Population and Housing Census 1980 - IPUMS Subset

Malaysia, 1980

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MYS_1980_PHC_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS

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Department of Statistics Malaysia, Minnesota Population Center

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Tenancy of housing unit (MY1980A_0049)

Data file: MYS1980-H-H

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 115

End: 115

Width: 1

Range: -

Format:

Questions and instructions

Literal question

18. (a) Do you pay rent for your accommodation?

[] Yes (Skip to 19)
[] No

(b) Does this household own this housing unit?

[Question 18 (b) is asked of those who did not pay rent for their accommodation.]
[] Yes
[] No

Categories

Value	Category
0	NIU (not in universe)
1	Owner occupier
2	Tenant
3	Other

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.

Interviewer instructions

Questions 18-20

Questions 18, 19 and 20 are to be asked of households, occupying Living Quarters of Codes 1 to 17 only. The Living Quarters Codes are obtained from the Housing Census and shown in the House-listing Book (Stage 1) column 2.

Question 18
Ask the question as given: If the respondent says "yes" to Question 18a, that is if the household is a tenant household paying rent for accommodation, you are to mark "yes" and skip to Question 19. You are to ask Question 18b only if they say "no" to Question 18a.

In Question 18b; mark "yes" if the housing unit belongs to the household you are interviewing. This includes households who are currently paying installments for purchasing the unit. If there are other arrangements for example free housing, then mark "no".

Description

Definition

This variable indicates the tenancy of housing unit.

Universe

Non-collective households

concept

Concept

Name	Vocabulary
Household Economic Variables -- HOUSEHOLD	IPUMS

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