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Censos 2011: XV Receseamento Geral da População; V Receseamento Geral da Habitação - IPUMS Subset

Portugal, 2011
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PRT_2011_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Instituto Nacional de Estatística (INE), IPUMS
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Main mode of transport (PT2011A_TRANS)

Data file: PRT2011_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 246
End: 247
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h1">Individual questionnaire</span></p>

<p><span class="em">If you work or study and live in this dwelling most of the year answer questions 20, 21, and 22. If this is not the case go to question 23 </span></p>

<p><span class="em">21. What is the main mode of transport you use to travel between home and work or home and place of study?</span><div class="i1">If you use several modes of transport, please indicate which one you use for most of the itinerary.<br />[] 01 On foot<br />[] 02 Car: as driver<br />[] 03 Car: as passenger<br />[] 04 Bus<br />[] 05 Company or school collective transport<br />[] 06 Underground<br />[] 07 Train<br />[] 08 Motorcycle<br />[] 09 Bicycle<br />[] 10 Boat<br />[] 11 Other (tram, taxi, ?)</div>
Categories
Value Category
01 On foot
02 Car as driver
03 Car as passenger
04 Bus
05 Company or school collective transport
06 Underground
07 Train
08 Motorcycle
09 Bicycle
10 Boat
11 Other
98 Unknown
99 Not applicable
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.
Interviewer instructions
<span class="em">7.2.4. Individual</span></p>

<p><span class="em">Questions 20, 21 and 22 must be answered by people who work and study and reside for most of the year in the dwelling (Question 3, option 1)</span></p>

<p><span class="em">Question 21- What is the main mode of transport you use to travel between home and work or home and place of study?</span>
<br />[There is an image of question 21]
<br /><span class="pg">[p. 132]</span>
<br />In case a person uses more than one mode of transportation to travel back and forth between home and work or home and place of study, you must indicate only one mode of transportation. The one that is used for most of the trajectory, in other words the one that is used to cover long distances.
<br />If a person is a worker/student you must answer in relation to the place of work.
<br />The option car also includes those vehicles provided by a business or workplace for private use.
<br />The option motorcycle includes motorized vehicles of two or three wheels and #4 motorcycles.
<br />The option bicycle includes also motorized bicycles.
<br />The type of transportation by taxi/bus must be included in "other".

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the respondent's main mode of transport from home to work or school.
Universe
Portugal 2011: Persons who travel to work or study in this or another parish [discrepancies: type I none; type II 1.9%]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Work Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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