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1991 Population and Housing Census - IPUMS Subset

Malaysia, 1991
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MYS_1991_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Department of Statistics Malaysia, IPUMS
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Malaysia, State 1991 [Level 1, GIS] (GEO1_MY1991)

Data file: MYS1991_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 126
End: 128
Width: 3
Range: -
Format: Numeric

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Categories
Value Category
001 Johore
002 Kedah
003 Kelantan
004 Melaka
005 Negeri Sembilan
006 Pahang
007 Pulau Pinang
008 Perak
009 Perlis
010 Selangor
011 Trengganu
012 Sabah
013 Sarawak
014 Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur
015 Wilayah Persekutuan Labuan
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
GEO1_MY1991 identifies the household's state within Malaysia in 1991. States are the first level administrative units of the country. A GIS map (in shapefile format), corresponding to GEO1_MY1991 can be downloaded from the GIS Boundary files page in the IPUMS International web site.

The full set of geography variables for Malaysia can be found in the IPUMS International Geography variables list. For cross-national geographic analysis on the first and second major administrative level of any country refer to GEOLEV1, and GEOLEV2. More information on IPUMS-International geography can be found here.

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Geography: F-N Variables -- HOUSEHOLD IPUMS
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