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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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Looking for work during the last 7 days (MY2000A_SEEKWRK)

Data file: MYS2000_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 225
End: 225
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="MY00A423" v="MY00A423 MY00A433">C23. Did you look for work during the last 7 days?<br /><div class="i1">[Question C23 is asked of persons who were not working and who did not have any work to return to.]<br /><br />[] 1 Yes (End interview for this person*)<br />[] 2 No<br /><br />*In Sabah, W.P. Labuan and Sarawak, go to question C28 for ever married woman.</div><br /></svar>
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Value Category
0 NIU (not in universe)
1 Yes
2 No
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 whether the person looked for work during the last 7 days.
Universe
Malaysia 2000: Persons age 10+ who were not working and had no job to return to [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Work Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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