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Census of Population and Housing 1970 - IPUMS Subset

Puerto Rico, 1970
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PRI_1970_PHC_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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U.S. Census Bureau, Minnesota Population Center
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Main activity in U.S. during stay (PR1970A_0521)

Data file: PRI1970-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 345
End: 346
Width: 2
Range: -
Format:

Questions and instructions

Literal question
18f. When he lived in the United States, was he -

(Mark the appropriate circles)
[] Working at a job or business (full or part-time)
[] In the Armed Forces
[] Attending school or college
[] Doing something else (housework, retired, etc.)
Categories
Value Category
1 In U.S. armed forces
2 Working at job or business (part or full time)
3 Attending school or college
4 Activity other than U.S. armed forces, working at job/business, or attending school/college
5 No activities reported
6 In U.S. armed forces and working at job/business
8 In U.S. armed forces and working at job/business and attending school/college
10 Working at job/business and attending school
12 Working at job/business and other activity
13 Working at job/business and attending school and other activity
99 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 identifies the person?s main activity during their stay in the United States.
Universe
Persons age 5+ who lived in the U.S for 6 months or more within the last 5 years

concept

Concept
Name Vocabulary
Other Person Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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