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Census of Population of Ireland, 1986 - IPUMS Subset

Ireland, 1986
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IRL_1986_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Distance travelled to work/school/college (IE1986A_DISTTRAV)

Data file: IRL1986_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 202
End: 202
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
Q.14 State to the nearest mile the distance travelled from residence to place of work, school or college_____</p>

<p>Question 14: Distance traveled to work, school or college</p>
<div class="i1">(i) State to the nearest mile the total distance travelled from residence to place of work, school or college.<br />(ii) For persons working daily from a fixed centre or depot, indicate the distance travelled from residence to this centre or depot.<br />(iii) For persons with no regular place of work such as sales representatives, road workers and others who do not work at or from a fixed centre or depot, write "None".</div>
Categories
Value Category
0 mile
1 1 mile
2 2 miles
3 3 miles
4 4 miles
5 5 to 9 miles
6 10 to 14 miles
7 15+ miles
8 Unknown
9 NIU (not in universe)
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 distance travelled to work/school/college for a person.
Universe
Ireland 1986: Employed people and students

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