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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Whether help in family business or not (MY1970A_HELFAB)

Data file: MYS1970_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete

Start: 191

End: 191

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>26. Did you help in a family business or farm?</p>
<div class="i1">[] Yes<br />[] No (Skip to 28)</div>

Categories

Value	Category
1	Yes, 3 or less hours per day
2	Yes, more than 3 hours per day
3	Yes, hours worked not stated
4	No
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 whether the person helped in family business or not for the last 7 days.

Universe

Malaysia 1970: Persons age 10+ who had no regular job [discrepancies: type I 0.6%; type II none]

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