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| Variable Name | time_arrive_usa |
| Top Access Level | released |
| Label | Decade of Arrival to US (Foreign Born) |
| Codebook | SIPP Synthetic Beta v5.1 |
| Concept | |
| Type | numeric |
Files
ssb_v5_1_synthetic1_1.sas7bdat
http://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/sipp/methodology/sipp-synthetic-beta-data-product.html
(
SAS
)
ssb_v5_1_synthetic1_1.dta
http://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/sipp/methodology/sipp-synthetic-beta-data-product.html
(
Stata
)
Full Description
Decade arrive in U.S. (answered when SIPP respondent was foreign_born)
The year of arrival to the U.S. is from the Census-internal SIPP files (TM8736 1990-1993
panels; rmoveus 1996 panel; tmoveus 2001-2004 panels)
.=Structurally missing, out of scope for question (foreign_born=0)
Value Ranges
Value Range
Range: [ 1 , 10 ]
Groups
Values (11 total)
| 1 | Before 1959 |
| 2 | 1960-1964 |
| 3 | 1965-1969 |
| 4 | 1970-1974 |
| 5 | 1975-1979 |
| 6 | 1980-1981 |
| 7 | 1982-1984 |
| 8 | 1985-1993 |
| 9 | 1994-1999 |
| 10 | 2000-2004 |
| Sysmiss | Structurally missing, out of scope for question (foreign_born=0) |
