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)

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Aug 01, 2025

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Metropolitan status of place of work (US2015A_PWTYPE)

Data file: USA2015_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete

Start: 387

End: 387

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

30. At what location did this person work last week?
<br />If this person worked at more than one location, print where he or she worked most last week</p>

<p>30.a) Address (Number and street name)________</p>
<div class="i1">If the exact address is not known, give a description of the location such as the building name or the nearest street or intersection.</div><p>30.b) Name of city, town, or post office________</p>

<p>30.c) Is the work location inside the limits of that city or town? </p>
<div class="i1">[] Yes<br />[] No, outside the city/town limits</div>

Categories

Value	Category
	NIU (not in universe)
1	In central/principal city
4	Not in central/principal city
5	Central/principal city status indeterminable (mixed)
7	Not in metropolitan area
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 metropolitan status of the person's place of work.

Universe

United States 2015: Persons age 16+ at work last week and working in the US or Puerto Rico [discrepancies: none]

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Concept

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