American Community Survey 2005 - IPUMS Subset

United States, 2005

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USA_2005_CS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS

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U.S. Census Bureau, Minnesota Population Center

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Place of work: metropolitan status (US2005A_0464)

Data file: USA2005-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 368

End: 368

Width: 1

Range: -

Format:

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Literal question

Place of work: metropolitan status

Categories

Value	Category
0	NIU (not in universe)
1	In central city
2	Not central city
3	Central city status unknown
4	Outside metropolitan area
9	Not reported/unknown

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 whether respondents who worked last week worked primarily within a metropolitan area, and, if so, whether they worked within a metropolitan central city. A metropolitan area includes a large city (the "central city") and surrounding counties that are economically integrated with that city.

Universe

Persons age 16+ at work last week

concept

Concept

Name	Vocabulary
Work Variables -- PERSON	IPUMS

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