Population and Housing Census 1970 - IPUMS Subset
Malaysia, 1970
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Reference ID
MYS_1970_PHC_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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Department of Statistics Malaysia, Minnesota Population Center
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Sep 29, 2011
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- MYS1970-H-H
- MYS1970-P-H
Ethnic or primary nationality linguistic community (MY1970A_0404)
Data file: MYS1970-P-H
Overview
Valid:
0
Invalid:
0
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
146
End:
147
Width:
2
Range:
-
Format:
Questions and instructions
Literal question
7. To what community do you belong? _ _
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 1 | Malay |
| 2 | Indonesian |
| 3 | Negrito |
| 4 | Jakun |
| 5 | Semai |
| 6 | Semelai |
| 7 | Temiar |
| 8 | Other Orange Asli |
| 9 | Other Malay community |
| 10 | Hokkien |
| 11 | Cantonese |
| 12 | Khek (Hakka) |
| 13 | Teochen |
| 14 | Hainanese |
| 15 | Kwangsai |
| 16 | Hokehiu (not Hakehia) |
| 17 | Honghua |
| 18 | Hokehia |
| 19 | Other Chinese |
| 20 | Indian Tamil |
| 21 | Telegu |
| 22 | Malayali |
| 23 | Punjabi |
| 24 | Other Indian |
| 25 | Pakistani |
| 26 | Ceylon Tamil |
| 27 | Other Ceylon |
| 28 | Thai |
| 29 | Other Asian |
| 30 | European |
| 31 | Eurasian |
| 32 | Others |
| 99 | 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 ethnic or primary nationality linguistic community the person belongs to.
Universe
All persons
concept
Concept
| Name | Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| Ethnicity and Language Variables -- PERSON | IPUMS |