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Federal Population Census 1990 - IPUMS Subset

Switzerland, 1990
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CHE_1990_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Federal Statistical Office, IPUMS
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Category of place of work (CH1990A_PLACWORK)

Data file: CHE1990_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 165
End: 165
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar v="CH90A405 CH90A406 CH90A423 CH90A424 CH90A426 CH90A427 CH90A425 CH90A428"><span class="h3">III. Journey to work and transport: Questions to employed, schoolchildren and students</span><br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="CH90A405 CH90A406"><span class="em">14. Journey to work or school</span><br /><br />Where do you work or usually start work?<br />Where do you go to school?<br /><div class="i1">Street, number: ____<br />Town commune: ____<br />Canton resp. foreign country: ____<br />Name of the firm, business or school: ____</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
1 Same community
2 Same canton
3 Other canton
4 Other country
8 Unknown
9 NIU (not in universe)
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 if the person works in the same community, canton or country as the current community, canton or country of residence.
Universe
Switzerland 1990: Persons age 15+ and employed[discrepancies: none]

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