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Table 3 Historical addresses queried, geocoding success rates and characteristics of addresses not successfully geocoded, the LC-SES study, 2001–2002. 1The address information was assigned to the centroid of a zip code area in which all addresses fell within a single block group or census tract or more than 80% of addresses fell within the same census tract.

From: Historical measures of social context in life course studies: retrospective linkage of addresses to decennial censuses

 

N

%age

Addresses for ages 30, 40, and 50 queried

24,148

100

   Partial or complete street address provided

22,140

92

   No address, P.O box, or no street name

2,008

8

Commercial Geocoding Results

22,140

100

   Address match (geocoded to 1990 census tract)

16,445

74

   Usable centroid match1

145

<1

   Not matched or geocoded to census tract

5,550

25

Characteristics of addresses not matched or geocoded to census tract

5,550

100

   Street with number

1,690

30

   Cross-street

923

17

   Street name without number

2,937

53