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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Main activity in U.S. during stay (PR1970A_USACTIV)

Data file: PRI1970_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete

Start: 355

End: 356

Width: 2

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

<svar a="all" v="PR70A521"><span class="em">18f. When he lived in the United States, was he - </span><br /><div class="i1">(Mark the appropriate circles)<br />[] Working at a job or business (full or part-time)<br />[] In the Armed Forces<br />[] Attending school or college<br />[] Doing something else (housework, retired, etc.)</div><br /></svar>

Categories

Value	Category
01	In U.S. armed forces
02	Working at job or business (part or full time)
03	Attending school or college
04	Activity other than U.S. armed forces, working at job/business, or attending school/college
05	No activities reported
06	In U.S. armed forces and working at job/business
08	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

Puerto Rico 1970: Persons age 5+ who lived in the U.S for 6 months or more within the last 5 years [discrepancies: none]

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