1970 Population and Housing Census - IPUMS Subset

Malaysia, 1970

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Reference ID

MYS_1970_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Department of Statistics Malaysia, IPUMS

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Cooking fuel (MY1970A_FUELCK)

Data file: MYS1970_PHC-H-H

Overview

Type: Discrete

Start: 201

End: 201

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

<svar a="all" v="MY70A046">23. Main cooking fuel:<br /><div class="i1">[] Electricity<br />[] Gas<br />[] Kerosene/oil<br />[] Char/wood<br />[] Other</div><br /></svar>

Categories

Value	Category
1	Electricity
2	Gas
3	Kerosene oil
4	Charcoal or wood
5	Other

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 cooking fuel the household used.

Universe

Malaysia 1970: All households

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