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Data Dictionary: ACS 2011 (5-Year Estimates)
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Data Source: Social Explorer; U.S. Census Bureau
Universe: Total ancestry categories tallied for people with one or More ancestry categories reported
Variable Details
A05003. Ancestry - Place of Origin (Total Categories Tallied) for People with One or More Ancestry Categories Reported
Universe: Total ancestry categories tallied for people with one or More ancestry categories reported
A05003_005 American
Percent base:
Total Specified Ancestries Tallied: (SE:A05003_001)
Aggregation method:
Addition
Formula used to compute this variable:
Return_Value = ACS11_5yr:B04003005; if (ACS11_5yr:B04003005.IsNull) Return_Value.IsNull = true
Variables used in the formula:
ACS11_5yr:B04003005
Total Ancestry Categories Tallied for People with One or More Ancestry Categories Reported: American
Relevant Documentation:
Excerpt from: Social Explorer; U.S. Census Bureau; American Community Survey 2007-2011 Summary File: Technical Documentation.
  The 2007-2011 ACS 5-Year Summary File Technical Documentation -> Appendix A. Supplemental Documentation -> Subject Definitions -> Population Variables -> Ancestry -> Estimates Based on People -> Total Ancestries Reported
Total Ancestries Reported
Includes the total number of ancestries reported and coded. If a person reported a multiple ancestry such as "German Danish," that response was counted twice in the tabulations--once in the German category and again in the Danish category. Also, if a person reported two different types of German ancestry, such as "Bavarian Hamburger", they would be counted twice in the German category on this type of table. Thus, each line of this table represents the number of reports for that ancestry type, not the number of people (although sometimes that number is the same). Likewise, the sum of the estimates in each of the rows in this type of presentation is not the total population but the total of all responses. The German line in this table is interpreted as "The number of times a German ancestry was reported."