title: Small-area census data services by microcomputer:  applications of REDATAM system in Latin America.
abstract: The authors describe a data retrieval system called REDATAM, Retrieval of Data for Small Area by Microcomputer.  "The interactive REDATAM system, in English and Spanish versions, was created to solve the problem of providing small-area population and housing information by using an IBM or fully compatible microcomputer to store the microdata of an entire census on a hard disk (or laser disks for larger countries) and to permit any tabulation to be produced rapidly for any area down to city blocks or smaller....REDATAM may play an important role in the 1990 censuses in the Latin American and Caribbean countries since the system will permit the provision of timely small-area services (and at the national level in the Caribbean countries) before, as well as after, the regular data processing and publication of results are ready."
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Conning
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Silva
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Finnegan
mesh_terms: D000569:Americas; D017691:Caribbean Region; D002489:Central America; D003201:Computers; D003906:Developing Countries; D001330:Electronic Data Processing; D005843:Geography; D016247:Information Storage and Retrieval; D007256:Information Systems; D007843:Latin America; D008838:Microcomputers; D009656:North America; D011153:Population; D011154:Population Characteristics; D012106:Research; D012984:Software; D013020:South America
keywords: Americas; Caribbean; Central America; Computer Programs And Programming; Computers; Data Storage And Retrieval; Developing Countries; Geographic Factors; Information; Information Processing; Information Retrieval Systems; Latin America; Microcomputers; North America; Population; Population Statistics; Research Methodology; South America