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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Age in completed years (MY1980A_AGE)

Data file: MYS1980_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete

Start: 180

End: 181

Width: 2

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

<svar a="all" v="MY80A403 MY80A404">4. How old are you? <br /><div class="i1">Completed years ____<br /><br />Month from last birthday to Census Day ____</div><br /><br />5. What is your date of birth?<br /><div class="i1">Day ____ <br />Month ____<br />Year ____</div><br /><br />6. What is your Chinese date of birth?<br /><div class="i1">Day ____<br />Month ____<br />Year ____</div><br /></svar>

Categories

Value	Category
00	Lesss than 1 year of age
01	1
02	2
03	3
04	4
05	5
06	6
07	7
08	8
09	9
10	10
11	11
12	12
13	13
14	14
15	15
16	16
17	17
18	18
19	19
20	20
21	21
22	22
23	23
24	24
25	25
26	26
27	27
28	28
29	29
30	30
31	31
32	32
33	33
34	34
35	35
36	36
37	37
38	38
39	39
40	40
41	41
42	42
43	43
44	44
45	45
46	46
47	47
48	48
49	49
50	50
51	51
52	52
53	53
54	54
55	55
56	56
57	57
58	58
59	59
60	60
61	61
62	62
63	63
64	64
65	65
66	66
67	67
68	68
69	69
70	70
71	71
72	72
73	73
74	74
75	75
76	76
77	77
78	78
79	79
80	80
81	81
82	82
83	83
84	84
85	85
86	86
87	87
88	88
89	89
90	90
91	91
92	92
93	93
94	94
95	95
96	96
97	97
98	98
99	99+

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 person's age in completed years.

Universe

Malaysia 1980: All persons

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