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Census of the Population of Ireland, 2016 - IPUMS Subset

Ireland, 2016
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IRL_2016_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Central Statistics Office, IPUMS
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Means of travel to work, school, or college (IE2016A_TRANMEAN)

Data file: IRL2016_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 219
End: 220
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
19. How do you usually travel to work, school or college?</p>
<div class="i1">Mark one box only, for the longest part, by distance, of your usual journey to work, school or college<br /><br />[] 1. Not at work, school or college <br />[] 2. On foot <br />[] 3. Bicycle <br />[] 4. Bus, minibus or coach <br />[] 5. Train, DART or LUAS <br />[] 6. Motor cycle or scooter <br />[] 7. Driving a car <br />[] 8. Passenger in a car <br />[] 9. Van <br />[] 10. Other, including lorry <br />[] 11. Work mainly at or from home</div>
Categories
Value Category
01 On foot
02 Bicycle
03 Bus
04 Train
05 Motorcycle
06 Driving a car
07 Passenger in a car
08 Van
09 Other, including lorry
10 Work mainly from home
11 Not at work school or college
98 Unknown
99 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 means of travel to work, school, or college.
Universe
Ireland 2016: Present persons [discrepancies: type I none; type II 6.5%]

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