2000 Census of Population and Housing - IPUMS Subset

United States, 2000

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USA_2000_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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Metropolitan status 5 years ago (US2000A_MIGTYPE5)

Data file: USA2000_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 402

End: 402

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

<svar a="all" v="US00A476 US00A477 US00A478 US00A479 US00A481 US00A602 US00A607"><span class="em">15. b. Where did this person live 5 years ago? </span><br /><div class="i1">____ Name of city, town, or post office<br /><br /><span class="em">Did this person live inside the limits of the city or town?</span><br />[] Yes<br />[] No, outside the city/town limits</div><br /><br /><div class="i2">____ Name of county<br />____ Name of state<br />_ _ _ _ _ ZIP code</div><br /></svar>

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

Description

Definition

This variable indicates whether the respondent lived in a metropolitan area five years ago.

Universe

United States 2000: Persons age 5+ who lived in a different house 5 years ago [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept

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

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