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1980 Census of Population and Housing - IPUMS Subset

United States, 1980
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Means of transportation to work (US1980A_TRANWORK)

Data file: USA1980_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 406
End: 407
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar a="all" v="US80A510"><span class="em">24b. How did this person usually get to work last week? </span><br /><div class="i1">If this person used more than one method, give the one usually used for most of the distance.<br /><br />[] Car<br />[] Truck<br />[] Van<br />[] Bus or streetcar [skip to 28]<br />[] Railroad [skip to 28]<br />[] Taxicab [skip to 28]<br />[] Motorcycle [skip to 28]<br />[] Bicycle [skip to 28]<br />[] Walked only [skip to 28]<br />[] Worked at home [skip to 28]<br />[] Subway or elevated [skip to 28]<br />[] Other - [skip to 28]</div><br /><div class="i2">____ Specify</div><br /><br />[Mark Worked at home for a person who works on a farm where he or she lives, or in an office or shop in the person's home.]<br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
00 NIU (not in universe)
01 Auto
02 Truck
03 Van
04 Motorcycle
05 Bus or streetcar
06 Subway or elevated
07 Railroad
08 Taxicab
09 Bicycle
10 Walked only
11 Other
12 Worked at home
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 respondent's primary means of transportation to work on the most recent day worked (1970), or over the course of the previous week (the 1960 and 1980-2000 censuses and the ACS). The primary means of transportation was that used on the most days or to cover the greatest distance.
Universe
United States 1980: Persons age 16+ who worked last week [discrepancies: none]

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Other Person Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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