1970 Census of Population and Housing - IPUMS Subset

Puerto Rico, 1970

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PRI_1970_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

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U.S. Census Bureau, IPUMS

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Means of transportation to work (PR1970A_TRANWORK)

Data file: PRI1970_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete

Start: 304

End: 305

Width: 2

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

<svar a="all" v="PR70A460"><span class="em">d. What means of transportation did he use to get to work?</span><br />(Mark the most recently used one.).<br /><div class="i1">[] Driver, private car<br />[] Taxi<br />[] Passenger, private car<br />[] Walked only<br />[] Bus<br />[] Worked at home<br />[] Public car<br />[] Ferry boat<br />[] Other means -- Specify</div><br /><div class="i2">_____</div><br /></svar>

Categories

Value	Category
12	Driver
13	Passenger
30	Bus or streetcar
33	Subway or elevated
34	Railroad
35	Taxicab
50	Walked only
60	Other
70	Worked at home
98	Unknown
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 means of transportation to get to work.

Universe

Puerto Rico 1970: Persons age 14+ who worked last week [discrepancies: type I 0.3%; type II none]

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