2015 American Community Survey - IPUMS Subset

United States, 2011 - 2015

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Reference ID

USA_2015_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

United States Census Bureau, IPUMS

Collection(s)

Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)

Metadata

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Aug 01, 2025

Last modified

Aug 01, 2025

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Metropolitan status 1 year ago (US2015A_MIGTYPE1)

Data file: USA2015_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete

Start: 385

End: 385

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

15. b) Where did this person live 1 year ago? </p>
<div class="i1">Address (Number and street name) ________<br />Name of city, town, or post office_________<br />Name or U.S. county or municipio in Puerto Rico________<br />Name of U.S. state or Puerto Rico _________<br />ZIP Code _ _ _ _ _</div>

Categories

Value	Category
	NIU (not in universe)
1	Not in metropolitan area
2	Central/principal city status indeterminable (mixed)
3	In central/principal city
4	Not in central/principal city
5	Abroad
9	Metropolitan status indeterminable (mixed)

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 person's metropolitan status 1 year ago.

Universe

United States 2015: Persons age 1+ who were living in another house 1 year ago [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept

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