UNI-CEN Standardized Census Data Table - Census Metropolitan Area (CMA) - 1956 - Wide Format (DBF) (Version 2023-03)

UNI-CEN Standardized Census Data Tables contain Census data that have been reformatted into a common table format with standardized variable names and codes. The data are provided in two tabular formats for different use cases. "Long" tables are suitable for use in statistical environments, while "wide" tables are commonly used in GIS environments. The long tables are provided in Stata Binary (dta) format, which is readable by all statistics software. The wide tables are provided in comma-separated values (csv) and dBase 3 (dbf) formats with codebooks. The wide tables are easily joined to the UNI-CEN Digital Boundary Files. For the csv files, a .csvt file is provided to ensure that column data formats are correctly formatted when importing into QGIS. A schema.ini file does the same when importing into ArcGIS environments. As the DBF file format supports a maximum of 250 columns, tables with a larger number of variables are divided into multiple DBF files. For more information about file sources, the methods used to create them, and how to use them, consult the documentation at https://borealisdata.ca/dataverse/unicen_docs. For more information about the project, visit https://observatory.uwo.ca/unicen.

UNI-CEN标准化普查数据表（UNI-CEN Standardized Census Data Tables）收录了经过格式重构的普查数据，这些数据被统一整理为通用表格结构，并采用标准化的变量命名与编码规则。本数据集针对不同应用场景提供两类表格格式：“长表”适配统计分析环境，“宽表”则多用于地理信息系统（GIS，Geographic Information System）场景。长表采用Stata二进制（dta）格式存储，可兼容所有主流统计软件读取。宽表随附代码簿，以逗号分隔值（csv）与dBase 3（dbf）格式提供，且可与UNI-CEN数字边界文件快速关联拼接。针对csv格式文件，配套提供.csvt文件，以确保将数据导入QGIS时列数据格式准确无误；若需将数据导入ArcGIS环境，则可通过schema.ini文件实现相同的格式校验效果。鉴于DBF文件格式最多仅支持250列，当数据表变量数量超出该限值时，会被拆分为多个DBF文件。如需了解文件来源、生成方法及使用方式的详细信息，请查阅https://borealisdata.ca/dataverse/unicen_docs 处的官方文档。若需了解该项目的更多背景内容，可访问https://observatory.uwo.ca/unicen。