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Census of Population of Ireland, 1991 - IPUMS Subset

Ireland, 1991
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IRL_1991_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Distance travelled to work/school/college (IE1991A_DISTTRAV)

Data file: IRL1991_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 217
End: 217
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
Q.15 Distance to work, school or college ___</p>
<div class="i1">State, to the nearest mile, the distance travelled from residence to place of work, school or college.</div><span class="em">Explanatory notes</span></p>

<p>Question 15: Distance traveled to work, school, or college</p>
<div class="i1">(i) For persons working daily from a fixed centre or depot, indicate the distance travelled from residence to this centre or depot.<br />(ii) For persons with no regular place of work (such as sales representatives, road workers and others who do not work at or from a fixed centre or depot), write "None".</div>
Categories
Value Category
0 miles
1 1 mile
2 2 miles
3 3 miles
4 4 miles
5 5 to 9 miles
6 10 to 14 miles
7 15 miles and over
8 Unknown
9 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 a person's distance travelled to work, school or college.
Universe
Ireland 1991: Commuting full-time students or people who work [discrepancies: unverifiable]

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