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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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Years in the United States, intervalled (US2005A_YRSUSA2)

Data file: USA2005_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 306
End: 306
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar a="all" v="US05A429 US05A430 US05A647 US05A677">9. When did this person come to live in the United States?<br /><div class="i1">[Question 9 is asked if the person is not born in the United States.]<br /><br />Print numbers in boxes:<br /><br />Year _ _ _ _</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
NIU (not in universe)
1 0 to 5 years
2 6 to 10 years
3 11 to 15 years
4 16 to 20 years
5 21+ years
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 long a person who was born in a foreign country or U.S. outlying area had been living in the United States.
Universe
United States 2005: Foreign-born persons and persons born in U.S. outlying areas [discrepancies: none]

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