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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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Primary activity during most of last 12 months (MY1970A_PRIACT)

Data file: MYS1970_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 167
End: 167
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar a="all" v="MY70A405 MY70A406">8. During the last 12 months what did you do most of the time?<br /><div class="i1">[] Employer/Self-employed<br />[] Wages<br />[] Family worker<br />[] Look after household<br />[] Student<br />[] Child not at school<br />[] Other</div><br /><div class="i2">[If any of the first three choices was chosen, indicate the type:]<br /><br />[] Padi<br />[] Logging timber<br />[] Fishing<br />[] Rubber<br />[] Other Agriculture<br />[] Manufacture/building<br />[] Commerce<br />[] Transport comm.<br />[] Services<br />[] Other</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
1 Employer/Self-employed
2 Wage earner
3 Family worker
4 Looking after house
5 Student
6 Child not at school
7 Other
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 primary economic activity during most of last 12 months.
Universe
Malaysia 1970: All persons

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