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*** ALERT -- PUMS 1990 -- ERROR IN POW AND MIG VARIABLES ON SOME GQ RECORDS ***

Received by FAX, 30 November, 1993.  This is going to GOVDOC-L, SOS-DATA,
IASSIST and some individuals.  Please circulate as widely as you can.
A note: My understanding of 'users of record' is people who bought their
PUMS files directly from the Census Bureau.

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November 23, 1993

Census of Population and Housing, 1990:
Public Use Microdata Samples - United States and Puerto Rico

ALERT

There is a problem with the PLACE-OF-WORK and MIGRATION variables on the PUMS
files for the United States and Puerto Rico.  The problem affects certain
GROUP QUARTERS RECORDS, and the following fields are affected: POWSTATE,
POWPUMA, MIGSTATE and MIGPUMA.  These fields may have incorrect codes.  This
problem does not affect any other dta variables on the file, and only appears
when more than one person was selected for the sample from the same group
quarters.

In order to resolve the problem, we need information from you (the user).
Please tell us --

        1. Whether you are using (or plan to use) either POWSTATE, POWPUMA,
        MIGSTATE and MIGPUMA for both group quarters persons and person in
        households (non-group quarters);

                        and

        2. How you are using (or plan to use) these variables (types of
        crosstabs, types of analyses, etc.).

Please respond to us by December 6, 1993.  Please respond to Carmen Campbell by
telephone on 301 763-2005, by fax on 301 763-4794, or by messages to the
Census - BEA Electronic Forum.  To leave a Forum message, go in the OPEN
FORUM SPECIAL INTEREST GROUP on 301 763-7554 and address your messages to
Shelley Moody or Carmen Campbell.

We will notify users of record of our resolution of the problem as soon as
possible.  If you have questions regarding any of the above, please call
Carmen Campbell on 301 763-2005.

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