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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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Hours worked for family farm or business (MY1980A_WRKHRS)

Data file: MYS1980_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 216
End: 216
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="MY80A424" v="MY80A424 MY80A425">27. How many hours per day did you work?<br /><div class="i1">[Question 27 was asked of persons who did not work for pay or profit at least 1 day during the last 7 days, and helped in a family farm or business at least 1 day during the last 7 days.]<br /><br />[] 3 hours or less (Skip to 29)<br />[] More than 3 hours (Skip to 31)</div><br /></svar>
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Value Category
NIU (not in universe)
1 3 hours or less
2 More than 3 hours
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 hours worked per day for family business or farm.
Universe
Malaysia 1980: Persons age 10+ who did not work for pay or profit but worked for family business or farm [discrepancies: none]

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