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2000 Population and Housing Census - IPUMS Subset

Malaysia, 2000
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MYS_2000_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Department of Statistics Malaysia, IPUMS
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State of birth (MY2000A_BPLS)

Data file: MYS2000_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 198
End: 199
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar a="all" v="MY00A405 MY00A406 MY00A407 MY00A439">C10. Birthplace<br /><br />(a) Where were you born?<br /><div class="i1">[] 1 Malaysia (Go to C10(b))<br />[] 2 Outside Malaysia (Go to C10(c))</div><br /><br />(b) State of birth? _ _ (Specify state) ____<br /><div class="i1">(Refer to code card - Document 4)<br />(Go to C12)</div><br /><br />(c) Country of birth? _ _ (Specify country ) ____<br /><div class="i1">(Refer to code card - Document 4)<br />[(Go to C11)]</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
00 NIU (not in universe)
01 Johor
02 Kedah
03 Kelantan
04 Melaka
05 Negeri Sembilan
06 Pahang
07 Pulau Pinang
08 Perak
09 Perlis
10 Selangor
11 Terengganu
12 Sabah
13 Sarawak
14 Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur
15 Wilayah Persekutuan Labuan
99 Unknown
Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the state of birth in Malaysia.
Universe
Malaysia 2000: Persons born in Malaysia [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Nativity and Birthplace Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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