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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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Round trips (how often) to commute to school (CH1990A_SCHTRIPS)

Data file: CHE1990_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 210
End: 210
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 v="CH90A423 CH90A424 CH90A426 CH90A427"><span class="em">15. Time required for the journey to work or school</span><br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="CH90A424 CH90A427"><div class="i1">How often do you normally make the journey there and back?</div><br /><div class="i2">[] 1 Once a day<br />[] 2 Twice a day or more often</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
1 There and back once a day
2 There and back twice or more per day
8 Unknown or no commute to school
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 the frequency of round trips the person made to commute to and from school.
Universe
Switzerland 1990: Persons age 15+ and currently attending school or children ages 5-14 [discepancies: type 1 none; type II 1.7%]

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