American Community Survey 2005 - IPUMS Subset

Puerto Rico, 2005

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Reference ID

PRI_2005_PHC_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

U.S. Census Bureau, Minnesota Population Center

Collection(s)

Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)

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Means of transportation to work (PR2005A_0479)

Data file: PRI2005-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 361

End: 362

Width: 2

Range: 0 - 70

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

[Questions 24-28 are asked if the person did any work for either pay or profit in the week before.]

25. How did this person usually get to work last week?

If this person usually used more than one method of transportation during the trip, mark (X) in 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
[] Other method

Categories

Value	Category
0	NIU (not in universe)
10	Auto, truck, or van
20	Motorcycle
31	Bus or trolley bus
32	Streetcar or trolley car
33	Subway or elevated
34	Railroad
35	Taxicab
36	Ferryboat (launch in Puerto Rico)
40	Bicycle
50	Walked only
60	Other
70	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.

Interviewer instructions

[Housing Question 17-42 should be asked only of individuals 15 and older.]

25. If the person usually used more than one type of transportation to get to work (for example, drove to public transportation), mark the category of the one method of transportation that he or she used for most of the distance during the trip.

Description

Definition

This variable indicates the person's means of transportation to work.

Universe

Persons age 16+ who were at work last week

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Work Variables -- PERSON	IPUMS

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