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1971 Census - IPUMS Subset

United Kingdom, 1971
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GBR_1971_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Office of Population and Surveys for England and Wales, IPUMS
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Means of transportation to work (UK1971A_WKTRAN)

Data file: GBR1971_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 92
End: 93
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="em">For all persons with a job last week.</span>
<br />[Questions B19-B22 are only applicable for persons who had a job within the last week.]
<br /><span class="ital">For persons with more than one job these questions apply to the main employment last week.</span></p>

<p>B21. What means of transport does this person normally use for the longest part, by distance, of the daily journey to work? (See note 21) ____</p>
<div class="i1">If the person walk to work, or work mainly at home, write 'none'.</div>
Categories
Value Category
01 Train
02 Bus
03 Car
04 Motor cycle
05 Pedal cycle
06 On foot
07 Other
08 Public transport
98 Unknown
99 NIU (not in universe)
Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the means of transportation to work.
Universe
United Kingdom 1971: Persons age 15+ who had a job last week [discrepancies: unverifiable]

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