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Census of Population and Housing 1990 - IPUMS Subset

United States, 1990
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USA_1990_PHC_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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U.S. Census Bureau, Minnesota Population Center
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Vehicle occupancy (US1990A_0506)

Data file: USA1990-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 395
End: 395
Width: 1
Range: -
Format:

Questions and instructions

Literal question
23b. How many people, including this person, usually rode to work in the car, truck, or van last week?

[] Drove alone
[] 2 people
[] 3 people
[] 4 people
[] 5 people
[] 6 people
[] 7 to 9 people
[] 10 or more people


[If the person was driven to work by someone who then drove back home or to a non-work destination, fill the circle for drove alone. Do not include persons who rode to school or some other non-work destination in the count of persons who rode in the vehicle.]
Categories
Value Category
0 NIU (not in universe)
1 Drives alone
2 2 people
3 3
4 4
5 5
6 6
8 7-9
9 10 +
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 how many people (including the respondent) usually rode to work in the vehicle that the respondent took to work during the previous week.
Universe
Persons age 16+ who worked last week and used their own car

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Concept
Name Vocabulary
Other Person Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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