1980 Population and Housing Census - IPUMS Subset
Malaysia, 1980
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Reference ID
MYS_1980_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Department of Statistics Malaysia, IPUMS
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- MYS1980_PHC-H-H
- MYS1980_PHC-P-H
Language spoken (MY1980A_LANG)
Data file: MYS1980_PHC-P-H
Overview
Type:
Discrete
Start:
236
End:
238
Width:
3
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="MY80A438">36. Can you converse in any of the following languages?<br /><div class="i1">[] Fluent Bahasa Malaysia<br />[] Elementary Bahasa Malaysia<br />[] English<br />[] Chinese<br />[] Tamil<br />[] Iban<br />[] Kadazan/Dusun<br />[] Bajau<br />[] Other languages<br />[] Dumb</div><br /></svar>
<br /> [Questions 25-44b were asked of those who are 10 years old or over.]</p>
<p><svar a="all" v="MY80A438">36. Can you converse in any of the following languages?<br /><div class="i1">[] Fluent Bahasa Malaysia<br />[] Elementary Bahasa Malaysia<br />[] English<br />[] Chinese<br />[] Tamil<br />[] Iban<br />[] Kadazan/Dusun<br />[] Bajau<br />[] Other languages<br />[] Dumb</div><br /></svar>
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 001 | Fluent Bahasa Malaysia |
| 002 | English |
| 003 | Fluent Bahasa Malaysia and English |
| 004 | Chinese |
| 005 | Fluent Bahasa Malaysia and Chinese |
| 006 | English and Chinese |
| 007 | Fluent Bahasa Malaysia, English and Chinese |
| 008 | Tamil |
| 009 | Fluent Bahasa Malaysia and Tamil |
| 010 | English and Tamil |
| 011 | Fluent Bahasa Malaysia, English and Tamil |
| 012 | Chinese and Tamil |
| 013 | Fluent Bahasa Malaysia, Chinese and Tamil |
| 014 | English, Chinese and Tamil |
| 015 | Fluent Bahasa Malaysia, English, Chinese and Tamil |
| 016 | Iban |
| 017 | Fluent Bahasa Malaysia and Iban |
| 019 | Fluent Bahasa Malaysia, English and Iban |
| 020 | Chinese and Iban |
| 021 | Fluent Bahasa Malaysia, Chinese and Iban |
| 023 | Fluent Bahasa Malaysia, English, Chinese and Iban |
| 032 | Kadazan/Dusun |
| 033 | Fluent Bahasa Malaysia and Kadazan/Dusun |
| 035 | Fluent Bahasa Malaysia, English and Kadazan/Dusun |
| 055 | Fluent Bahasa Malaysia, English, Chinese, Iban, and Kadazan/Dusun |
| 064 | Bajau |
| 065 | Fluent Bahasa Malaysia and Bajau |
| 067 | Fluent Bahasa Malaysia, English and Bajau |
| 077 | Fluent Bahasa Malaysia, Chinese, Tamil and Bajau |
| 099 | Fluent Bahasa Malaysia, English, Kadazan/Dusun and Bajau |
| 103 | Fluent Bahasa Malaysia, English, Chinese, Kadazan/Dusun and Bajau |
| 128 | Other languages |
| 129 | Fluent Bahasa Malaysia and other languages |
| 130 | English and other languages |
| 131 | Fluent Bahasa Malaysia, English and other languages |
| 132 | Chinese and other languages |
| 133 | Fluent Bahasa Malaysia, Chinese and other languages |
| 134 | English, Chinese and other languages |
| 135 | Fluent Bahasa Malaysia, English, Chinese and other languages |
| 136 | Tamil and other languages |
| 137 | Fluent Bahasa Malaysia, Tamil and other languages |
| 138 | English, Tamil and other languages |
| 139 | Fluent Bahasa Malaysia, English, Tamil and other languages |
| 141 | Fluent Bahasa Malaysia, Chinese, Tamil and other languages |
| 143 | Fluent Bahasa Malaysia, English, Chinese, Tamil and other languages |
| 147 | Fluent Bahasa Malaysia, English, Iban and other languages |
| 151 | Fluent Bahasa Malaysia, English, Chinese, Iban and other languages |
| 163 | Fluent Bahasa Malaysia, English, Kadazan/Dusun and other languages |
| 193 | Fluent Bahasa Malaysia, Bajau and other languages |
| 195 | Fluent Bahasa Malaysia, English, Bajau and other languages |
| 256 | Elementary Bahasa Malaysia |
| 258 | English and Elementary Bahasa Malaysia |
| 260 | Chinese and Elementary Bahasa Malaysia |
| 262 | English, Chinese and Elementary Bahasa Malaysia |
| 264 | Tamil and Elementary Bahasa Malaysia |
| 266 | English, Tamil and Elementary Bahasa Malaysia |
| 268 | Chinese, Tamil and Elementary Bahasa Malaysia |
| 270 | English, Chinese, Tamil and Elementary Bahasa Malaysia |
| 272 | Iban and Elementary Bahasa Malaysia |
| 274 | English, Iban and Elementary Bahasa Malaysia |
| 278 | English, Chinese, Iban and Elementary Bahasa Malaysia |
| 290 | English, Kadazan/Dusun and Elementary Bahasa Malaysia |
| 370 | English, Iban, Kadazan/Dusun, Bajau and Elementary Bahasa Malaysia |
| 384 | Elementary Bahasa Malaysia and other languages |
| 386 | English, Elementary Bahasa Malaysia and other languages |
| 388 | Chinese, Elementary Bahasa Malaysia and other languages |
| 390 | English, Chinese, Elementary Bahasa Malaysia and other languages |
| 392 | Tamil, Elementary Bahasa Malaysia and other languages |
| 394 | English, Tamil, Elementary Bahasa Malaysia and other languages |
| 398 | English, Chinese, Tamil, Elementary Bahasa Malaysia and other languages |
| 416 | Kadazan/Dusun, Elementary Bahasa Malaysia and other languages |
| 448 | Bajau, Elementary Bahasa Malaysia and other languages |
| 512 | Dumb |
| 998 | Unknown |
| 999 | 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 language spoken.
Universe
Malaysia 1980: Persons age 10+ [discrepancies: none]
concept
Concept