1990 Census of Population and Housing - IPUMS Subset

United States, 1990

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USA_1990_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

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U.S. Census Bureau, IPUMS

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Travel time to work (US1990A_TRANTIME)

Data file: USA1990_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 422

End: 423

Width: 2

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

<svar a="all" v="US90A507"><span class="em">24a. What time did this person usually leave home to go to work last week?</span><br /><div class="i1">____</div><br /><div class="i2">[] a.m.<br />[] p.m.</div><br /><br />[Give the time of day the person usually left home to go to work. Do not give the time that the person usually began his or her work. If the person usually left home to go to work sometime between 12:00 o'clock midnight and 12:00 o'clock noon, fill the a.m. circle. If the person usually left home to go to work sometime between 12:00 o'clock noon and 12:00 o'clock midnight, fill the p.m. circle.]<br /></svar>

Categories

Value	Category
00	NIU (not in universe)
01	1
02	2
03	3
04	4
05	5
06	6
07	7
08	8
09	9
10	10
11	11
12	12
13	13
14	14
15	15
16	16
17	17
18	18
19	19
20	20
21	21
22	22
23	23
24	24
25	25
26	26
27	27
28	28
29	29
30	30
31	31
32	32
33	33
34	34
35	35
36	36
37	37
38	38
39	39
40	40
41	41
42	42
43	43
44	44
45	45
46	46
47	47
48	48
49	49
50	50
51	51
52	52
53	53
54	54
55	55
56	56
57	57
58	58
59	59
60	60
61	61
62	62
63	63
64	64
65	65
66	66
67	67
68	68
69	69
70	70
71	71
72	72
73	73
74	74
75	75
76	76
77	77
78	78
79	79
80	80
81	81
82	82
83	83
84	84
85	85
86	86
87	87
88	88
89	89
90	90
91	91
92	92
93	93
94	94
95	95
96	96
97	97
98	98
99	99 or more

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 total amount of time, in minutes, that it usually took the respondent to get from home to work last week.

Universe

United States 1990: Persons age 16+ who worked outside the home last week [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Other Person Variables -- PERSON	IPUMS

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