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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Mar 29, 2019
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- MYS1970-H-H
- MYS1970-P-H
Language of literacy (MY1970A_0431)
Data file: MYS1970-P-H
Overview
Valid:
0
Invalid:
0
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
186
End:
187
Width:
2
Range:
-
Format:
Questions and instructions
Literal question
[Questions 25-44 were asked of persons age 10+.]
37. Read a newspaper/letter
[] Yes
[] No
[] Blind
38. Write a letter?
[] Yes
[] No (Skip to 40)
39. What languages can you write?
[Question 39 was asked if the person can write a letter.]
[] Malay
[] Chinese
[] English
[] Tamil
[] Other
37. Read a newspaper/letter
[] Yes
[] No
[] Blind
38. Write a letter?
[] Yes
[] No (Skip to 40)
39. What languages can you write?
[Question 39 was asked if the person can write a letter.]
[] Malay
[] Chinese
[] English
[] Tamil
[] Other
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 1 | Malay |
| 2 | Chinese |
| 3 | Malay and Chinese |
| 4 | English |
| 5 | Malay and English |
| 6 | Chinese and English |
| 7 | Malay, Chinese and English |
| 8 | Tamil |
| 9 | Malay and Tamil |
| 10 | Chinese and Tamil |
| 11 | Malay, Chinese and Tamil |
| 12 | English and Tamil |
| 13 | Malay, English and Tamil |
| 15 | Malay, Chinese, English and Tamil |
| 16 | Other |
| 17 | Malay and other |
| 18 | Chinese and other |
| 19 | Malay, Chinese and other |
| 20 | English and other |
| 21 | Malay, English and other |
| 22 | Chinese, English and other |
| 23 | Malay, Chinese, English and other |
| 24 | Tamil and other |
| 25 | Malay, Tamil and other |
| 28 | English, Tamil and other |
| 29 | Malay, English, Tamil and other |
| 31 | Malay, Chinese, English, Tamil and other |
| 32 | Chinese (from community code 9.7) |
| 33 | Other community |
| 34 | Illiterate - cannot read nor write |
| 98 | Unknown |
| 99 | 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 languages the person is literate in.
Universe
Persons age 10+
concept
Concept
| Name | Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| Education Variables -- PERSON | IPUMS |