Holdings Information for: RDS Study 1960-TRK

1960 Census of Population and Housing: Census Tract-Level Data - New York Extracts


Keywords:
New York City
Manhattan
Queens
Kings
Richmond
Bronx
Staten Island
Brooklyn
1960
census
population
housing
census tract level
counties
demographic characteristics
education
household composition
household income
age
housing
housing conditions
labor force
marital status
occupations
populations
race
rental housing

Summary:
This data collection contains selected variables at the tract level from the 1960 Census of Population and Housing. Information is provided on population characteristics such as urban and rural residency, number of White and nonwhite population, persons aged 5, 14, 25, and older, nonwhite females aged 14 and older, married women in the labor force, persons in the experienced civilian labor force, and persons with Puerto Rican or Spanish birth or parentage, including the age and marital status of those with a Puerto Rican or Spanish surname. Information is also provided on housing characteristics such as occupancy and vacancy status of house, contract rent and gross rent, quality and value of housing, basement facilities, plumbing, heating equipment, source of water, sewage disposal, bathrooms and rooms, persons per room, household structure, units in structure, and persons in household unit, as well as household relationships. Other demographic variables provide information on age, race, sex, marital status, residence, years of schooling, occupation, employment status, place of work, and family income.

Data is available for all states via the link study link to ICPSR. There are subsets from the New York State file that are stored locally and cover New York city and for each of NYC's five boroughs.

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