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Federal Population Census 1990 - IPUMS Subset

Switzerland, 1990
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CHE_1990_PHC_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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Federal Statistical Office, Minnesota Population Center
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Time to commute (travel duration) to school (CH1990A_0426)

Data file: CHE1990-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 198
End: 198
Width: 1
Range: 1 - 9
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
III. Journey to work and transport: Questions to employed, schoolchildren and students




15. Time required for the journey to work or school





How much time do you normally require for one journey to work or school?


[] 1 None, I live where I work/go to school
[] 2 Up to 15 minutes
[] 3 From 15 to 30 minutes
[] 4 From 30 to 45 minutes
[] 5 From 45 minutes to 1 hour
[] 6 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.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the length of time (in minutes and hours) the person uses to commute to school.
Universe
Persons age 15+ and currently attending school or children ages 5-14

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Education Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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