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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Means of transportation to work (US2015A_TRANWORK)

Data file: USA2015_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete

Start: 397

End: 398

Width: 2

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

31. How did this person usually get to work last week? 
<div class="i1">If this person usually used more than one method of transportation during the trip, mark (X) the box of the one used for most of the distance [] Car, truck, or van [] Bus or trolley bus [] Streetcar or trolley car [] Subway or elevated [] Railroad [] Ferryboat [] Taxicab [] Motorcycle [] Bicycle [] Walked [] Worked at home [Skip to question 38a] [] Other method</div>

Categories

Value	Category
00	NIU (not in universe)
10	Auto, truck, or van
20	Motorcycle
32	Bus or trolley bus
35	Streetcar or trolley car (publico in Puerto Rico, 2000)
36	Subway or elevated
37	Long-distance train or commuter train
38	Taxicab
39	Ferryboat (launch in Puerto Rico)
50	Bicycle
60	Walked only
70	Other
80	Worked at home

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 means of transportation to work.

Universe

United States 2015: Persons age 16+ at work last week [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept

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