Use of the U.S. Census Bureau's Public Use Microdata Sample (PUMS) by state departments of transportation and metropolitan planning organizations.

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Tierney, K.F.
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Abstract

Census microdata are the confidential records of specific individuals and housing units from whom Decennial Census or American Community Survey responses have been obtained. The U.S. Census Bureau also draws a sample from the full set of microdata and makes these sampled records available in the Public Use Microdata Sample (PUMS) data products, so that users can develop their own tabulations. These data are being used by state departments of transportation (DOTs) and metropolitan planning organizations (MPOs) for studies, such as analyses of the commuting characteristics of population subgroups, and for supporting travel demand model and land use models. Information for this study of PUMS use was gathered by literature review, survey of selected state DOTs and MPOs, and in-depth interviews. (Author/publisher) This report is available online at http://onlinepubs.trb.org/onlinepubs/nchrp/nchrp_syn_434.pdf

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20121242 ST S [electronic version only]
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Washington, D.C., Transportation Research Board TRB, 2012, 73 p., ref.; National Cooperative Highway Research Program NCHRP, Synthesis of Highway Practice ; Report 434 / NCHRP Project 20-05, Topic 42-02 - ISSN 0547-5570 / ISBN 978-0-309-22365-2

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