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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Marital status (MY1970A_MARST)

Data file: MYS1970_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete

Start: 207

End: 207

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

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

<p>40. Ever been married?</p>
<div class="i1">[] Yes (go to 41)<br />[] No (Finish)</div><p>[Questions 41-43 were asked if the person ever been married.]</p>

<p>41. How many times?</p>
<div class="i1">[] 1<br />[] 2<br />[] 3<br />[] 4+</div><p>42. Present marital status:</p>
<div class="i1">[] Married<br />[] Widowed<br />[] Div/p.s.</div>

Categories

Value	Category
1	Never married
2	Married
3	Widowed
4	Divorced/permanently separated
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 marital status.

Universe

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

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