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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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Industry last week (1 digit) (MY1980A_IND1)

Data file: MYS1980_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 227
End: 227
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>[Questions 31-34 were asked of persons other than those who did not work for pay or profit, at least 1 day during the last 7 days, did not help in a family farm or business at least one day during the last 7 days, did not have any employment, work on farm, enterprise or other family enterprise to return to, and were not seeking work during the last 7 days.]</p>

<p><svar a="all" v="MY80A431 MY80A432 MY80A433 MY80A434 MY80A435">34. What are the main activities/products of this establishment? ________<br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
NIU (not in universe)
1 Agriculture, Forestry, Hunting and Fishing
2 Mining and Quarrying
3 Manufacturing
4 Electricity, Gas and Water
5 Construction
6 Wholesale and Retail Trade and Restaurant and Hotels
7 Transport, Storage and Communication
8 Financing, Insurance, Real Estate and Business Service
9 Community, Social and Personal Services
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 industry in which the person worked last week - 1digit.
Universe
Malaysia 1980: Persons age 10+ who are employed, or active unemployed [discrepancies: none]

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