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Federal Population Census 2000 - IPUMS Subset

Switzerland, 2000
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CHE_2000_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Federal Statistical Office, IPUMS
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Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)
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Location of place of work (CH2000A_PLACWORK)

Data file: CHE2000_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 183
End: 183
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar v="CH00A405 CH00A406 CH00A423 CH00A424 CH00A425 CH00A426 CH00A427 CH00A457 CH00A428 CH00A458 ">Questions 17 to 21 are intended for employed persons, apprentices, schoolchildren and students.<br />If you are both employed and in education/training, answer both columns<br /><br />Employed persons<br /><div class="i1">If you work in several places, mention your main job base.<br />If you move around in your job (e.g. driver, railway employee or construction-site worker), indicate where you usually start work.<br />If you work from home, give your employer's address.</div><br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="CH00A405 CH00A406">17. Where do you work, where do you normally start work? Where do you normally go to school?<br /><div class="i1">[Employed persons]<br />State your place of work with the exact address:</div><br /><div class="i2">Name of company: ________<br />Street (or usually designation): ________<br />No. : _ _ _ _<br />Postcode: _ _ _ _<br />Locality (even if neighboring foreign country): ________<br />Canton: _ _<br />If abroad, indicate country: ____</div><br /><div class="i1">[] Traveling (no fixed place of work)<br /> Commercial travelers should enter 'traveling' as well as their employer's address.</div><br /><br /><div class="i1">[Schoolchildren, students]<br />State your place of education with the exact address:</div><br /><div class="i2">Name of school: ________<br />Street (or usually designation): ________<br />No. : _ _ _ _<br />Postcode: _ _ _ _<br />Locality (even if neighboring foreign country): ________<br />Canton: _ _<br />If abroad, indicate country: ____</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
1 Same community
2 Same Canton
3 Other Canton
4 Other country
8 Unknown
9 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 if the person's place of work is the same as the current place of residence.
Universe
Switzerland 2000: Employed persons [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Work Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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