Master Area Reference Files (MARFs) are the 1980 Census counterpart of the Master Enumeration District List (MEDList) prepared for the 1970 Census. They link geographic areas with their respective numeric codes. This data collection is a school district equivalency file created for the 1980 Census of Population and Housing. The data contain geographic items from Summary Tape Files 1B (STF 1B), as well as total population and housing unit counts. This national file is hierarchically sequenced by geographic area.
Series Statement
Census of population and housing, 1980 (United States) series
Codebook available in print and electronic format.
Title from title screen (viewed on June 29, 2009).
Codebook for ICPSR 8405, 3519 and 8323 is the same.
Access (note)
Use of these data is restricted to Princeton University students, faculty, and staff for non-commercial statistical analysis and research purposes only.
File Type (note)
Extent of collection: 1 data file + machine-readable documentation (PDF).
Event (note)
Date(s) of collection: 1980.
Time period: 1980.
Coverage (note)
Geographic coverage: United States.
Cite As (note)
U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of the Census. CENSUS OF POPULATION AND HOUSING, 1980 [UNITED STATES]: MASTER AREA REFERENCE FILE (MARF) 4 [Computer file]. ICPSR version. Washington, DC: U.S. Dept of Commerce, Bureau of the Census [producer], 1983. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2002.