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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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Sep 29, 2011
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Primary activity during most of last 12 months (MY1970A_0405)

Data file: MYS1970-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 148
End: 148
Width: 1
Range: -
Format:

Questions and instructions

Literal question
8. During the last 12 months what did you do most of the time?

[] Employer/Self-employed
[] Wages
[] Family worker
[] Look after household
[] Student
[] Child not at school
[] Other


[If any of the first three choices was chosen, indicate the type:]

[] Padi
[] Logging timber
[] Fishing
[] Rubber
[] Other Agriculture
[] Manufacture/building
[] Commerce
[] Transport comm.
[] Services
[] Other
Categories
Value Category
1 Employer/Self-employed
2 Wage earner
3 Family worker
4 Looking after house
5 Student
6 Child not at school
7 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 primary economic activity during most of last 12 months.
Universe
All persons

concept

Concept
Name Vocabulary
Work Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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