Census of Population and Housing 1980 - IPUMS Subset

United States, 1980

Get Microdata

Reference ID

USA_1980_PHC_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

U.S. Census Bureau, Minnesota Population Center

Collection(s)

Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)

Metadata

Documentation in PDF DDI/XML JSON

Study website Interactive tools

Created on

Sep 24, 2014

Last modified

Apr 26, 2018

Page views

34839

Downloads

432

Carpooling (US1980A_0511)

Data file: USA1980-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 382

End: 382

Width: 1

Range: 0 - 4

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

24c. When going to work last week, did this person usually --

[] Drive alone -- Skip to 28
[] Share driving
[] Drive others only
[] Ride as passenger only

[If the person was driven to work by someone who then drove back home or to a non-work destination, mark drive alone.]

Value	Category
0	NIU (not in universe)
1	Drives alone
2	Shares driving
3	Drives others only
4	Passenger only

Description

Definition

This variable indicates whether the respondent usually rode to work in a carpool (with at least one other worker) during the previous week. Persons are considered car-poolers only if they rode with other workers.

Universe

Persons age 16+ who worked last week and used a private auto, truck, or van as their primary means of transportation to work

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Other Person Variables -- PERSON	IPUMS

Back to Catalog