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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 industry (MY1980A_INDYR)

Data file: MYS1980_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 234
End: 235
Width: 2
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="MY80A437">35b. Usual industry?<br /><div class="i1">[Question 35b was asked of persons who were 10 years old or over and were not looking for work, did house work, were students, or others most of the time during the last 12 months.]<br /><br />[] Padi<br />[] Logging/timber<br />[] Fishing<br />[] Rubber<br />[] Other agriculture<br />[] Manufacturing/construction<br />[] Commerce<br />[] Transport/communication<br />[] Services<br />[] Others</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
01 Padi (includes persons engaged in cultivating rice for most part of the year)
02 Logging/Timber (included persons who felled trees in forests, cut bamboo and cane and also those who looked after forest reserves. Those involved in the processing of timber -- sawmill workers -- are included in the category "Manufacturing")
03 Fishing (includes persons engaged in any type of fishing -- ocean, coastal, inland)
04 Rubber (includes persons concerned with the growing,collection, and processing of rubber)
05 Other Agriculture (includes persons in agricultural activities other than those mentioned above)
06 Manufacturing/Construction (includes persons who are engaged in any kind of manufacturing industry -- food,clothing, furniture, machinery etc. -- and those involved in building and construction)
07 Commerce (includes persons involved in "selling", wholesale or retail in addition to those working in banks, insurance companies and other financial institutions)
08 Transport/Communication (includes persons who -- were engaged in any kind of transport work road, air, rail or sea -- and those involved in storage and warehousing)
09 Services (includes persons in government administrative services, in military and police services, in medical, health and education services,legal services, business consulting, entertainment,hotels, and other service activities)
10 Other (includes persons involved in mining and quarrying. All other activities which are not mentioned above are also included here)
99 NIU (not in universe)
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 broad industry category in which the person engaged most of the last 12 months.
Universe
Malaysia 1980: Persons age 10+ who usually were employers, employees, own account workers, or unpaid family workers [discrepancies: none]

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