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-P-H
Languages spoken in everyday conversation (MY1970A_LANG)
Data file: MYS1970_PHC-P-H
Overview
Type:
Discrete
Start:
203
End:
204
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="MY70A430">36. Everyday conversation?<br /><div class="i1">[] Fl. Malay<br />[] El. Malay<br />[] Mandarin<br />[] English<br />[] Tamil<br />[] Other languages<br />[] Dumb</div><br /></svar>
<p><svar a="all" v="MY70A430">36. Everyday conversation?<br /><div class="i1">[] Fl. Malay<br />[] El. Malay<br />[] Mandarin<br />[] English<br />[] Tamil<br />[] Other languages<br />[] Dumb</div><br /></svar>
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 01 | Fluent Malay |
| 02 | Elementary Malay |
| 03 | Fluent Malay and elementary Malay |
| 04 | Mandarin |
| 05 | Fluent Malay and Mandarin |
| 06 | Elementary Malay and Mandarin |
| 07 | Fluent Malay, elementary malay and Mandarin |
| 08 | English |
| 09 | Fluent Malay and English |
| 10 | Elementary Malay and English |
| 11 | Fluent Malay, elementary Malay and English |
| 12 | Mandarin and English |
| 13 | Fluent Malay, Mandarin and English |
| 14 | Elementary Malay, Mandarin and English |
| 15 | Fluent Malay, elementary Malay, Mandarin and English |
| 16 | Tamil |
| 17 | Fluent Malay and Tamil |
| 18 | Elementary Malay and Tamil |
| 19 | Fluent Malay, elementary Malay and Tamil |
| 20 | Mandarin and Tamil |
| 21 | Fluent Malay, Mandarin and Tamil |
| 22 | Elementary Malay, Mandarin and Tamil |
| 24 | English and Tamil |
| 25 | Fluent Malay, English and Tamil |
| 26 | Elementary Malay, English and Tamil |
| 27 | Fluent Malay, elementary Malay, English and Tamil |
| 28 | Mandarin, English and Tamil |
| 29 | Fluent Malay, mandarin, English and Tamil |
| 30 | Elementary Malay, Mandarin, English and Tamil |
| 31 | Fluent Malay, elementary Malay, Mandarin, English and Tamil |
| 32 | Other languages |
| 33 | Fluent Malay and other languages |
| 34 | Elementary Malay and other languages |
| 35 | Fluent Malay, elementary Malay and other languages |
| 36 | Mandarin and other languages |
| 37 | Fluent Malay, Mandarin and other languages |
| 38 | Elementary Malay, Mandarin and other languages |
| 39 | Fluent Malay, elementary Malay, Mandarin and other languages |
| 40 | English and other languages |
| 41 | Fluent Malay, English and other languages |
| 42 | Elementary Malay, English and other languages |
| 43 | Fluent Malay, elementary Malay, English and other languages |
| 44 | Mandarin, English and other languages |
| 45 | Fluent Malay, Mandarin, English and other languages |
| 46 | Elementary Malay, Mandarin, English and other languages |
| 47 | Fluent Malay, elementary Malay, Mandarin, English and other languages |
| 48 | Tamil and other languages |
| 49 | Fluent Malay, Tamil and other languages |
| 50 | Elementary Malay, Tamil and other languages |
| 52 | Mandarin, Tamil and other languages |
| 53 | Fluent Malay, Mandarin, Tamil and other languages |
| 54 | Elementary Malay, Mandarin, Tamil and other languages |
| 56 | English, Tamil and other languages |
| 57 | Fluent Malay, English, Tamil and other languages |
| 58 | Elementary Malay, English, Tamil and other languages |
| 59 | Fluent Malay, elementary Malay, English, Tamil and other languages |
| 60 | Mandarin, English, Tamil and other languages |
| 61 | Fluent Malay, Mandarin, English, Tamil and other languages |
| 62 | Elementary Malay, Mandarin, English, Tamil and other languages |
| 64 | Dumb |
| 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 languages spoken in everyday conversation.
Universe
Malaysia 1970: Persons age 10+ [discrepancies none]
concept
Concept