Census of Population, 1980 [United States]: Journey-to-Work (ICPSR 8465)

Version Date: Dec 10, 2009

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Principal Investigator(s):
United States. Bureau of the Census

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https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR08465.v2

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Summary

Summary statistics on travel to work are contained in this data file. For each geographic area described in the file, information is provided on location of residences, location of workplaces, demographics, and employment of the work force. Included are data on the occupation, industry, and earnings of workers, plus data on means of transportation, travel time, and workers with public transportation disabilities. Demographic information includes the age, race, sex, civilian/armed forces, and Spanish origin composition of the work force.

Citation

United States. Bureau of the Census. Census of Population, 1980 [United States]:  Journey-to-Work. Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2009-12-10. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR08465.v2

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Subject Terms

Geographic Coverage

Distributor(s)

Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research
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Time Period(s)

1980

Date of Collection

1980

Data Collection Notes

  1. This file was originally created by the Census Bureau with a logical record length of 2,046 characters. Since characters 901-2,046 consisted enitrely of blank filler, ICPSR has trimmed the file to a record length of 900 characters. "Places" and Minor Civil Divisions are identified by numeric codes only. Area names can be obtained from the CENSUS OF POPULATION AND HOUSING, 1980 [UNITED STATES]: MASTER AREA REFERENCE FILE (MARF) 2 (ICPSR 8258).

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Sample

This file contains data for all central cities, places of 25,000 or more population, and (in New England) Minor Civil Divisions.

Universe

The universe of this study consists of all persons age 16 and older in the United States who were employed and at work during the 1980 census reference week.

Data Source

Census of Population and Housing, 1980

Data Type(s)

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Original Release Date

1986-06-06

Version History

2018-02-15 The citation of this study may have changed due to the new version control system that has been implemented. The previous citation was:
  • United States. Bureau of the Census. Census of Population, 1980 [United States]: Journey-to-Work. ICPSR08465-v2. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2009-12-10. http://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR08465.v2

2009-12-10 SAS, SPSS, and Stata setups have been added to this data collection.

1986-06-06 ICPSR data undergo a confidentiality review and are altered when necessary to limit the risk of disclosure. ICPSR also routinely creates ready-to-go data files along with setups in the major statistical software formats as well as standard codebooks to accompany the data. In addition to these procedures, ICPSR performed the following processing steps for this data collection:

  • Created variable labels and/or value labels.
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