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Population and Housing Census 1970 - IPUMS Subset

Malaysia, 1970
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MYS_1970_PHC_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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Department of Statistics Malaysia, Minnesota Population Center
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Type of living quarters (MY1970A_0051)

Data file: MYS1970-H-H

Overview

Valid: 0
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 141
End: 142
Width: 2
Range: -
Format:

Questions and instructions

Literal question
9.

[] Build or converted for living/sleeping (Skip to 11)
[] Not intended for l/s but used for these purposes at time of census


10.

[] 1 In a permanent building, e.g. office, school, shop, mosque
[] 2 A living space, e.g. court year, open verandah
[] 3 A natural shelter (Finish)
Categories
Value Category
1 Not intended for living or sleeping: in a permanent building (e.g., office, school, shop, mosque)
2 Not intended for living or sleeping: a living space
3 Not intended for living or sleeping: a natural shelter
4 Private houses/bungalows: detached
5 Private houses/bungalows: semi-detached
6 Private houses/bungalows: terrace, row
7 Flats or rooms: in/attached to house
8 Flats or rooms: in shophouse
9 Flats or rooms: in housing block
10 Flats or rooms: other flat
11 Flats or rooms: labour lines
12 Flats or rooms: makeshift, improvised hut, etc.
13 Non-private living quarters: hotel, lodging house, rest house, etc.
14 Non-private living quarters: hospital
15 Non-private living quarters: educational, charitable or religious institutions
16 Non-private living quarters: temporary labour camp
17 Non-private living quarters: other
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 type of living quarters.
Universe
All households

concept

Concept
Name Vocabulary
Group Quarters Variables -- HOUSEHOLD IPUMS
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