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Variable Name time_arrive_usa
Label Time Period of Arrival to US (Foreign Born)
Codebook SIPP Synthetic Beta v6
Concept
Type numeric
Direct Link time_arrive_usa

Full Description

This variable gives the year block when a respondent immigrated in the United States and is in scope when foreign_born=1. The year of arrival to the U.S. is from the migration history wave 2 topical module (TM8736 for 1984, 1990-1993; emoveus 1996-2008). Year blocks are generally five years but are as wide as 9 years and as short as 2 years. Categories are: 1=1959 or earlier; 2=1960-1964; 3=1965-1969; 4=1970-1974; 5=1974-1979; 6=1980-1981; 7=1982-1984; 8=1985-1993; 9=1994-1999; 10=2000-2004; 11=2005-2009; 12=2010-2014

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)