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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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Number of mothers in household (NMOTHERS)

Data file: MYS1991_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 180
End: 180
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

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Categories
Value Category
0 No mothers in household
1 1 mother
2 2 mothers
3 3 mothers
4 4 mothers
5 5 mothers
6 6 mothers
7 7 mothers
8 8 mothers
9 9 or more mothers in household
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
NMOTHERS is a constructed variable indicating the number of mothers -- of persons of any age -- within a household.

NMOTHERS is constructed using the IPUMS-International pointer variable MOMLOC (mother's location in the household).

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Constructed Household Variables -- HOUSEHOLD IPUMS
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