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Table 1 Detailed list of rural urban commuting areas codes

From: Measuring participant rurality in Web-based interventions

1 Metropolitan area core: primary flow within an Urbanized Area (UA)

   1.0 No additional code

   1.1 Secondary flow 30% through 49% to a larger UA

2 Metropolitan area high commuting: primary flow 30% or more to a UA

   2.0 No additional code

   2.1 Secondary flow 30% through 49% to a larger UA

3 Metropolitan area low commuting: primary flow 10% through 29% to a UA

   3.0 No additional code

4 Large rural area core: primary flow within an Urban Cluster (UC) of 10,000 through 49,999 (large UC)

   4.0 No additional code

   4.1 Secondary flow 30% through 49% to a UA

   4.2 Secondary flow 10% through 29% to a UA

5 Large rural high commuting: primary flow 30% or more to a large UC

   5.0 No additional code

   5.1 Secondary flow 30% through 49% to a UA

   5.2 Secondary flow 10% through 29% to a UA

6 Large rural low commuting: primary flow 10% through 29% to a large UC

   6.0 No additional code

   6.1 Secondary flow 10% through 29% to a UA

7 Small rural town core: primary flow within an Urban Cluster (UC) of 2,500 through 9,999 (small UC)

   7.0 No additional code

   7.1 Secondary flow 30% through 49% to a UA

   7.2 Secondary flow 30% through 49% to a large UC

   7.3 Secondary flow 10% through 29% to a UA

   7.4 Secondary flow 10% through 29% to a large UC

8 Small rural town high commuting: primary flow 30% or more to a small UC

   8.0 No additional code

   8.1 Secondary flow 30% through 49% to a UA

   8.2 Secondary flow 30% through 49% to a large UC

   8.3 Secondary flow 10% through 29% to a UA

   8.4 Secondary flow 10% through 29% to a large UC

9 Small rural town low commuting: primary flow 10% through 29% to a small UC

   9.0 No additional code

   9.1 Secondary flow 10% through 29% to a UA

   9.2 Secondary flow 10% through 29% to a large UC

10 Isolated small rural areas: primary flow to a tract outside a UA or UC (including self)

   10.0 No additional code

   10.1 Secondary flow 30% through 49% to a UA

   10.2 Secondary flow 30% through 49% to a large UC

   10.3 Secondary flow 30% through 49% to a small UC

   10.4 Secondary flow 10% through 29% to a UA

   10.5 Secondary flow 10% through 29% to a large UC

   10.6 Secondary flow 10% through 29% to a small UC