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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Additional citizenship for Malaysian citizenship holders (MY1970A_CITIZO)

Data file: MYS1970_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete

Start: 175

End: 175

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	Singapore (with Malaysian citizenship, aother color I.C.)
2	Other foreign (with Malaysian citizenship, aother color I.C.)
3	Stateless/applied/N.S. (with Malaysian citizenship, aother color I.C.)
4	Singapore (with Malaysian citizenship, no I.C.)
5	Other foreign (with Malaysian citizenship, no I.C.)
6	Stateless/applied/N.S. (with Malaysian citizenship, no I.C.)
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 ownership of an additional citizenship for those who have Malaysian citizenship.

Universe

Malaysia 1970: Person age 12+ who have Malaysian citizenship and non-blue color I.C. or no I.C. [discrepancies: type I trace; type II none]

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