1970 Population and Housing Census - IPUMS Subset
Malaysia, 1970
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Reference ID
MYS_1970_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Department of Statistics Malaysia, IPUMS
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- MYS1970_PHC-H-H
- MYS1970_PHC-P-H
Language of literacy (MY1970A_LANGLIT)
Data file: MYS1970_PHC-P-H
Overview
Type:
Discrete
Start:
205
End:
206
Width:
2
Range:
-
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
[Questions 25-44 were asked of persons age 10+.]</p>
<p>37. Read a newspaper/letter</p>
<div class="i1">[] Yes<br />[] No<br />[] Blind</div><p>38. Write a letter?</p>
<div class="i1">[] Yes<br />[] No (Skip to 40)</div><p>39. What languages can you write?</p>
<div class="i1">[Question 39 was asked if the person can write a letter.]<br /><br />[] Malay<br />[] Chinese<br />[] English<br />[] Tamil<br />[] Other</div>
<p>37. Read a newspaper/letter</p>
<div class="i1">[] Yes<br />[] No<br />[] Blind</div><p>38. Write a letter?</p>
<div class="i1">[] Yes<br />[] No (Skip to 40)</div><p>39. What languages can you write?</p>
<div class="i1">[Question 39 was asked if the person can write a letter.]<br /><br />[] Malay<br />[] Chinese<br />[] English<br />[] Tamil<br />[] Other</div>
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 01 | Malay |
| 02 | Chinese |
| 03 | Malay and Chinese |
| 04 | English |
| 05 | Malay and English |
| 06 | Chinese and English |
| 07 | Malay, Chinese and English |
| 08 | Tamil |
| 09 | Malay and Tamil |
| 10 | Chinese and Tamil |
| 11 | Malay, Chinese and Tamil |
| 12 | English and Tamil |
| 13 | Malay, English and Tamil |
| 15 | Malay, Chinese, English and Tamil |
| 16 | Other |
| 17 | Malay and other |
| 18 | Chinese and other |
| 19 | Malay, Chinese and other |
| 20 | English and other |
| 21 | Malay, English and other |
| 22 | Chinese, English and other |
| 23 | Malay, Chinese, English and other |
| 24 | Tamil and other |
| 25 | Malay, Tamil and other |
| 28 | English, Tamil and other |
| 29 | Malay, English, Tamil and other |
| 31 | Malay, Chinese, English, Tamil and other |
| 32 | Chinese (from community code 9.7) |
| 33 | Other community |
| 34 | Illiterate - cannot read nor write |
| 98 | Unknown |
| 99 | 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
This variable indicates the languages the person is literate in.
Universe
Malaysia 1970: Persons age 10+ [discrepancies none]
concept
Concept