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Census of Population of Ireland 1996 - IPUMS Subset

Ireland, 1996
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IRL_1996_PHC_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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Distance travelled to work/school/college (IE1996A_0412)

Data file: IRL1996-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 183
End: 183
Width: 1
Range: -
Format:

Questions and instructions

Literal question
Q.13 Distance to work, school or college ____

State, to the nearest mile, the distance travelled from residence to place of work, school or college.



Explanatory notes


Questions 12 and 13 - Means of travel to work, school or college and distance travelled.


Distance travelled
Categories
Value Category
0 0 miles
1 1 mile
2 2 miles
3 3 miles
4 4 miles
5 5 to 9 miles
6 10 to 14 miles
7 15 miles and over
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
Questions which cover all persons


Q.12 and Q.13: Travel to Work, School or College
These Questions should be answered in respect of every person who is at work, or attending a school or university full time. The questions should be left blank for all other persons (e.g. persons who are Unemployed, on Home duties, Retired or Children not yet at school). Information should be supplied for the outward journey only; the return journey should not be included. One box only should be ticked at Question 12 identifying the principal means of travel. In Question 13 the information required is the total outward distance travelled using all means of transport.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the distance, in miles, the person travelled from residence to work, school or college.
Universe
Persons at work or attending school full-time

concept

Concept
Name Vocabulary
Other Person Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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