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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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Travel time to work (US1980A_TRANTIME)

Data file: USA1980_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 410
End: 411
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar a="all" v="US80A513"><span class="em">24a. Last week, how long did it usually take this person to get from home to work (one way)? </span><br /><div class="i1">____ Minutes</div><br /><br />[Travel time is from door to door. Include time taken waiting for public transportation, picking up passengers in carpools, etc.]<br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
00 NIU (not in universe)
01 1 minute
02 2 minutes
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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 total amount of time, in minutes, that it usually took the respondent to get from home to work last week.
Universe
United States 1980: Persons age 16+ who worked outside the home last week; 50 percent of cases [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Other Person Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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