Census of Population of Ireland, 1996 - IPUMS Subset

Ireland, 1996

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IRL_1996_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

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Central Statistics Office, IPUMS

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Distance travelled to work/school/college (IE1996A_DISTTRAV)

Data file: IRL1996_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete

Start: 204

End: 204

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

Q.13 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>Questions 12 and 13 - Means of travel to work, school or college and distance travelled.</p>

<p>Distance travelled

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 the distance, in miles, the person travelled from residence to work, school or college.

Universe

Ireland 1996: Persons at work or attending school full-time [discrepancies: not verifiable]

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