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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Population density of GEOLEV2 unit, in persons per square kilometer (POPDENSGEO2)

Data file: MYS1991_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Continuous

Decimal: 0

Start: 88

End: 99

Width: 12

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Description

Definition

POPDENSGEO2 indicates the population density in persons per square kilometer of the second major administrative unit in which the household was enumerated. The second major administrative unit of the household is identified by the GEOLEV2 variable.

The area of units in GEOLEV2 is calculated using Mollweide's equal area projection. For a full set of geography variables refer to 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.

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Geography: Global Variables -- HOUSEHOLD	IPUMS

Imputation and derivation

Derivation

POPDENSGEO2 is a 12-digit string variable listing the population density in persons per square kilometer.

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