| Description: |
A FLAG USED TO INDICATE WHETHER AN INSTITUTION IS
IN A METROPOLITAN STATISTICAL AREA
THE U.S. CENSUS BUREAU OFFICE OF MANANGEMENT AND BUDGET
DEFINES THE METROPOLITAN STATISTICAL AREA. A CORE BASED
STATISTICAL AREA ASSOCIATED WITH AT LEAST ONE URBANIZED
AREA THAT HAS A POPULATION OF AT LEAST 50,000. THE
METROPOLITAN STATISTICAL AREA COMPRISES THE CENTRAL COUNTY
OR COUNTIES CONTAINING THE CORE, PLUS ADJACENT OUTLYING
COUNTIES HAVING A HIGH DEGREE OF SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC
INTEGRATION WITH THE CENTRAL COUNTY AS MEASURED THROUGH
COMMUTING.
NOTE: IF AN INSTITUTION IS NOT DEFINED AS A METROPOLITAN
STATISTICAL AREA THE VALUE OF THE FIELD WILL BE
ZEROES (VALUES BASED ON U.S. CENSUS BUREAU OMB
BULLETINS - THE VALUE IS NOT STORED ON CORPORATE
DATABASE SIMS PRESENTLY)
NOTE: FOR METRO FLAG YOU MAY REFER TO THE FOLLOWING RIS
TABLES RELATION.CSACBSA, RELATION.LOOKUP,
RELATION.CBSA, RELATION.CSA OR
RELATION.CBSA_DIVISION FOR FURTHER INFORMATION.
0 = INSTITUTION IS NOT IN A METROPOLITAN STATISTICAL
AREA
1 = INSTITUTION IS IN A METROPOLITAN STATISTICAL AREA |
