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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Group quarters (collective dwelling) status (GQ)

Data file: MYS1991_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 56

End: 57

Width: 2

Range: -

Format: Numeric

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Categories

Value	Category
00	Vacant
10	Households
20	Group quarters (collective), n.s.
21	Institutions
22	Other group quarters
29	1-person unit created by splitting large household
99	Unknown/group quarters not identified

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

GQ identifies households as vacant dwellings, group quarters, or private households. Group quarters -- collective dwellings -- are generally institutions and other group living arrangements such as rooming houses and boarding schools.

Institutions often retain persons under formal supervision or custody, such as correctional institutions, military barracks, asylums, or nursing homes. Educational and religious group dwellings (e.g., boarding schools, convents, monasteries, etc.) are also included in the institutional classification.

Group quarter designations are often useful for understanding the universe of households that answered questions about household characteristics. Censuses will often exclude group quarters from such questions.

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Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Group Quarters Variables -- HOUSEHOLD	IPUMS

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