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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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Living quarter's age (MY1991A_LQAGE)

Data file: MYS1991_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 216
End: 217
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar a="all" v="MY91A035 MY91A042">A3. In which year was the construction of these living quarters completed? _ _ _ _ <br /></svar>
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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.
Interviewer instructions
<svar a="all" v="MY91A035 MY91A042"><span class="h3">Question A3</span><br /><br /><span class="em">Purpose</span><br />This question is to obtain the actual year of completion of the construction of the LQ. <br /><br />How to ask the question<br />Ask question as stated in questionnaire.<br /><br />How to record the answer<br />Record the year given in the box provided. <br /><br />If the respondent is unable to answer, try to probe and ask further questions as to whether the LQ was in existence during the Emergency Period (1948-1960), Independence Day (1957), 1970 and 1980 Census or any local significant event.<br /><br />If the respondent is unable to give the exact year, try to estimate the "age" of the LQ and write on the dotted line.<br /><br />If the respondent does not know the year of construction or the age of the LQ, then record "Not Known" on the dotted line. <br /><br />For housing units within the same housing block (e.g., terrace houses), the year of construction of all units in the housing block should be the same.<br /><br />If there is major renovation to the LQ (more than 50%), record the year in which the renovation was completed. <br /></svar>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the age of living quarter in which the household resides.
Universe
Malaysia 1991: Private households [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Dwelling Characteristics Variables -- HOUSEHOLD IPUMS
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