Census of Population of Ireland, 1981 - IPUMS Subset

Ireland, 1981

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IRL_1981_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

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Central Statistics Office, IPUMS

Collection(s)

Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)

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Distance travelled to work/school/college (IE1981A_DISTTRAV)

Data file: IRL1981_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete

Start: 203

End: 204

Width: 2

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

<svar a="all" v="IE81A409">Q. 14 Distance to work, school or college___<br /><div class="i1">State to the nearest mile, the distance, travelled from residence to place of work, school or college.</div><br /></svar></p>

<p><svar v="IE81A409">Question 14: Distance traveled to work, school, or college<br /><div class="i1">(i) State the total distance travelled from residence to place of work, school or college to the nearest mile.<br />(ii) For persons working daily from a fixed centre or depot, indicate the distance travelled from residence to this centre or depot.<br />(iii) For persons with no regular place of work (e.g., sales representatives, road workers and others who do not work at or from a fixed centre or depot), write "None".</div><br /></svar>

Value	Category
00	0 miles
01	1 mile
02	2 miles
03	3 miles
04	4 miles
05	5 to 9 miles
06	10 to 14 miles
07	15 miles and over
98	Unknown
99	NIU (not in universe)

Description

Definition

This variable indicates a person's distance travelled to work, school or college.

Universe

Ireland 1981: People who are employed or students [discrepancies: none]

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