August 1971

Technical Document No. 1960-T
1960 Censuses of Population and Housing
Census Tract Summary Tape (Complete Count and Sample)
(Description of file contents and technical conventions)

File Title
Complete Count and Sample Summaries for 1960 Census Tracts
(and 1960 split tracts)

Contents of Documentation Pages

Introduction

I. Technical Conventions
A. Technical Characteristics of Magnetic Tape Recording4
B. Conventions for Data Record (Block Size, Logical
Record Size, Total File Size, Sequence of Files,
Conventions for Fields, Suppression Rules)
C. Conventions for Header and Trailer Labels
D. Character Set

II. Description of File Contents
A. Explanation of Tabulation Description
B. Description of Geographic Record
C. Description of Tabular Content
D. Explanation of Geographic Codes

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Date:

Brief Description of Type
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