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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State of residence 5 years ago, Malaysia; consistent boundaries, GIS (MIG1_5_MY)

Data file: MYS1991_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 174

End: 179

Width: 6

Range: -

Format: Numeric

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Categories

Value	Category
458001	Johor
458002	Kedah
458003	Kelantan
458004	Melaka
458005	Negeri Sembilan
458006	Pahang
458007	Pulau Pinang
458008	Perak
458009	Perlis
458010	Selangor, Kuala Lumpur Federal Territory
458011	Terengganu
458012	Sabah, Labuan Federal Territory
458013	Sarawak
458097	Other countries
458098	Unknown

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.

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Definition

MIG1_5_MY indicates the person's state of residence 5 years ago in Malaysia.

Click on the Source Variables tab for information on place of residence for each sample year. Source variables may contain more geographic unit detail but are not suitable for cross-temporal comparison.

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Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Migration: F-N Variables -- PERSON	IPUMS

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