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15th General Population and Housing Census
IPUMS Harmonized Subset

Italy, 2011
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ITA_2011_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Main means of transportation to study or work (IT2011A_TRANMODE)

Data file: ITA2011_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 249
End: 250
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="em">7. Place of work or study</span></p>

<p><span class="em">In your answers to questions 7.6, 7.7, and 7.8, refer to last Wednesday. If you did not commute to your usual place of work or study on that particular day (regardless of the reason, e.g. strike, illness, holiday, etc.), refer instead to a typical day. </span></p>

<p>7.8 What means of transportation did you use for the longest portion of the trip (in terms of distance, not time) to get to your usual place of work or study?</p>
<div class="i1">[] 1 Train<br />[] 2 Tram<br />[] 3 Underground/commuter train<br />[] 4 Bus (city bus, trolley bus)<br />[] 5 Bus (non-city bus)<br />[] 6 School or company bus<br />[] 7 Private car (as a driver)<br />[] 8 Private car (as a passenger)<br />[] 9 Motorcycle, moped, scooter<br />[] 10 Bicycle<br />[] 11 Other means (ferry, cable car, etc.)<br />[] 12 On foot</div>
Categories
Value Category
01 Train
02 Tram
03 Underground or commuter train
04 Bus (city bus, trolley bus)
05 Bus (non-city bus)
06 School or campus bus
07 Private car (as the driver)
08 Private car (as the passenger)
09 Motorcycle, moped, scooter
10 Bicycle
11 Other means (ferry, cable car, etc.)
12 On foot
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 person's main means of transportation to work or study.
Universe
Italy 2011: Persons who commute daily (both ways) to a place of study or work [discrepancies: type I none; type II trace]

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