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Population and Housing Census 2000 - IPUMS Subset

Malaysia, 2000
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MYS_2000_PHC_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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Department of Statistics Malaysia, Minnesota Population Center
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Occupation sector (MY2000A_0425)

Data file: MYS2000-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 199
End: 199
Width: 1
Range: -
Format:

Questions and instructions

Literal question
Question C17 - C29 for person aged 10 years and above


[Questions 25-27 were asked of persons who worked for at least one hour during the last 7 days or had a job to return to.]



C25. Occupation

(a) What is your occupation? ____

(b) Please describe your duties/ nature of work. ____

(c) In which sector is your occupation?

[] 1 Government
[] 2 Private
[] 3 Own business
Categories
Value Category
0 NIU (not in universe)
1 Government
2 Private
3 Own business
9 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.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the sector the person is employed in.
Universe
Persons age 10+ who worked for at least one hour during the last 7 days, and those not working but had a job to return to

concept

Concept
Name Vocabulary
Work Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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