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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Relationship to head of household (MY1970A_RELATE)

Data file: MYS1970_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete

Start: 188

End: 188

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

<svar a="all" v="MY70A419">3. Relationship to Head of Household: ____<br /></svar>

Categories

Value	Category
	Head of household
1	Spouse of head
2	Unmarried child of head
3	Mother or father (and grandmother/grandfather) of head or spouse of head
4	Brother or sister of head
5	Other relatives of head, younger generation
6	Other relatives of head, same generation or older
7	Boarders
8	Servants or other employees
9	Visitors

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 relationship to head of household.

Universe

Malaysia 1970: All persons

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