census block

collocation in English

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census
noun[C]
uk
/ˈsen.səs/us
/ˈsen.səs/
a count for official purposes, especially one to count the number of people living in a country and to collect information ...
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block
noun
uk
/blɒk/us
/blɑːk/
mainly US
the distance along a street from where one road crosses it to the place where the next road crosses it, or one part of a street like this, especially in a town ...
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(Definition ofcensusandblockfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Socioeconomic variables were obtained by linking addresses with 1997censusblockgroup data.
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We excluded those patients for whom we were unable to obtaincensusblocklevel data.
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The identification key covered the district, sector,censusblockand housing unit, sorted in hierarchical order in both files and applied as a single identifier.
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Smaller units (censusblockgroups or enumeration districts) within each primary sampling unit were then randomly selected, with households randomly selected in the third or fourth step.
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For example,censusblock3019 would be in block group 3.
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The population of acensusblockvaries greatly.
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Zones are constructed bycensusblockinformation.
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In cities, acensusblockmay correspond to a city block, but in rural areas where there are fewer roads, blocks may be limited by other features.
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This number determines the first digit of all the census blocks contained within a block group.
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Census blocks are grouped into block groups, which are grouped into census tracts.
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The population of each of these census blocks was zero in 2000, with the exception of block 1449, which showed a population of just 4 individuals.
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