This may be a little off topic in terms of strict
applicability to MI or MB, but, as a city planner,
I have lots of uses for small area census
data---tract, block group and block (zip,
sometimes, too). Of course, the 1990 Census data
getting a little long in the tooth, but, it seems
that for many measures there's nothing more
current that can compare. Who else would have
things like mode of transportation to work by how
long you've lived in the neighborhood
(compulsives: I said "like;" I doubt this
particular cross tab is real)? I've heard of
vendors who claim to update certain census
variables by small area geography. I get the
impression that this type of product revolves more
around the "disposable income" sort of data rather
than the kind that planners would more likely use
(population, age, housing units and households,
ownership, rents, sometimes ethnicity and
socioeconomic data). Anybody use this and have an
opinion on how good it is?
What about techniques of using some of the data
that is collected between the decennial census and
at a larger geographic scale (either by the census
or other entities) and using it to update some of
the small area data. Does anybody have a good
angle on that approach?
Thanks for all responses.
Tim Rood
Ravenna Planning Associates
Seattle, WA
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