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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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Hours worked per week, categorized (HRSWORK2)

Data file: MYS1991_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 156
End: 156
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

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Categories
Value Category
0 None
1 1 to 14 hours (except tt1980, tt1990 and tt2000)
2 15 to 29 hours (except de1970, ps2017, tt1980, tt1990, tt2000, and ve1971)
3 30 to 39 hours (except de1970, ps2017, tt1980, tt1990, tt2000, and ve1971)
4 40-48 hours (except il1972, tt1980, tt1990, and tt2000)
5 49 hours or more (except il1972 and tt2000)
8 Unknown
9 NIU (not in universe)
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
HRSWORK2 indicates the number of hours the respondent worked per week at all jobs, categorized into intervals.

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Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Work Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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