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Census of Population and Housing 1983 - IPUMS Subset

Israel, 1983
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ISR_1983_PHC_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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Central Bureau of Statistics - Israel, Minnesota Population Center
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Main type of transportation to work (IL1983A_0443)

Data file: ISR1983-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 214
End: 215
Width: 2
Range: -
Format:

Questions and instructions

Literal question
[Questions 1-28 were asked of household members aged 15 years or older]



[Work]
[Questions 14-23]



[Questions 17-23 were asked of persons age 15+ who did not serve in professional army last week, per question 14]




[Questions 18-23 were asked of persons age 15+ who did not serve in professional army last week, per question 14, but worked in Israel during the previous 12 months, per question 17]




22. How did you get to your place of work most days last week (or during last week in which you worked)?

[] 0 Worked at home: Circle and skip to 24
[] 1 Walked, rode bicycle
[] 2 Bus -- without transferring
[] 3 Bus -- transferring at least once
[] 4 Sherut taxi
[] 5 Transportation organized by place of work
[] 6 Private or commercial car up to 1 ton -- as driver
[] 7 Private or commercial car up to 1 ton -- as passenger
[] 8 Motorcycle, motor scooter, motorbike, moped
[] 9 Other vehicle ____
Categories
Value Category
0 Locality of workplace unknown
10 Does not travel to work (works at home)
11 Bicycle/walks
12 Bus - one line
13 Bus - 2+ lines
14 Taxi
15 Organized transportation by employer
16 Private car (under one ton) - driver
17 Private car (under one ton) - passenger
18 Motorcycle/scooter/motorbike
19 Other vehicle
99 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.
Interviewer instructions
26. Question 22 -- explanations: Manner of arrival to work

[Instructions refer to a graphic of the census form including question 22.]

In the answer refer to the workplace registered in question 19.

If the workplace is the person's home, circle "0" and skip to question 24.

If a person arrives at a gathering place in one vehicle and leaves it for work in a different vehicle -- mark the vehicle in which he/she travels to the gathering place.

If a person travels to work in different vehicles on different days of the week, mark the vehicle in which he/she travels most days.

If a person is part of a car-pooling group of people, in which every day a different member of the group is the driver - mark answer 7, since most of the week he/she arrives in private car as a passenger (and not as a driver).

If a person uses several types of vehicles on his way to work (while alternating between them) -- specify the vehicle in which travels the longest distance.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the person's main type of transportation to work.
Universe
Persons age 15+ in annual labor force

concept

Concept
Name Vocabulary
Work Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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