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Title: Crosswalks from ‘County Groups’ to Counties for the 1970 and 1980 U.S. Decennial Census Metro Samples
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Publication Year: 2021
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Abstract: County of residence is not observed in the public-use 1970 and 1980 Decennial Census data, to preserve respondent confidentiality. Instead, the metro 1% samples delineate ‘county groups’ for each year. This prevents researchers from conducting research with these Decennial Census data at the level of any timeconsistent geographic unit smaller than commuting zones—and that is only possible using probabilistic crosswalks written by other researchers (Autor and Dorn, 2013). I provide and detail new populationbased crosswalks which allow researchers to probabilistically distribute individuals to their counties-of residence, enabling research with these data at the county level. To demonstrate the accuracy of the crosswalks, I compare the results to a variety of county-level data from the Census Bureau.
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Authors: Wiltshire, Justin C.
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Data Collections: IPUMS USA, IPUMS NHGIS
Topics: Population Data Science
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