P35. Ancestry - Single Ancestry [39] - Summary Tape File 3 (STF3) - Census 1990

Data Dictionary:

Census 1990

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Survey: Census 1990

Data Source:

U.S. Census Bureau

Data set: Summary Tape File 3 (STF3)

Table:

P35. Ancestry - Single Ancestry [39]

Universe: Persons

Table Details

P35.

Ancestry - Single Ancestry

Universe: Persons

Variable	Label
P035_001	Persons
P035_002	Reported single ancestry:
P035_003	Arab
P035_004	Austrian
P035_005	Belgian
P035_006	Canadian
P035_007	Czech
P035_008	Danish
P035_009	Dutch
P035_010	English
P035_011	Finnish
P035_012	French (except Basque)
P035_013	French Canadian
P035_014	German
P035_015	Greek
P035_016	Hungarian
P035_017	Irish
P035_018	Italian
P035_019	Lithuanian
P035_020	Norwegian
P035_021	Polish
P035_022	Portuguese
P035_023	Romanian
P035_024	Russian
P035_025	Scotch-Irish
P035_026	Scottish
P035_027	Slovak
P035_028	Subsaharan African
P035_029	Swedish
P035_030	Swiss
P035_031	Ukrainian
P035_032	United States or American
P035_033	Welsh
P035_034	West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)
P035_035	Yugoslavian
P035_036	Race or Hispanic origin groups
P035_037	Other groups
P035_038	Reported multiple ancestry
P035_039	Unclassified or not reported

Relevant Documentation:

Excerpt from:	Social Explorer, U.S. Census Bureau; Census of Population and Housing, 1990: Summary Tape File 3 on CD-ROM [machine-readable data files] / prepared by the Bureau of the Census. Washington: The Bureau [producer and distributor], 1991.
	Summary Tape File 3 -> Appendix B. Definitions of Subject Characteristics -> Population Characteristics -> Ancestry -> Presentation Based on Persons -> Single Ancestries Reported

Single Ancestries Reported

Includes all persons who reported only one ethnic group. Included in this category are persons with multiple-term responses such as "Scotch-Irish" who are assigned a single code. Multiple Ancestries Reported--Includes all persons who reported more than one group and were assigned two ancestry codes.