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Transportation, Postal and Telecommunication Services Variables

The following provides information contained in the tabular datafiles. Refer to the provincial coverage list for 1990 or 1991 to get information on the coverage by province. Information is also available on the units of measure and missing data codes.

Files and formats
  1990n1.dbf,  1991n1.dbf   dBase IV datafiles
  1990n1.e00,  1991n1.e00   ARC/INFO export files

Variables
V_ID = variable ID, where X = 0 for 1990 variables and X = 1 for 1991 
       variables (eg. N1990003 is in 1990 file and N1991003 is in 1991 file).
CVER1990 = number of counties reported in 1990
CVER1991 = number of counties reported in 1991
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V_ID      CVER1990  CVER1991  Variable Description
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N199X001      44       113    Passenger Traffic
N199X002      27        20    Passenger Turnover
N199X003      44       113    Freight Traffic
N199X004      27        20    Freight Tunover
N199X005     124       190    Passenger Turnover by Railroads
N199X006     160       195    Freight Turnover by Railroads
N199X007     399       453    Passenger Turnover by Highways
N199X008     565       534    Freight turnover by Highways
N199X009     111       117    Passenger Turnover by Waterways
N199X010     203       202    Freight turnover by Waterways
N199X011      76        74    Passenger Turnover by Highway and Waterways
N199X012      76        74    Freight turnover by Highway and Waterways
N199X013      68        66    Cargo handled at Seaports
N199X014      12        19    Cargo Handled at Coastal Ports
N199X015      13        14    Cargo Handled at Inland Waterway Ports
N199X016       0         5    Cargo handled by Changjiang Shipping General Co.
N199X017      10        17    Civil Aviation Passengers
N199X018       7        10    Freight Traffic by Civil Aviation
N199X019     214       153    Length of Highways
N199X020      39        39    Civilian Motor Vehicles
N199X021      19        20    Transportation Department Vehicles
N199X022      20        20    Individually-Owned Vehicles
N199X023      39        39    Passenger Vehicles
N199X024      20        20    Large Passenger Vehicles
N199X025      20        39    Small Passenger Vehicles
N199X026      39        39    General Freight Trucks
N199X027      20        20    Large General Freight Trucks
N199X028      20        39    Small General Freight Trucks
N199X029      19        19    Special Freight Trucks
N199X030      16        18    Specialized Trucks
N199X031      20        39    Specific Purpose Trucks
N199X032      39        39    Wheeled Tractors
N199X033      38        39    Walking Tractors
N199X034      39        39    Motorcycles
N199X035      20        20    Two-Wheel Motorcycles
N199X036      32        33    Other Civilian Motor Vehicles
N199X037      20        20    Trailers
N199X038     605       560    Total Number of Post Offices
N199X039      39        39    Rural Post Offices
N199X040     273         0    Total Volume of Business at 1980 Constant Prices in the Post
                              and Communications Industry
N199X041     275       527    Total Volume of Business at 1990 Constant Prices in the
                              Post and Communications Industry
N199X042     498       374    Total Volume of Business in the Post and Communications
                              Industry
N199X043      19        19    Newspapers
N199X044      19        39    Parcels
N199X045     143       143    Letters
N199X046     143       143    Telegrams
N199X047       1         0    Fax
N199X048     104       104    Circulation of Newspapers and Magazines
N199X049     144        18    Long Distance Telephone Lines
N199X050     144        20    Telegraph Lines
N199X051     265       143    Long Distance Telephone Calls
N199X052      39        39    Length of Postal Routes and Rural Delivery
N199X053     519       621    Year-end Number of Telephones
N199X054     332       207    Year-end Number of Local Telephones
N199X055     254       130    Number of Rural Telephones
N199X056      40        26    Number of Automatic Telephone Exchanges



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