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Data Dictionary: Census 1990 on 2010 Geographies
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Data Source: Social Explorer; U.S. Census Bureau
Universe: Total Population
Variable Details
T87. Ancestry - Single Ancestry
Universe: Total Population
T087_028 Subsaharan African
Percent base:
Persons (SE:T087_001)
Aggregation method:
Addition
Formula used to compute this variable:
Return_Value = RC1990SF3:RC1990SF3_005_P035_028
Variables used in the formula:
RC1990SF3:RC1990SF3_005_P035_028
Reported single ancestry: Subsaharan African
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.