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World Values Survey 2006, Wave 5

Malaysia, 2006
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Reference ID
MYS_2006_WVS-W5_v01_M
Producer(s)
Eduard Bomhoff, Cheng Ming Yu
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Jan 16, 2021
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  • WV5_Data_Malaysia_2006_Spss_v20180912

Profession/job (V242)

Data file: WV5_Data_Malaysia_2006_Spss_v20180912

Overview

Valid: 804
Invalid: 397
Minimum: 1
Maximum: 13
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 664
End: 665
Width: 2
Range: 1 - 14
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
V242. In which profession/occupation are you doing most of your work? If you do not work currently, characterize your major work in the past! What is/was your job there?
Categories
Value Category Cases
1 Employer/ manager of establishment with 10 or more employees 17
2.1%
2 Employer/ manager of establishment with less than 10 employe 48
6%
3 Professional worker lawyer, accountant, teacher, etc 112
13.9%
4 Supervisory - office worker: supervises others 51
6.3%
5 Non-manual - office worker: non-supervisor 135
16.8%
6 Foreman and supervisor 23
2.9%
7 skilled manual worker 167
20.8%
8 semi-skilled manual worker 62
7.7%
9 unskilled manual worker 133
16.5%
10 Farmer: has own farm 13
1.6%
11 agricultural worker 18
2.2%
12 Member of armed forces, security personnel 22
2.7%
13 Never had a job 3
0.4%
14 Other (cs) 0
0%
-5 Missing; Not asked by the interviewer 0
-4 Not asked 0
-3 Not applicable 397
-2 No answer 0
-1 Don´t know 0
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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