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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Citizenship (MY1980A_CITIZEN)

Data file: MYS1980_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete

Start: 189

End: 189

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

<svar a="all" v="MY80A407">9. What citizenship do you have?<br /><div class="i1">[] Under 12 years of age (Skip to 11)<br />[] Malaysia<br />[] Singapore<br />[] Indonesia<br />[] Philippines<br />[] Thailand<br />[] Other foreign<br />[] Unknown</div><br /></svar>

Categories

Value	Category
1	NIU (not in universe)
2	Malaysian citizen
3	Singapore
4	Indonesian
5	Philippines
6	Thailand
7	Other foreign
9	Unknown

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 citizenship of the person.

Universe

Malaysia 1980: Persons age 12+ [discrepancies: none]

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