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Census of Population and Housing 1980 - IPUMS Subset

United States, 1980
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USA_1980_PHC_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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U.S. Census Bureau, Minnesota Population Center
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Public transportation disability (US1980A_0499)

Data file: USA1980-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 370
End: 370
Width: 1
Range: -
Format:

Questions and instructions

Literal question
19. Does this person have a physical, mental, or other health condition which has lasted for 6 or more months and which. . .

19a. Limits the kind or amount of work this person can do at a job?

[] Yes
[] No


19b. Prevents this person from working at a job?

[] Yes
[] No


19c. Limits or prevents this person from using public transportation?

[] Yes
[] No


[The term "health condition" refers to any physical or mental problem which has lasted for 6 or more months. A serious problem with seeing, hearing, or speech should be considered a health condition. Pregnancy or a temporary health problem such as a broken bone that is expected to heal normally should not be considered a health condition.]
Categories
Value Category
0 NIU (not in universe)
1 No public transportation disability
2 Yes, public transportation disability
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 respondent had any physical or mental health condition, lasting 6 or more months, that made it difficult or impossible to use public transportation. Such disabilities did not include temporary health conditions, such as broken bones or pregnancies.
Universe
Persons age 16+

concept

Concept
Name Vocabulary
Disability Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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