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2015 The Puerto Rico Community Survey - IPUMS Subset

Puerto Rico, 2011 - 2015
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PRI_2015_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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U.S. Census Bureau, IPUMS
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Means of transportation to work (PR2015A_TRANWORK)

Data file: PRI2015_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 374
End: 375
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
31. How did this person usually get work last week? </p>
<div class="i1">If this person usually used more than once method of transportation during the trip, mark (x) the box of the one used for most of the distance<br /><br />[] Car, truck, or van<br />[] Bus or trolley bus<br />[] Carro público<br />[] Subway or elevated<br />[] Railroad<br />[] Ferryboat<br />[] Taxicab<br />[] Motorcycle<br />[] Bicycle<br />[] Walked<br />[] Worked at home - skip to question 39a<br />[] Other method</div>
Categories
Value Category
10 Auto, truck, or van
20 Motorcycle
32 Bus or trolley bus
35 Streetcar or trolley car
36 Subway or elevated
37 Long-distance train or commuter train
38 Taxicab
39 Ferryboat (launch in Puerto Rico)
50 Bicycle
60 Walked only
70 Other
80 Worked at home
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 means of transportation to work.
Universe
Puerto Rico 2015: Persons age 16+ at work last week [discrepancies:none]

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