Population and Housing Census 2000 - IPUMS Subset

Malaysia, 2000

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Reference ID

MYS_2000_PHC_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Department of Statistics Malaysia, Minnesota Population Center

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Sep 29, 2011

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Major ethnic group (MY2000A_0434)

Data file: MYS2000-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 214

End: 214

Width: 1

Range: -

Format:

Questions and instructions

Literal question

C8. Which ethnic group or dialect group do you belong to? _ _ ____

(Refer to code card - Document 4)

Categories

Value	Category
1	Malay
2	Other Bumiputera
3	Chinese
4	Indians
5	Others
6	Non-citizens

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 ethnic group the person belongs to.

Universe

All persons

concept

Concept

Name	Vocabulary
Ethnicity and Language Variables -- PERSON	IPUMS

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