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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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U.S. Census Bureau, IPUMS
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Sep 03, 2025
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  • USA1980_PHC-P-H.dat

Place of work metropolitan status, 1980 (US1980A_PWMET98)

Data file: USA1980_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 389
End: 389
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar a="all" v="US80A493 US80A494 US80A495 US80A496 US80A516 US80A517"><span class="em">23. At what location did this person work last week? </span><br /><br />If this person worked at more than one location, print where he or she worked most last week.<br />If one location cannot be specified, see instruction guide.<br /><br />[If the person worked at several locations, but reported to the same location each day to begin work, print where he or she reported. If the person did not report to the same location each day to begin work, print the words "various locations" for 23a, and give as much information as possible in the remainder of 23 to identify the area in which he or she worked most last week. If the person's employer operates in more than one location (such as a grocery store chain or public school system), give the exact address of the location or branch where the person worked. If the person worked in a foreign country or Puerto Rico, Guam, etc., print the name of the country in 23e and leave the other parts of 23 blank.]<br /><br /><span class="em">23a. Address </span><br /><div class="i1">____ (Number and street)<br /><br />If street address is not known, enter the building name, shopping center, or other physical location description.</div><br /><br /><span class="em">23b. Name of city, town, village, borough, etc. </span><br /><div class="i1">____</div><br /><br /><span class="em">23c. Is this place of work inside the incorporated (legal) limits of that city, town, village, borough, etc.? </span><br /><div class="i1">[] Yes<br />[] No, in unincorporated area</div><br /><br /><span class="em">23d. County</span><br /><div class="i1">____</div><br /><br /><span class="em">23e. State </span><br /><div class="i1">________</div><br /><br /><span class="em">23f. ZIP Code </span><br /><div class="i1">____</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
0 NIU (not in universe)
1 In Central Business District (CBD)
2 In remainder of central city
3 Outside of central city
4 In central city
5 Outside central city
6 Working outside any metropolitan area
7 Working in central city of metro area
8 Working in a metro , outside central city
9 Working outside any metropolitan area
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 metropolitan status of the respondent's place of work, providing information not available in PWMETRO (place of work metropolitan area.)
Universe
United States 1980: Persons age 16+ who reported that worked last week in the US; 50 percent of cases [no discrepancies]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Work Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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