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1980 Census of Population and Housing - IPUMS Subset

United States, 1980
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USA_1980_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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U.S. Census Bureau, IPUMS
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Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)
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Metropolitan status 5 years ago (US1980A_MIGTYPE5)

Data file: USA1980_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 376
End: 376
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar a="all" v="US80A480 US80A481 US80A482 US80A483 US80A484 US80A488 US80A489"><span class="em">15 b. Where did this person live five years ago (April 1, 1975)? </span><br /><div class="i1">____ (1) State, foreign country, Puerto Rico, Guam, etc.<br />____ (2) County<br />____ (3) City, town, village, etc.<br />(4) Inside the incorporated (legal) limits of that city, town, village, etc.?</div><br /><div class="i2">[] Yes<br />[] No, in unincorporated area</div><br /><br />[If this person lived in a different house or apartment on April 1, 1975, give the location of this person's usual home at that time.<br /><br /><div class="i1">Part (1) If the person was living in the United States on April 1, 1975, print the name of the State. If the person did not live in the United States on April 1, 1975, print the full name of the foreign country or Puerto Rico, Guam, etc.<br /><br />Part (2) If in Louisiana, print the parish name. If in Alaska, print the borough name. If in New York City - print the borough name if the county name is not known. If an independent city, leave blank.<br /><br />Part (3) If in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island or Vermont, print the name of the town rather than the name of the village or city, unless the name of the town is unknown.<br /><br />Part (4) Mark Yes if you know that the location is now inside the limits of a city, town, village or other incorporated place, even if it was not inside the limits on April 1, 1975.]</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
0 NIU (not in universe)
1 Not in a metro area
2 In a metro area, central city status unknown
3 Central city
4 Not central city
9 Unknown
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 lived in a metropolitan area five years ago. It also indicates whether persons who lived in a metropolitan area five years ago resided in the largest city/cities ("the central city") in the metropolitan area. Metropolitan areas consist of a large city and the surrounding economically-integrated counties.
Universe
United States 1980: Persons age 5+; 50 percent of cases [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Migration: Global Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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