Swiss Federal Population Census of 1970 - IPUMS Subset

Switzerland, 1970

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Reference ID

CHE_1970_PHC_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Federal Statistical Office, Minnesota Population Center

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Time to commute (travel duration) to school (CH1970A_0426)

Data file: CHE1970-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 195

End: 195

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 9

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

E. Questions to employed, school children and students
[Applies to questions 23-26]

24. Duration of one way commute to work or to school:

[] Place or work or location of school is on the same property
[] Up to 15 minutes
[] Over 15 to 30 minutes
[] 30 to 60 minutes
[] Over 1 hour

Categories

Value	Category
1	No commuting distance
2	Up to 15 minutes
3	16-30 minutes
4	31-60 minutes
5	More than 1 hour
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.

Interviewer instructions

Question 24: Duration of commuting
The time measured is from leaving home to arriving at the place of work. For persons working and attending school half days, the commute to work is to be entered. For persons returning home only on weekends, the commute from their place of accommodation to their place of work is to be entered.

Description

Definition

This variable identifies the duration of time the person uses to commute to school.

Universe

Persons who attend school and not work

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Education Variables -- PERSON	IPUMS

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