In 6-person carpool - P053_008 - Private Vehicle Occupancy - Summary Tape File 3 (STF3) - Survey Census 1990

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Census 1990

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Survey: Census 1990

Data Source:

U.S. Census Bureau

Data set: Summary Tape File 3 (STF3)

Table:

P53. Private Vehicle Occupancy [10]

Universe: Workers 16 years and over

Variable Details

P53.	Private Vehicle Occupancy
	Universe: Workers 16 years and over
	P053_001Workers 16 years and over P053_002 Car, truck, or van: P053_008 In 6-person carpool Percent base: Workers 16 years and over (STF3:P053_001) Aggregation method: Addition

Relevant Documentation:

Excerpt from:	Social Explorer, U.S. Census Bureau; Census of Population and Housing, 1990: Summary Tape File 3 on CD-ROM [machine-readable data files] / prepared by the Bureau of the Census. Washington: The Bureau [producer and distributor], 1991.
	Summary Tape File 3 -> Appendix B. Definitions of Subject Characteristics -> Population Characteristics -> Journey to Work -> Private Vehicle Occupancy

Private Vehicle Occupancy

The data on private vehicle occupancy were derived from answers to questionnaire item 23b. This question was asked of persons who indicated in question 21 that they worked at some time during the reference week and who reported in question 23a that their means of transportation to work was "Car, truck, or van." (For more information, see discussion under "Reference Week.")

Private vehicle occupancy refers to the number of persons who usually rode to work in the vehicle during the reference week. The category, "Drove alone," includes persons who usually drove alone to work as well as persons who were driven to work by someone who then drove back home or to a nonwork destination. The category, "Carpooled," includes workers who reported that two or more persons usually rode to work in the vehicle during the reference week.