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1980 Census of Population and Housing - IPUMS Subset

United States, 1980
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USA_1980_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Carpooling (US1980A_CARPOOL)

Data file: USA1980_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 408
End: 408
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar a="all" v="US80A511"><span class="em">24c. When going to work last week, did this person usually -- </span><br /><div class="i1">[] Drive alone -- Skip to 28<br />[] Share driving<br />[] Drive others only<br />[] Ride as passenger only</div><br /><br />[If the person was driven to work by someone who then drove back home or to a non-work destination, mark <span class="em">drive alone</span>.]<br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
0 NIU (not in universe)
1 Drives alone
2 Shares driving
3 Drives others only
4 Passenger only
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 whether the respondent usually rode to work in a carpool (with at least one other worker) during the previous week. Persons are considered car-poolers only if they rode with other workers.
Universe
United States 1980: Persons age 16+ who worked last week and used a private auto, truck, or van as their primary means of transportation to work [discrepancies: none]

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Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Other Person Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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