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1970 Population and Housing Census - IPUMS Subset

Malaysia, 1970
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MYS_1970_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Department of Statistics Malaysia, IPUMS
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Data file: MYS1970_PHC-P-H

Person records

Cases: 175997
Variables: 87

Variables

PERNUM
Person number
PERWT
Person weight
MOMLOC
Mother's location in household
POPLOC
Father's location in household
SPLOC
Spouse's location in household
PARRULE
Rule for linking parent
SPRULE
Rule for linking spouse
STEPMOM
Probable stepmother
STEPPOP
Probable stepfather
POLYMAL
Man with more than one wife linked
POLY2ND
Woman is second or higher order wife
FAMUNIT
Family unit membership
FAMSIZE
Number of own family members in household
NCHILD
Number of own children in household
NCHLT5
Number of own children under age 5 in household
ELDCH
Age of eldest own child in household
YNGCH
Age of youngest own child in household
RELATE
Relationship to household head [general version]
RELATED
Relationship to household head [detailed version]
AGE
Age
AGE2
Age, grouped into intervals
SEX
Sex
MARST
Marital status [general version]
MARSTD
Marital status [detailed version]
MARRNUM
Number of marriages or unions
CHBORN
Children ever born
CHSURV
Children surviving
NATIVITY
Nativity status
BPLCOUNTRY
Country of birth
CITIZEN
Citizenship
BPLMY
State of birth, Malaysia
RELIGION
Religion [general version]
RELIGIOND
Religion [detailed version]
ETHNICMY
Ethnicity, Malaysia
SPEAKENG
Speaks English
SCHOOL
School attendance
LIT
Literacy
EDATTAIN
Educational attainment, international recode [general version]
EDATTAIND
Educational attainment, international recode [detailed version]
EDUCMY
Educational attainment, Malaysia
EMPSTAT
Activity status (employment status) [general version]
EMPSTATD
Activity status (employment status) [detailed version]
LABFORCE
Labor force participation
OCCISCO
Occupation, ISCO general
OCC
Occupation, unrecoded
ISCO68A
Occupation, ISCO-1968, 3-digit
INDGEN
Industry, general recode
IND
Industry, unrecoded
CLASSWK
Status in employment (class of worker) [general version]
CLASSWKD
Status in employment (class of worker) [detailed version]
MIGYRS1
Years residing in current locality
MIG2_P_MY
Administrative district of previous residence, Malaysia; consistent boundaries, GIS
MY1970A_PERNUM
Person number (within household)
MY1970A_HHNUMO2
Household number
MY1970A_PERNUMO
Person number
MY1970A_SEX
Sex
MY1970A_ETHNIC
Ethnic or primary nationality linguistic community
MY1970A_PRIACT
Primary activity during most of last 12 months
MY1970A_IND1
Industry for those employed most of last 12 months
MY1970A_RELIG
Religion
MY1970A_SCHOOL
School attendance
MY1970A_EDATTAN
Highest level of schooling completed
MY1970A_CITIZM
Citizenship
MY1970A_CITIZO
Additional citizenship for Malaysian citizenship holders
MY1970A_SINGID
Singapore identity card
MY1970A_BPL
State or country of birthplace
MY1970A_LIVMAR
Period of residence in Malaysia
MY1970A_LIVLOC
Period of residence in present locality
MY1970A_AGE
Age
MY1970A_RESPR
Previous residence
MY1970A_RELATE
Relationship to head of household
MY1970A_ACTIV
Type of economic activity last week
MY1970A_REGJOB
Whether has a regular job or business
MY1970A_HELFAB
Whether help in family business or not
MY1970A_EARNER
Whether earn any money by working or selling home made goods
MY1970A_EMPSTA
Employment status last week
MY1970A_OCC
Occupation last week
MY1970A_IND3
Industry last week
MY1970A_WORKH
Work at home
MY1970A_FTERTIARY
Field of tertiary education
MY1970A_LANG
Languages spoken in everyday conversation
MY1970A_LANGLIT
Language of literacy
MY1970A_MARST
Marital status
MY1970A_MARTI
Times married
MY1970A_MARYR
Duration of marriage
MY1970A_CHLIV
Number of own children still living
MY1970A_CHBORN
Number of children born alive
Total: 87
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