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Title: Crosswalks from 'County Groups' to Counties for the 1970 and 1980 U.S. Decennial Census Metro Samples

Citation Type: Working Paper

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 time-consistent 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 population-based 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.

Url: https://justinwiltshire.com/research-1

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Authors: Wiltshire, Justin C.

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Institution: University of California, Davis

Pages: 1-11

Publisher Location: Davis

Data Collections: IPUMS USA, IPUMS NHGIS

Topics: Population Data Science

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