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Census of Population and Housing 1990 - IPUMS Subset

Puerto Rico, 1990
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PRI_1990_PHC_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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U.S. Census Bureau, Minnesota Population Center
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Main activity in U.S. during stay (PR1990A_0568)

Data file: PRI1990-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 426
End: 426
Width: 1
Range: -
Format:

Questions and instructions

Literal question
13d. During the last period [respondent] lived in the United States for 6 or more months, what was [respondent's] main activity?

[] 1 In the U.S. Armed Forced
[] 2 Working at a job or business (either full or part-time)
[] 3 Attending school or college
[] 4 Something else
Categories
Value Category
0 NIU (not in universe)
1 In U.S. Armed Forces
2 Working at job or business (part or full time)
3 Attending school or college
4 Activity other than U.S. Armed Forces, working at job/business, or attending school/college
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 respondent's main activity in U.S. during stay of 6 months or more.
Universe
Persons age 5+ who lived in the U.S for 6 months or more within the last 10 years

concept

Concept
Name Vocabulary
Other Person Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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