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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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Reading and writing in any language (MY2000A_LIT)

Data file: MYS2000_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 222
End: 222
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h3">Question C17 - C29 for person aged 10 years and above</span></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="MY00A420">C20. Can you read and write in any language?<br /><div class="i1">[] 1 Yes<br />[] 2 No</div><br /></svar>
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Value Category
0 NIU (not in universe)
1 Yes
2 No
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 whether the person can read and write any language.
Universe
Malaysia 2000: Persons age 10+ [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Education Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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