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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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Means of transportation to work (US1990A_TRANWORK)

Data file: USA1990_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 418
End: 419
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar a="all" v="US90A504"><span class="em">23a. How did this person usually get to work last week?</span> If this person usually used more than one method of transportation during the trip, fill the circle of the one used for most of the distance.<br /><div class="i1">[] Car, truck, or van<br />[] Bus or trolley bus<br />[] Streetcar or trolley car<br />[] Subway or elevated<br />[] Railroad<br />[] Ferryboat<br />[] Motorcycle<br />[] Bicycle<br />[] Walked<br />[] Worked at home -- Skip to 28<br />[] other method<br />[] Taxicab</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
00 NIU (not in universe)
01 Auto, truck, or van
02 Motorcycle
03 Bus or trolley bus
04 Streetcar or trolley car
05 Subway or elevated
06 Railroad
07 Taxicab
08 Ferryboat
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, or over the course of the previous week
Universe
United States 1990: Persons age 16+ who worked last week [discrepancies: none]

concept

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