1970 Population and Housing Census - IPUMS Subset

Malaysia, 1970

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MYS_1970_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

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Department of Statistics Malaysia, IPUMS

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Citizenship (MY1970A_CITIZM)

Data file: MYS1970_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete

Start: 174

End: 174

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

14. Do you have a Malaysian citizenship?</p>
<div class="i1">[] Yes<br />[] No (Skip to 16)<br />[] Under 12 (Skip to 18)</div><p>15. Color of Identify Card (I.C.)</p>
<div class="i1">[Question 15 was asked if the person had a Malaysian citizenship.]<br /><br />[] Blue (Skip to 17)<br />[] Other<br />[] No I.C.</div><p>16. What citizenship do you have?</p>
<div class="i1">[Question 16 was asked if the person age 12+ was not a Malaysian citizen or did not have a blue I.C..]<br /><br />[] Singapore<br />[] Other foreign<br />[] Stateless/applied/N.S.</div>

Categories

Value	Category
1	Has Malaysian citizenship and blue I.C.
2	Has Malaysian citizenship and another color I.C.
3	Has Malaysian citizenship and no I.C.
4	No Malaysian citizenship and has Singapore citizenship
5	No Malaysian citizenship and has another foreign citizenship
6	No Malaysian citizenship and is stateless or applied for Malaysian
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 citizenship and/or the color of I.C.

Universe

Malaysia 1970: Person age 12+ [discrepancies: type I 0.8%; type II none]

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