database and stage (3) an individual migration database from
mid-1983 onwards." The data are from the National Health Service
Central Register.
Correspondence: University of Leeds,
School of Geography, Leeds LS2 9JT, England. Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
61:30838 Harris,
Kenneth W.; Rosenberg, Harry M.; Kochanek, Kenneth D.; Chamblee, Ronald
F.; Glenn, Donna E. Evaluation of an automated multiple
cause of death coding system. In: American Statistical
Association, 1993 Proceedings of the Social Statistics Section. [1993].
262-5 pp. American Statistical Association: Alexandria, Virginia. In
Eng.
The authors evaluate MICAR (Mortality Medical Indexing,
Classification, and Retrieval) the latest development of the Mortality
Medical Data System, set up by the U.S. National Center for Health
Statistics (NCHS). "The evaluation determined that the automated MICAR
system can completely process about 85 percent of the annual mortality
file (2 million records) with greater accuracy than through manual
multiple cause coding. In addition, the system consistently
'recognizes' what it cannot code and flags those records for
nosological review....The overall assessment led to a recommendation to
the Center Director that MICAR be certified for use in selected states
beginning with 1991 mortality data and that it be implemented in
additional states each year until full geographic coverage is
achieved."
Correspondence: K. W. Harris, U.S. National
Center for Health Statistics, 6525 Belcrest Road, Hyattsville, MD
20782. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
61:30839 United
Nations. Department for Economic and Social Information and Policy
Analysis. Population Division (New York, New York). Global
population policy data base, 1993. No. ST/ESA/SER.R/138, Pub.
Order No. E.95.XIII.9. ISBN 92-1-151280-8. 1995. vi, 213 pp. New York,
New York. In Eng.
This report describes a machine-readable
database, the Global Review and Inventory of Population Policies: 1993
(GRIPP: 1993). Information is provided by country on the population
policy variables available. How to order GRIPP: 1993, which is
available on a diskette for use on IBM-PC and compatible computers at a
price of $50, is also detailed. "The diskette contains an American
Standard Code for Information Interchange (ASCII) data file, a LOTUS
1-2-3 spreadsheet data file and machine-readable
dictionaries."
Correspondence: UN Department of
International Economic and Social Information and Policy Analysis,
Population Division, United Nations, New York, NY 10017.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
61:30840 Williamson,
Paul. MetaC91: a database about published 1991 census
table contents: DOS version. School of Geography Working Paper,
No. 93/17, [1993?]. vi, 64 pp. University of Leeds, School of
Geography: Leeds, England. In Eng.
This paper presents the MetaC91
database, which is designed to help users explore the contents of
published tables from the 1991 census of the United Kingdom, using the
Local Base Statistics (LBS) and Small Area Statistics (SAS) layouts.
This paper presents the DOS version of the database.
For a version
for Windows 3.1, see elsewhere in this issue.
Correspondence: University of Leeds, School of Geography,
Leeds LS2 9JT, England. Location: Princeton University Library
(SPR).
61:30841 Williamson,
Paul. MetaC91: a database about published 1991 census
table contents: Windows 3.1 version. School of Geography Working
Paper, No. 93/18, [1993?]. vi, 64 pp. University of Leeds, School of
Geography: Leeds, England. In Eng.
This paper presents the MetaC91
database, which is designed to help users explore the contents of
published tables from the 1991 census of the United Kingdom, using the
Local Base Statistics (LBS) and Small Area Statistics (SAS) layouts.
The paper presents a version of the database using Windows 3.1.
For
a DOS version of the database, see elsewhere in this issue.
Correspondence: University of Leeds, School of Geography,
Leeds LS2 9JT, England. Location: Princeton University Library
(SPR).
