Population and Housing Census 1980 - IPUMS Subset

Malaysia, 1980

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Reference ID

MYS_1980_PHC_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Department of Statistics Malaysia, Minnesota Population Center

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Times married (MY1980A_0442)

Data file: MYS1980-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 224

End: 224

Width: 1

Range: -

Format:

Questions and instructions

Literal question

For persons 10 years of age and over
[Questions 25-44b were asked of those who are 10 years old or over.]

[Questions 41-42 were asked of those who were ever married.]

41. Is this your first marriage?

[] Yes
[] No

Categories

Value	Category
0	NIU (not in universe)
1	Once
2	More than once

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.

Interviewer instructions

Questions 25-44 are to be asked of persons who are 10 years of age and above.

Question 41
This question is to be asked of all ever-married persons. Persons who are 'Currently married' should be asked the question as worded. For widowed and divorced persons, you are to ask whether their last marriage was the first one.

Description

Definition

This variable indicates whether the person has married once or more than once.

Universe

Ever married persons age 10+

concept

Concept

Name	Vocabulary
Demographic Variables -- PERSON	IPUMS

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