2000 Population and Housing Census - IPUMS Subset

Malaysia, 2000

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Reference ID

MYS_2000_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Department of Statistics Malaysia, IPUMS

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Sep 29, 2011

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Sep 03, 2025

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Field of study (MY2000A_FIELD)

Data file: MYS2000_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 221

End: 221

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

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Categories

Value	Category
0	NIU (not in universe)
1	Education
2	Arts and humanities
3	Social sciences, business and law
4	Science
5	Engineering, construction and skill training
6	Agriculture, forestry and fishery
7	Health and welfare
8	Services
9	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 person's main field of study at school or university.

Universe

Malaysia 2000: Persons age 10+ with certificates, diplomas, degrees or SPVM exam [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Education Variables -- PERSON	IPUMS

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