Description

PRTWNSHP is an alphabetic variable that reports the first 35 characters of the Puerto Rican township/barrio where the enumerated household was located, as recorded on the census form.

Geography in Puerto Rico is based primarily on municipios. Municipios are the primary geographical divisions in Puerto Rico. For statistical purposes, the Census Bureau treats municipios as the statistical equivalent of U.S. counties. In 1910 there were 68 municipios in Puerto Rico and in 1920 there were 76 municipios in Puerto Rico. Each municipality was divided into barrios, and one or more of these barrios constituted the pueblo or town in the municipality. This town always bears the same name as the municipality. The enumeration districts were arranged so that each barrio was a separate district, except larger barrios, which were made up of two or more complete enumeration districts.

For the alphabetic version of Puerto Rican counties/municipios, see PRCOUNTA; for the numeric version see PRCOUNTY. The township (barrio) and county (municipio) codes should be used in conjunction to identify the respective barrio and municipality location. For the corresponding variable for Puerto Rican pueblos (cities), see PRCITYCO (a numeric variable).

User caution: PRTWNSHP contains alphabetic characters.

PRTWNSHP is a 35-character alphabetic string variable which reports the first 35 characters of the Puerto Rican township/barrio where the enumerated household was located, as recorded on the census form. PRTWNSHP specific variable codes for missing, edited, or unidentified observations, observations not applicable (N/A), observations not in universe (NIU), top and bottom value coding, etc. are provided below if applicable by Census year (and data sample if specified).

User Note: For the alphabetic version of Puerto Rican counties/municipios, see PRCOUNTA; for the numeric version see PRCOUNTY. The township (barrio) and county (municipio) codes should be used in conjunction to identify the respective barrio and municipality location. For the corresponding variable for Puerto Rican pueblos (cities), see PRCITYCO (a numeric variable).

PRTWNSHP Specific Variable Codes
A question mark embedded in a name - '?' - indicates an illegible character
A question mark and space preceding a name - '?_' - means that the entry was difficult to read and the name is the best interpretation possible
An exclamation point - '!' - indicates the entire entry was illegible
An asterisk - '*' - indicates that the field was blank

Comparability

Excepting for slight variances in identified barrios between the 1910 and 1920 Puerto Rican censuses, this variable is completely comparable across sample years.

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Flags

Editing Procedure

There is no editing procedure available for this variable.