English - P035_010 - Ancestry - Single Ancestry - Summary Tape File 3 (STF3) - Survey 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

Variable Details

P35.	Ancestry - Single Ancestry
	Universe: Persons
	P035_001Persons P035_002 Reported single ancestry: P035_010 English Percent base: Persons (STF3:P035_001) Aggregation method: Addition

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.