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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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Usual activity (MY1980A_EMPSTYR)

Data file: MYS1980_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 233
End: 233
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h3">For persons 10 years of age and over</span>
<br /> [Questions 25-44b were asked of those who are 10 years old or over.]</p>

<p><svar a="all" v="MY80A436">35a. What did you do most of the time during the last 12 months?<br /><div class="i1">[] Employer<br />[] Employee<br />[] Own account worker<br />[] Unpaid family worker<br />[] Looking for work (Skip to 36)<br />[] House work (Skip to 36)<br />[] Student (Skip to 36)<br />[] Other (Skip to 36)</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
NIU (not in universe)
1 Employer
2 Employee
3 Own Account Worker
4 Unpaid Family Worker
5 Looking for Work
6 Housework
7 Student
8 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 employment status most of the time during the last 12 months.
Universe
Malaysia 1980: Persons age 10+ [discrepancies: none]

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