Population and Housing Census 1970 - IPUMS Subset

Malaysia, 1970

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Reference ID

MYS_1970_PHC_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Department of Statistics Malaysia, Minnesota Population Center

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Sep 29, 2011

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Industry for those employed most of last 12 months (MY1970A_0406)

Data file: MYS1970-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 149

End: 150

Width: 2

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
0	NIU (not in universe)
1	Rice agriculture
2	Logging/timber
3	Fishing
4	Rubber
5	Other agriculture
6	Manufacturing/building
7	Commerce
8	Transport/communication
9	Service
10	Other
11	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 industry for those employed most of last 12 months.

Universe

Persons who worked

concept

Concept

Name	Vocabulary
Work: Industry Variables -- PERSON	IPUMS

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