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Federal Population Census 1990 - IPUMS Subset

Switzerland, 1990
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Reference ID
CHE_1990_PHC_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
Federal Statistical Office, Minnesota Population Center
Collection(s)
Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)
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Means of transport (travel mode) to work (CH1990A_0425)

Data file: CHE1990-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 196
End: 197
Width: 2
Range: 1 - 99
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
III. Journey to work and transport: Questions to employed, schoolchildren and students




16. Means of transport
What means of transport do you usually use for one journey to work or school? (If you sue several means of transport, please list all of these)

[] 1 None, I go the whole way on foot
[] 2 Bicycle
[] 3 Moped
[] 4 Motorcycle, scooter
[] 5 Private car as driver
[] 6 Private car as passenger
[] 7 Firm bus, school bus
[] 8 Train (SFR, private railways)
[] 9 Post-office bus, coach
[] 10 Tram, municipal bus, trolleybus
[] 11 Others (e.g. boat, cable railway)
Categories
Value Category
1 No commute
2 Solely on foot
10 Train
13 Train+street car, bus, post bus
15 Train+car (driver, passenger)
18 Train+bicycle, moped
30 Street car, bus, post bus
35 Street car, bus, post bus+car (driver, passenger)
38 Street car, bus, post bus+bicycle, moped
40 Other public transportation
50 Company bus
60 Car (driver, passenger)
70 Motorcycle, scooter
90 Bicycle, moped
98 Unknown
99 NIU (not in universe)
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 mode of transport the person uses to commute to and from work.
Universe
Persons age 15+ and employed

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Work Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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