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Census of Population and Housing 1970 - IPUMS Subset

United States, 1970
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USA_1970_PHC_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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U.S. Census Bureau, Minnesota Population Center
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Means of transportation to work (US1970A_0493)

Data file: USA1970-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 322
End: 322
Width: 1
Range: -
Format:

Questions and instructions

Literal question
23. When was this person born?


[] Born before April 1956 - Please go on with questions 24 through 41.
[] Born April 1956 or later - Please omit questions 24 through 41 and go to the next page for the next person.




Questions 29 through 41 are for all persons born before April 1956 including housewives, students, or disabled persons as well as part-time or full-time workers.


[All]

29a. Did this person work at any time last week?


[] Yes - Fill this circle if this person did full- or part-time work. (Count part-time work such as a Saturday job, delivering papers, or helping without pay in a family business or farm; and active duty in the Armed Forces.

[] No - Fill this circle if this person did not work, or did only own housework, school work, or volunteer work. Skip to 30





[15%]
d. How did he get to work last week? Fill one circle for chief means used on the last day he worked at the address given in 29c.


[] Driver, private auto
[] Taxicab
[] Passenger, private auto
[] Walked only
[] Bus or streetcar
[] Worked at home
[] Subway or elevated
[] Other means -- Specify


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After completing question 29d, skip to question 33.


"Mark Worked at home for a person who worked on a farm where he lives or in an office or shop in his home."
Categories
Value Category
0 NIU (not in universe)
1 Driver
2 Passenger
3 Bus or streetcar
4 Subway or elevated
5 Railroad
6 Taxicab
7 Walked only
8 Other
9 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.
Universe
Persons age 14+ who worked last week

concept

Concept
Name Vocabulary
Work Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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