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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 economic activity last week (MY1970A_0421)

Data file: MYS1970-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 170
End: 170
Width: 1
Range: -
Format:

Questions and instructions

Literal question
[Questions 25-44 were asked of persons age 10+.]


Before asking questions 25-34 explain that the questions are for the previous 7 day period only



25. Did you have a regular job or business?

[] Yes (Skip to 30)
[] No




26. Did you help in a family business or farm?

[] Yes
[] No (Skip to 28)




28. Did you earn any money by working or by selling home made goods?

[] Yes
[] No




29. Did you look for work?

[] Yes
[] No
Categories
Value Category
1 Employed
2 Unemployed
3 Looking after house
4 Student
5 Other
8 Unknown
9 NIU (not in universe)
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 the economic activity during last 7 days.
Universe
Persons age 10+

concept

Concept
Name Vocabulary
Work Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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