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American Community Survey 2005 - IPUMS Subset

Puerto Rico, 2005
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PRI_2005_PHC_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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U.S. Census Bureau, Minnesota Population Center
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Means of transportation to work (PR2005A_0479)

Data file: PRI2005-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 361
End: 362
Width: 2
Range: -
Format:

Questions and instructions

Literal question
[Questions 24-28 are asked if the person did any work for either pay or profit in the week before.]



25. How did this person usually get to work last week?

If this person usually used more than one method of transportation during the trip, mark (X) in the box of the one used for most of the distance
[] Car, truck, or van
[] Bus or trolley bus
[] Streetcar or trolley car
[] Subway or elevated
[] Railroad
[] Ferryboat
[] Taxicab
[] Motorcycle
[] Bicycle
[] Walked
[] Worked at home
[] Other method
Categories
Value Category
0 NIU (not in universe)
10 Auto, truck, or van
20 Motorcycle
31 Bus or trolley bus
32 Streetcar or trolley car
33 Subway or elevated
34 Railroad
35 Taxicab
36 Ferryboat (launch in Puerto Rico)
40 Bicycle
50 Walked only
60 Other
70 Worked at home
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
[Housing Question 17-42 should be asked only of individuals 15 and older.]




25. If the person usually used more than one type of transportation to get to work (for example, drove to public transportation), mark the category of the one method of transportation that he or she used for most of the distance during the trip.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the person's means of transportation to work.
Universe
Persons age 16+ who were at work last week

concept

Concept
Name Vocabulary
Work Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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