1970 Census of Population and Housing - IPUMS Subset

Puerto Rico, 1970

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PRI_1970_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

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U.S. Census Bureau, IPUMS

Collection(s)

Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)

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Place of work: metropolitan status (PR1970A_PWTYPE)

Data file: PRI1970_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete

Start: 295

End: 296

Width: 2

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

<svar a="all" v="PR70A453 PR70A452"><span class="em">c. Where did he work last week? </span><br />If he worked in more than one place, indicate where he worked most last week.<br /><div class="i1">(1) Address (Number and street name)</div><br /><div class="i2">_____</div><br /><div class="i1">(2) Name of city, town, village, etc.</div><br /><div class="i2">_____</div><br /><div class="i1">(3) Inside the limits of this city, town, village, etc.?</div><br /><div class="i2">[] Yes<br />[] No</div><br /><div class="i1">(4) Barrio</div><br /><div class="i2">_____</div><div class="i1">(5) Municipality</div><br /><div class="i2">_____</div><br /><div class="i1">(6) Zip Code</div><br /><div class="i2">_____</div><br /></svar>

Value	Category
03	In central city, not central business district
04	Not central city
08	Outside metropolitan area or abroad
98	Unknown
99	NIU (not in universe)

Description

Definition

This variable identifies the metropolitan status of the person’s place of work.

Universe

Puerto Rico 1970: Persons age 14+ who worked last week [discrepancies: type I 0.3%; type II none]

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