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

2. Overview Concepts then and now: 1990 and 2000 ALLOCATE SOFTWARE
Race
Geography
Industry and Occupation Codes
Questions: additions, deletions, changes in wording, shift from short to long
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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

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

7. Geography Changes Urban and Rural Criteria Census Block Strategy
Urban and Rural Criteria
Census Block Strategy
Metropolitan Area Standards

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

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

19. The Jocelyn Tipton Show
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The Jocelyn Tipton Show

20. 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

24. 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