IMPLICATIONS OF THE 1990 CENSUS GEOGRAPHIC SUPPORT SYSTEM FOR PLACE-OF-WORK CODING

This paper, which explains how geographic support activities fit into the Census Bureau's program, describes how support work was performed in the past, and discusses some of the problems that resulted from the process. Work that will be done to improve the performance of these products for 1990 and the implications of this change for planners is also discussed. The assigning of each housing unit and work location to the correct geographic location is described--information that is useful to planners dealing with truly small area data. The Topologically Integrated Geographic Encoding and Referencing (TIGER) file, its mathematical basis and structure, its use for the 1990 census, and its other benefits are described.

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  • http://onlinepubs.trb.org/onlinepubs/sr/sr206/sr206-020.pdf
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  • Proceedings of the National Conference on Decennial Census Data for Transportation Planning, Orlando, Florida, December 9-12, 1984. Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved
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• Authors:
  • Marx, Robert W
• Conference:
  • National Conference on Decennial Census Data for Transportation Planning, 1984, Orlando, Florida, USA
  • Location: Orlando Florida, United States
  • Date: 1984-12-9 to 1984-12-12
• Publication Date: 1985

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Figures; References;
• Pagination: pp 117-129
• Monograph Title: PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON DECENNIAL CENSUS DATA FOR TRANSPORTATION PLANNING
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Board Special Report
  • Issue Number: 206
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0360-859X

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Census; Coding systems; Computer programs; Conferences; Employment; Geography; Housings; Improvements; Performance; Transportation planning
• Uncontrolled Terms: Data
• Old TRIS Terms: Coding
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Data and Information Technology; Geotechnology; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00399334
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: Part IV
• Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
• Created Date: Jan 31 1986 12:00AM