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Swiss Federal Population Census of 1980 - IPUMS Subset

Switzerland, 1980
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CHE_1980_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Federal Statistical Office, IPUMS
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Time to commute (travel duration) to work (CH1980A_WORKTIME)

Data file: CHE1980_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 205
End: 205
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar v="CH80A405 CH80A406 CH80A423 CH80A424 CH80A425 CH80A426 CH80A427 CH80A428"><span class="em">B. Questions to employed, students and school-children from 1st primary class upwards</span><br /></svar>
<br /> [Drivers, railway employees, building workers, etc., indicate their place or work]</p>

<p>[Commercial travelers write 'traveling']</p>

<p><svar a="all" v="CH80A423 CH80A426">12. Duration of one journey to work or to school:<br /><div class="i1">[] None (I go to work or school in the building I live)<br />[] Up to 15 minutes<br />[] 16 to 30 minutes<br />[] 31 to 45 minutes<br />[] 46 minutes to 1 hour<br />[] Over 1 hour</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
1 No commuting distance (works in same building as residence)
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.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the duration of time the person uses to commute to work.
Universe
Switzerland 1980: Employed persons [discrepancies: none]

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