1996 Census Public Use Microdata File (PUMF) - Households and Housing ---------------------------------------------- Replaced Households and Housing PUMF (May 19, 2000) An problem has been identified with the 1996 Public Use Microdata File (PUMF) - HOUSEHOLDS that affects both the Beyond 20/20 and ASCII Flat File versions of the product. The Spouse of Household Maintainer (SHMCOW) variable has reversed counts for its last two response categories: 1. ORIGINAL Stubset for SHMCOW ( * ): Total Code Total 300557 9 Not applicable 179007 1 Paid workers (wage and salary earners) and unpaid family workers 106026 2 Paid workers (self-employed incorporated without paid help) 1818 3 Paid workers (self-employed incorporated with paid help) 2881 4 Self-employed without paid help unincorporated 2746 ( * ) 5 Self-employed with paid help unincorporated 8079 ( * ) 2. REVISED (CORRECTED) Stubset for SHMCOW ( ** ): Total Code Total 300557 9 Not applicable 179007 1 Paid workers (wage and salary earners) and unpaid family workers 106026 2 Paid workers (self-employed incorporated without paid help) 1818 3 Paid workers (self-employed incorporated with paid help) 2881 4 Self-employed without paid help unincorporated 8079 ( ** ) 5 Self-employed with paid help unincorporated 2746 ( ** ) ---------------------------------------------- The PUMF data file is named 'hhldv2.zip' and is stored on the root directory. A smaller test file named 'testhhld.dat' is available and is also on the root directory. Note : Type B is Binary; Type A is Ascii ROOT 1996 Census PUMF Data File(s) Replaced May 19, 2000 | | hhldv2.zip B 1996 Census PUMF File - Households and Housing | 91,369,328 uncompress data file | 302 Maximum line length | 300,557 Line feeds | | | testhhldv2.dat A Test 1996 Census PUMF File - Households and Housing | 93,328 uncompress data file | 302 Maximum line length | 307 Line feeds | | |----ENGLISH English Documents | |----DOC B User Documentation (PDF version) | | |----RTF.etc B User Documentation (RTF version) | | |----WORD.etc B User Documentation (MS-Word version) | |----SAS-SPSS A SAS and SPSS command files | |----FRANCAIS French Documents |----DOC B User Documentation (PDF version) | |----RTF.etc B User Documentation (RTF version) | |----WORD.etc B User Documentation (MS-Word version) |----SAS-SPSS A SAS and SPSS command files Documents: pumfh.pdf B 1996 PUMF on Households and Housing User Documentation hhquale.xls B WORKSHEET FOR QUALITY OF ESTIMATES Part01 B Table of Contents Part02 B List of Tables Part03 B Introduction Part04 B Chapter I. Record Layout Part05 B Chapter II. Description of Variables Part06 B PROVH - Field 1 Part07 B Chapter III. Sampling Method and Data Quality Part08 B Chapter IV. Other Factors Affecting Data Reliability Part09 B Appendix A. Household Universe and Subuniverses Part10 B Appendix B. Economic and Census Family Membership and Family Status Part11.xls B Appendix C. Data Quality Factors for the Households and Housing File Part12.txt A USER GUIDE: ETHNIC ORIGIN Part13 B How to Get Help Part14 B Other Related Products Part15 B Bibliography