Census of Population and Housing 1990 - IPUMS Subset

United States, 1990

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USA_1990_PHC_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS

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U.S. Census Bureau, Minnesota Population Center

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Means oftransportation to work (US1990A_0504)

Data file: USA1990-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 392

End: 393

Width: 2

Range: -

Format:

Questions and instructions

Literal question

23a. How did this person usually get to work last week? If this person usually used more than one method of transportation during the trip, fill the circle 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
[] Motorcycle
[] Bicycle
[] Walked
[] Worked at home -- Skip to 28
[] other method
[] Taxicab

Categories

Value	Category
0	NIU (not in universe)
1	Auto, truck, or van
2	Motorcycle
3	Bus or trolley bus
4	Streetcar or trolley car
5	Subway or elevated
6	Railroad
7	Taxicab
8	Ferryboat
9	Bicycle
10	Walked only
11	Other
12	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.

Description

Definition

This variable indicates the respondent's primary means of transportation to work on the most recent day worked, or over the course of the previous week

Universe

Persons age 16+ who worked last week

concept

Concept

Name	Vocabulary
Other Person Variables -- PERSON	IPUMS

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