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Navigating Census Data: Concepts, Changes, and Tools

Learn about Census 2000 products, concepts, and software tools. Explore race, geography, industry, and occupation codes. Understand changes, additions, and deletions in data. Get tips on using Allocate Software and accessing data online.

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Navigating Census Data: Concepts, Changes, and Tools

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  1. Census 2000 Products:Concept and Use APDU 2001: Workshop B Jocelyn Tipton Wendy Thomas Kimball Brace 13 October 2001

  2. 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

  3. Race • The ‘old’ way • Simplicity can be deceptive • The ‘new’ way • Collection • Tabulation • Using • Historical comparability

  4. 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

  5. Industry and Occupation Codes • NAICCS and SIC • SOC • Sources of information • Historical comparability

  6. Questions… • What’s gone • What’s new • What moved (short to long) • Question order • Question wording

  7. ALLOCATE Software The Jocelyn Tipton Show

  8. 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

  9. 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

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