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

Metadata

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Sep 29, 2011

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Mar 29, 2019

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Highest level of schooling completed (MY1970A_0409)

Data file: MYS1970-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 153

End: 154

Width: 2

Range: -

Format:

Questions and instructions

Literal question

[Questions12-13 were asked if the person had ever been to school.]

12. What was the highest level you completed?

a. Primary:

[] Some years
[] Completed all years

b. Secondary:

[] 1-2
[] 3
[] 4
[] 5
[] 6 lower
[] 6 upper

Categories

Value	Category
0	No schooling
1	Some primary
2	Completed primary
3	Form I-II, secondary
4	Form III, secondary, but not lower certificate
5	Lower certificate (or its equivalent)
6	Form IV, secondary
7	Form V, secondary, but not School
8	School certificate (or its equivalent)
9	Form VI, Lower (no higher school certificate)
10	Form VI, Upper (no higher school certificate)
11	Higher school certificate (or its equivalent)

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 highest level of schooling the person completed.

Universe

All persons

concept

Concept

Name	Vocabulary
Education Variables -- PERSON	IPUMS

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