1990 Census of Population and Housing - IPUMS Subset

Puerto Rico, 1990

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PRI_1990_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

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U.S. Census Bureau, IPUMS

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Main activity in U.S. during stay (PR1990A_USACTIV)

Data file: PRI1990_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete

Start: 442

End: 442

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

<svar a="all" v="PR90A568"><span class="em">13d. During the last period [respondent] lived in the United States for 6 or more months, what was [respondent's] main activity?</span><br /><div class="i1">[] 1 In the U.S. Armed Forced<br />[] 2 Working at a job or business (either full or part-time)<br />[] 3 Attending school or college<br />[] 4 Something else</div><br /></svar>

Categories

Value	Category
	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

Puerto Rico 1990: Persons age 5+ who lived in the U.S for 6 months or more within the last 10 years[discrepancies: none]

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