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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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Whether has a regular job or business (MY1970A_REGJOB)

Data file: MYS1970_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 190
End: 190
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><svar a="MY70A422" v="MY70A422 MY70A421">25. Did you have a regular job or business?<br /><div class="i1">[] Yes (Skip to 30)<br />[] No</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
1 Yes
2 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 had a regular job or business for the last 7 days.
Universe
Malaysia 1970: Persons age 10+ [discrepancies: none]

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