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2010 American Community Survey - IPUMS Subset

United States, 2006 - 2010
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USA_2010_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Means of transportation to work (US2010A_TRANWORK)

Data file: USA2010_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 417
End: 418
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar a="all" v="US10A471">31. How did this person usually get to work last week? If this person usually used more than one method of transportation during the trip, mark (X) the box of the one used for most of the distance <br /><div class="i1">[] Car, truck, or van <br />[] Bus or trolley bus <br />[] Streetcar or trolley car <br />[] Subway or elevated <br />[] Railroad <br />[] Ferryboat <br />[] Taxicab <br />[] Motorcycle <br />[] Bicycle <br />[] Walked <br />[] Worked at home -&gt; skip to question 38a <br />[] Other method</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
00 NIU (not in universe)
10 Auto, truck, or van
20 Motorcycle
31 Bus or trolley bus
32 Streetcar or trolley car
33 Subway or elevated
34 Railroad
35 Taxicab
36 Ferryboat
40 Bicycle
50 Walked only
60 Other
70 Worked at home
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 person's means of transportation to work.
Universe
United States 2010: Persons age 16+ at work last week [discrepancies:none]

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