1970 Population and Housing Census - IPUMS Subset

Malaysia, 1970

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Reference ID

MYS_1970_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Department of Statistics Malaysia, IPUMS

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Singapore identity card (MY1970A_SINGID)

Data file: MYS1970_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete

Start: 176

End: 176

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

<svar a="all" v="MY70A412">17. Do you have a Singapore I/C?<br /><div class="i1">[] Yes<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 Singapore identity card.

Universe

Malaysia 1970: Persons age 12+ [discrepancies type I 0.8%; type II none]

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Concept

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