Census of Population of Ireland 1971 - IPUMS Subset

Ireland, 1971

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Reference ID

IRL_1971_PHC_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Central Statistics Office, Minnesota Population Center

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Means of travel to school/work (IE1971A_0406)

Data file: IRL1971-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 169

End: 169

Width: 1

Range: -

Format:

Questions and instructions

Literal question

13. Transport to work or school

At (a), state the usual means of transport to work or school. At (b), state to the nearest mile, the distance from residence to work or school. If the person walks to work or school, or works at home, write "None" at (a).

(a)___
(b)___

Categories

Value	Category
0	None, on foot
1	Bus
2	Train
3	Bicycle
4	Motorcycle
5	Car, taxi
6	Lorry/van/commercial vehicle
7	Other
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 13 - Transport to work or school.
An answer is required to this question only in respect of persons who are working for payment or profit or who are attending a school or college etc. full-time. The column should be left blank far all other persons, e.g. persons who are out of work (see Column 15), persons engaged in home duties, or retired or not yet at work (see Column 14), children not yet at school etc. Information is sought only in respect of the outward journey; information regarding the return journey should not be included.

Description

Definition

This variable indicates the person's means of travel to school or work.

Universe

Persons working for profit or attending school full-time

concept

Concept

Name	Vocabulary
Other Person Variables -- PERSON	IPUMS

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