Total Population: - T037_001 - Nativity And Place Of Birth - Summary Tape File 3 (STF3) - Survey Census 1980

Data Dictionary:

Census 1980

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Survey: Census 1980

Data Source:

U.S. Census Bureau

Data set: Summary Tape File 3 (STF3)

Table:

T37. Nativity And Place Of Birth [6]

Universe: Persons

Variable Details

T37.

Nativity And Place Of Birth

Universe: Persons

T037_001Total Population:

Percent base:

None - percentages not computed (variable is table universe)

Aggregation method:

Addition

Formula used to compute this variable:

#ReturnType oretval = new #ReturnType(); oretval = ORG_STF3:T033001 + ORG_STF3:T033002 + ORG_STF3:T033003 + ORG_STF3:T033004; return oretval;

Variables used in the formula:
ORG_STF3:T033001	Native: Born in State of residence
ORG_STF3:T033002	Native: Born in different State
ORG_STF3:T033003	Native: Born abroad, at sea, etc.
ORG_STF3:T033004	Foreign born

Relevant Documentation:

Excerpt from:	Social Explorer; U.S. Census Bureau; Census of Population and Housing, 1980: Summary Tape File 3 [machine-readable data file] / conducted By the U.S. Bureau of the Census. Washington: Bureau of the Census [producer and distributor], 1982.
	Summary Tape File 3 -> Summary Tape File 3 -- Part II -> Glossary -> Nativity and Place of Birth

Nativity and Place of Birth

The population is classified into "native" and foreign born" based on the State, foreign country, Puerto Rico, or outlying area of the United States where the person's mother was living at the time the person was born (not the location of the hospital if in a different State in the United States). This item was asked on a sample basis.

Native population

Persons born in the United States, Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, or other outlying area of the United States; or at sea or in a foreign country if they have at least one American parent (determined from the citizenship question). In certain presentations, this population is further classified as born in State of residence; born in different State (this category may be further broken down by region of birth); and born abroad, at sea, etc., of American parents.

Foreign-born population

All persons not classified as native.

Historical comparability

The format of the place-of-birth question was changed from 1970 so that the instruction to print the State where the person's mother was living at the time the person was born is highlighted so that respondents would not report the location of the hospital if in a different State from the mother's usual residence.

See also: "Country of Birth;" "State Of Birth".