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 1970 - 2000 [Level 1; consistent boundaries, GIS] (GEO1_MY)

Data file: MYS1991_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 120

End: 125

Width: 6

Range: -

Format: Numeric

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Categories

Value	Category
458001	Johor
458002	Kedah
458003	Kelantan
458004	Melaka
458005	Negeri Sembilan
458006	Pahang
458007	Pulau Pinang
458008	Perak
458009	Perlis
458010	Selangor, Kuala Lumpur Federal Territory
458011	Terengganu
458012	Sabah, Labuan Federal Territory
458013	Sarawak

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_MY identifies the household's state within Malaysia in all sample years. States are the first level administrative units of the country. GEO1_MY is spatially harmonized to account for political boundary changes across census years. Some detail is lost in harmonization; see the comparability discussion. A GIS map (in shapefile format), corresponding to GEO1_MY 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, refer to GEOLEV1, and GEOLEV2. More information on IPUMS-International geography can be found here.

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Concept

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

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