With Telephone Service Available - RC2000SF3_078_HCT032B002 - Telephone Service Available (Black Alone Householder) - Census 2000 on 2010 Geographies Summary File 3 (Sample Data) (RC2000SF3) - Survey Census 2000 on 2010 Geographies

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Survey: Census 2000 on 2010 Geographies

Data Source:

U.S. Census Bureau & Social Explorer

Data set: Census 2000 on 2010 Geographies Summary File 3 (Sample Data) (RC2000SF3)

Table:

HCT32B. Telephone Service Available (Black Alone Householder) [3]

Universe: Occupied housing Units with a householder who is Black or African American alone

Variable Details

HCT32B.	Telephone Service Available (Black Alone Householder)
	Universe: Occupied housing Units with a householder who is Black or African American alone
	RC2000SF3_078_HCT032B001Occupied housing Units with a householder who is Black or African American alone RC2000SF3_078_HCT032B002 With Telephone Service Available Percent base: Occupied Housing Units with a Householder Who is Black or African American Alone (RC2000SF3:RC2000SF3_078_HCT032B001) Aggregation method: Addition

Relevant Documentation:

Excerpt from:	Social Explorer, U.S. Census Bureau; 2000 Census of Population and Housing, Summary File 3: Technical Documentation, 2002.
	Summary File 3 Technical Documentation -> Appendix B. Definitons of Subject Characteristics -> Housing Characteristics -> Telephone Service Available

Telephone Service Available

The data on telephones were obtained from answers to long-form questionnaire Item 41, which was asked on a sample basis at occupied housing units. Households with telephone service have a telephone in working order and are able to make and receive calls. Households whose service has been discontinued for nonpayment or other reasons are not counted as having telephone service available.

Comparability

In Census 2000, the telephone question emphasizes the availability of service in the house, apartment, or mobile home. Data on telephone service are needed because an individual can own a telephone but have no service to make or receive calls. In 1980 and 1990, respondents were asked about the presence of a telephone in the housing unit. In 1960 and 1970, a unit was classified as having a telephone available if there was a telephone number on which the occupants of the unit could be reached. The telephone could have been in another unit, in a common hall, or outside the building.

Excerpt from:	Social Explorer, U.S. Census Bureau; 2000 Census of Population and Housing, Summary File 3: Technical Documentation, 2002.
	Summary File 3 Technical Documentation -> Appendix B. Definitons of Subject Characteristics -> Population Characteristics -> Race -> Black or African American

Black or African American

A person having origins in any of the Black racial groups of Africa. It includes people who indicate their race as "Black, African Am., or Negro," or provide written entries such as African American, Afro-American, Kenyan, Nigerian, or Haitian.