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1980 Population and Housing Census - IPUMS Subset

Malaysia, 1980
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MYS_1980_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Department of Statistics Malaysia, IPUMS
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Tenancy of housing unit (MY1980A_TENURE)

Data file: MYS1980_PHC-H-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 180
End: 180
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
18. (a) Do you pay rent for your accommodation?</p>
<div class="i1">[] Yes (Skip to 19)<br />[] No</div><p>(b) Does this household own this housing unit?</p>
<div class="i1">[Question 18 (b) is asked of those who did not pay rent for their accommodation.]<br />[] Yes<br />[] No</div>
Categories
Value Category
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.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the tenancy of housing unit.
Universe
Malaysia 1980: Non-collective households [discrepancies: none]

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