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Federal Population Census 2000 - IPUMS Subset

Switzerland, 2000
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CHE_2000_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Federal Statistical Office, IPUMS
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Commute to work (CH2000A_COMMWORK)

Data file: CHE2000_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 305
End: 305
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar v="CH00A405 CH00A406 CH00A423 CH00A424 CH00A425 CH00A426 CH00A427 CH00A457 CH00A428 CH00A458 ">Questions 17 to 21 are intended for employed persons, apprentices, schoolchildren and students.<br />If you are both employed and in education/training, answer both columns<br /><br />Employed persons<br /><div class="i1">If you work in several places, mention your main job base.<br />If you move around in your job (e.g. driver, railway employee or construction-site worker), indicate where you usually start work.<br />If you work from home, give your employer's address.</div><br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="CH00A423 CH00A426 CH00A457 CH00A458">19. How long does the trip to work/school usually take? (door-to-door)<br /><div class="i1">[Employed persons]</div><br /><div class="i2">[] I work in the building I live in<br />Hours _<br />Minutes _ _</div><br /><br /><div class="i1">[Schoolchildren, students]</div><br /><div class="i2">[] I live in the school building<br />Hours _<br />Minutes _ _</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
1 Commutes
2 Works in home community
3 No fixed place of work
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 whether the person commutes to work.
Universe
Switzerland 2000: Persons age 15+ who are employed [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Work Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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