Home / Central Data Catalog / MYS_1980_PHC_V01_M_V7.5_A_IPUMS / variable [P]
central

1980 Population and Housing Census - IPUMS Subset

Malaysia, 1980
Get Microdata
Reference ID
MYS_1980_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
Department of Statistics Malaysia, IPUMS
Metadata
Documentation in PDF DDI/XML JSON
Study website
Created on
Sep 29, 2011
Last modified
Sep 03, 2025
Page views
18549
Downloads
1993

Level of schooling (MY1980A_EDLEV)

Data file: MYS1980_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 192
End: 193
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar v="MY80A410 MY80A411 MY80A412">[Questions 12-13 were asked of persons who had ever been to school.] <br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="MY80A410 MY80A412">12. What was/is the highest level of schooling you completed/are currently attending?<br /><div class="i1">Primary:</div><br /><div class="i2">[] Std. 1<br />[] Std. 2<br />[] Std. 3<br />[] Std. 4<br />[] Std. 5<br />[] Std. 6</div><br /><div class="i1">Secondary:</div><br /><div class="i2">[] Remove/Form 1<br />[] Form 2<br />[] Form 3<br />[] Form 4<br />[] Form 5<br />[] Lower 6<br />[] Upped 6</div><br /><div class="i1">Vocational:</div><br /><div class="i2">[] Form 4<br />[] Form 5</div><br /><div class="i1">Tertiary:</div><br /><div class="i2">[] University/College</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
00 No schooling
01 Primary-Standard 1
02 Primary-Standard 2
03 Primary-Standard 3
04 Primary-Standard 4
05 Primary-Standard 5
06 Primary-Standard 6
07 Secondary-Remove/Form 1
08 Secondary-Form 2
09 Secondary-Form 3
10 Vocational- Vocation Form 4
11 Vocational- Vocational Form
12 Secondary-Form 4
13 Secondary-Form 5
14 Secondary-Form 6 lower
15 Secondary-Form 6 upper
16 University/College
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 level of schooling the person completed or is currently receiving.
Universe
Malaysia 1980: All persons

concept

Concept
Back to Catalog