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2005 American Community Survey - IPUMS Subset

United States, 2001 - 2005
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USA_2005_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Carpooling (US2005A_CARPOOL)

Data file: USA2005_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 419
End: 419
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar v="US05A480 US05A481 US05A483 US05A610">[Q.26-28 are asked if the person's working place is outside of home the week before.]<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="US05A480 US05A481"><span class="ital">I. Answer question 26 only if you marked "car, truck or van" in question 25. Otherwise, skip to question 27.</span><br /><br />26. How many people, including this person, usually rode to work in the car, truck or van last week?<br /><div class="i1">Person(s): ____</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
NIU (not in universe)
1 Drives alone
2 Carpools
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 the respondent usually rode to work in a carpool (with at least one other worker) during the previous week. Persons are considered car-poolers only if they rode with other workers.
Universe
United States 2005: Persons whose means of transportation is an auto, truck or van [discrepancies: none]

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