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1980 Population and Housing Census - IPUMS Subset

Malaysia, 1980
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MYS_1980_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Department of Statistics Malaysia, IPUMS
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Helping in family business or farm (MY1980A_FARM)

Data file: MYS1980_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 215
End: 215
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h3">For persons 10 years of age and over</span>
<br /> [Questions 25-44b were asked of those who are 10 years old or over.]</p>

<p><svar a="MY80A423" v="MY80A423 MY80A425">26. Did you help in a family farm or business at least 1 day during the last 7 days?<br /><div class="i1">[Question 26 was asked of persons who did not work for pay or profit at least one during the last 7 days.]<br /><br />[] Yes<br />[] No (Skip to 28)</div><br /></svar>
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Value Category
NIU (not in universe)
1 Yes
2 No
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 helped family business or farm at least one day of the last seven days.
Universe
Malaysia 1980: Persons age 10+ who did not work for pay or profit [universe: unverifiable]

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