1990 Census of Population and Housing - IPUMS Subset

United States, 1990

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Reference ID

USA_1990_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

U.S. Census Bureau, IPUMS

Collection(s)

Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)

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Time of departure for work (US1990A_DEPARTS)

Data file: USA1990_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Continuous

Decimal: 0

Start: 424

End: 427

Width: 4

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

<svar a="all" v="US90A508"><span class="em">24b. How many minutes did it usually take this person to get from home to work last week?</span><br /><div class="i1">____ Minutes -- Skip to 28</div><br /><br />[Travel time is from door to door. Include time taken waiting for public transportation or picking up passengers in a car pool.]<br /></svar>

Description

Definition

This variable indicates the time that the respondent usually left home for work last week.

Universe

United States 1990: Persons age 16+ who worked outside the home last week [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Other Person Variables -- PERSON	IPUMS

Imputation and derivation

Derivation

US90A508 is a 4-digit numeric variable.

Codes0 = NIU.

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