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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Marital status (MY1970A_0432)

Data file: MYS1970-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 188

End: 188

Width: 1

Range: -

Format:

Questions and instructions

Literal question

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

40. Ever been married?

[] Yes (go to 41)
[] No (Finish)

[Questions 41-43 were asked if the person ever been married.]

41. How many times?

[] 1
[] 2
[] 3
[] 4+

42. Present marital status:

[] Married
[] Widowed
[] Div/p.s.

Categories

Value	Category
1	Never married
2	Married
3	Widowed
4	Divorced/permanently separated
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 marital status.

Universe

Persons age 10+

concept

Concept

Name	Vocabulary
Demographic Variables -- PERSON	IPUMS

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