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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Employment status last week (MY1970A_EMPSTA)

Data file: MYS1970_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete

Start: 193

End: 193

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

[Questions 25-44 were asked of persons age 10+.]</p>

<p>Before asking questions 25-34 explain that the questions are for the previous 7 day period only</p>

<p>29. Did you look for work?</p>
<div class="i1">[] Yes<br />[] No</div>

Categories

Value	Category
1	Employer
2	Self employed
3	Employed (salary and wages)
4	Family worker
5	Looking for job
7	Not in workforce
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 employment status for the last 7 days.

Universe

Malaysia 1970: Persons age 10+ [discrepancies: none]

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Concept

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