1970 Population and Housing Census - IPUMS Subset
Malaysia, 1970
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Reference ID
MYS_1970_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Department of Statistics Malaysia, IPUMS
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- MYS1970_PHC-H-H
- MYS1970_PHC-P-H
Ethnic or primary nationality linguistic community (MY1970A_ETHNIC)
Data file: MYS1970_PHC-P-H
Overview
Type:
Discrete
Start:
165
End:
166
Width:
2
Range:
-
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
<svar a="all" v="MY70A404">7. To what community do you belong? _ _<br /></svar>
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 01 | Malay |
| 02 | Indonesian |
| 03 | Negrito |
| 04 | Jakun |
| 05 | Semai |
| 06 | Semelai |
| 07 | Temiar |
| 08 | Other Orange Asli |
| 09 | Other Malay community |
| 10 | Hokkien |
| 11 | Cantonese |
| 12 | Khek (Hakka) |
| 13 | Teochen |
| 14 | Hainanese |
| 15 | Kwangsai |
| 16 | Hokehiu (not Hakehia) |
| 17 | Honghua |
| 18 | Hokehia |
| 19 | Other Chinese |
| 20 | Indian Tamil |
| 21 | Telegu |
| 22 | Malayali |
| 23 | Punjabi |
| 24 | Other Indian |
| 25 | Pakistani |
| 26 | Ceylon Tamil |
| 27 | Other Ceylon |
| 28 | Thai |
| 29 | Other Asian |
| 30 | European |
| 31 | Eurasian |
| 32 | Others |
| 99 | Unknown |
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 ethnic or primary nationality linguistic community the person belongs to.
Universe
Malaysia 1970: All persons
concept
Concept