GEOGRAPHIC RECORD 1-FIELD MNEMONIC, SIZE, AND TYPE |
POSITION |
DESCRIPTION |
1-2 |
Identifier "G1 " (Geographic Record 1) |
3 |
Blank |
4-11 |
Field mnemonic (left justified) |
12 |
Blank |
13-14 |
Field size (right justified) |
15 |
Blank |
16-18 |
Data type (left justified)Note: Legal entries are A, N, and A/N |
19 |
Blank |
20-24 |
Begin position (right justified)(Begin position in relation to the entire record) |
25 |
Blank |
26-30 |
Relative begin position (right justified)(Begin position in relation to the record segment) |
31 |
Blank |
32 |
Number of implied decimals |
33-80 |
Blank |
GEOGRAPHIC RECORD 2 |
FIELD DESCRIPTION |
POSITION |
DESCRIPTION |
1-2 |
Identifier"G2" (Geographic Record 2) |
3 |
Blank |
4-8 |
Begin position (right justified) (repeat from 20-24 above) |
9 |
Blank |
10-80 |
Field Description (left justified) |
GEOGRAPHIC RECORD 3 |
CODE IDENTIFICATION |
POSITION |
DESCRIPTION |
1-2 |
Identifier"G3" (Geographic Record 3) |
3 |
Blank |
4-8 |
Begin position (right justified) (repeat from 20-24 in G1) |
9 |
Blank |
10-17 |
Codes (right justified) |
18 |
Blank |
19-80 |
Code identification (left justified) |
GEOGRAPHIC DESCRIPTION EXAMPLES [1] |
Examples of the geographic records are shown below. In example 1, there are no G3 records. G3 records will appear only for fields which have code listings in the technical documentation. |
EXAMPLE 1 |
G1 |
FILEID |
8 A/N |
1 |
1 0 |
G2 |
1 |
File Identification |
EXAMPLE 2 |
G1 |
PSADC |
2 A/N |
289 |
289 0 |
G2 |
289 |
Political/Statistical Area Description Code |
G3 |
289 |
01 State or State equivalent - no status is appended to the name |
G3 |
289 |
01 of the entity in census publications and related data products |
G3 |
289 |
04 Borough - county equivalent in Alaska. "Borough" is appended t |
G3 |
289 |
04 o the name of the entity in census publications and related da |
G3 |
289 |
04 ta products |
G3 |
289 |
05 Census area - county equivalent in Alaska; "Census Area" is ap |
G3 |
289 |
05 pended to the name of the entity in census publications and re |
G3 |
289 |
05 lated data products |
[1] Examples are for illustrative purposes and are not specific to this STF. |
TABLE (MATRIX) |
DESCRIPTION |
TABLE RECORD 1 |
TABLE NUMBER AND CHARACTERISTICS |
POSITION |
DESCRIPTION |
1-2 |
Identifier"T1" (Table Record 1) |
3 |
Blank |
4-9 |
Table (matrix) number (left justified) |
10 |
Blank |
11-15 |
Begin position (right justified)(Begin position in relation to the entire record) |
16 |
Blank |
17-21 |
Relative begin position (right justified)(Begin position in relation to the record segment) |
22 |
Blank |
23-24 |
Cell size for this table (matrix) (right justified) |
25 |
Blank |
26 |
Number of implied decimals for cells in this table (matrix) |
27 |
Blank |
28-30 |
Number of cells in this table (matrix) (right justified) |
31 |
Blank |
32-34 |
Number of variables (right justified) |
35-80 |
Blank |
TABLE RECORD 2 |
TABLE TITLE |
POSITION |
DESCRIPTION |
1-2 |
Identifier"T2" (Table Record 2) |
3 |
Blank |
4-9 |
Table (matrix) number (left justified) |
10 |
Blank |
11-80 |
Table (matrix) title (left justified) |
TABLE RECORD 3 |
UNIVERSE DESCRIPTION |
POSITION |
DESCRIPTION |
1-2 |
Identifier "T3" (Table Record 3) |
3 |
Blank |
4-9 |
Table (matrix) number (left justified) |
10 |
Blank |
11-80 |
Universe Description (left justified) |
TABLE RECORD 4-N |
TABLE VARIABLE DESCRIPTIONS |
POSITION |
DESCRIPTION |
1-2 |
Identifier "Tn" n = sequence number of variable in the table being described. |
3 |
Blank |
4-9 |
Table (matrix) number (left justified) |
10 |
Blank |
11-76 |
Variable name (left justified) |
77 |
Blank |
78-80 |
Number of categories for this variable (right justified) |
Note: |
Subsequent "T" records with the same "n" will have the variable categories described in positions 11-80. |
FILLER RECORD |
|
POSITION |
DESCRIPTION |
1-2 |
Identifier "F1" (Filler Record) |
3 |
Blank |
4-7 |
"FILL" |
8-10 |
Blank |
11-15 |
Begin Position (right justified) (Begin position in relation to the entire record) |
16 |
Blank |
17-21 |
Relative Begin Position (right justified) (Begin position in relation to the record segment) |
22 |
Blank |
23-26 |
Total number of "FILL" blanks |
27-80 |
Blank |
MATRIX EXAMPLE [1] |
|
See example 3 below. |
|
EXAMPLE 3 |
|
Sex (2) by Marital Status(5) [10] |
|
T1 P14 |
4423 4423 9 0 10 2 |
|
T2 P14 |
SEX BY MARITAL STATUS |
|
T3 P14 |
Persons 15 years and over |
|
T4 P14 |
SEX |
2 |
T4 P14 |
Male |
|
T4 P14 |
Female |
|
T5 P14 |
MARITAL STATUS |
5 |
T5 P14 |
Never married |
|
T5 P14 |
Now married, except separated |
|
T5 P14 |
Separated |
|
T5 P14 |
Widowed |
|
T5 P14 |
Divorced |
|
[1] Examples are for illustrative purposes and are not specific to this STF. |