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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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Field of tertiary education (MY1970A_FTERTIARY)

Data file: MYS1970_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 201
End: 202
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

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

<p><svar a="all" v="MY70A429">35. Degrees, diplomas, certificates, papers<br />Name of qualification and institution from which obtained: ________<br />Field of study: ____<br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
11 University: education
12 University: medical
13 University: engineering, building (applied)
14 University: agriculture
15 University: pure and natural sciences
16 University: government and political sciences; management and administration; economics and commerce
17 University: others
21 Other tertiary education: education
22 Other tertiary education: medical
23 Other tertiary education: engineering, building (applied)
24 University: agriculture
25 Other tertiary education: pure and natural sciences
26 Other tertiary education: government and political sciences; management and administration; economics and commerce
27 Other tertiary education: others
90 No tertiary education
98 Unknown
99 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 field of tertiary education.
Universe
Malaysia 1970: Persons age 10+ [discrepancies none]

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