1970 Population and Housing Census - IPUMS Subset

Malaysia, 1970

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Reference ID

MYS_1970_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Department of Statistics Malaysia, IPUMS

Collection(s)

Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)

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Type of living quarters (MY1970A_DWTYPE)

Data file: MYS1970_PHC-H-H

Overview

Type: Discrete

Start: 206

End: 207

Width: 2

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

9.</p>
<div class="i1">[] Build or converted for living/sleeping (Skip to 11)<br />[] Not intended for l/s but used for these purposes at time of census</div><p>10.</p>
<div class="i1">[] 1 In a permanent building, e.g. office, school, shop, mosque<br />[] 2 A living space, e.g. court year, open verandah<br />[] 3 A natural shelter (Finish)</div>

Categories

Value	Category
01	Not intended for living or sleeping: in a permanent building (e.g., office, school, shop, mosque)
02	Not intended for living or sleeping: a living space
03	Not intended for living or sleeping: a natural shelter
04	Private houses/bungalows: detached
05	Private houses/bungalows: semi-detached
06	Private houses/bungalows: terrace, row
07	Flats or rooms: in/attached to house
08	Flats or rooms: in shophouse
09	Flats or rooms: in housing block
10	Flats or rooms: other flat
11	Flats or rooms: labour lines
12	Flats or rooms: makeshift, improvised hut, etc.
13	Non-private living quarters: hotel, lodging house, rest house, etc.
14	Non-private living quarters: hospital
15	Non-private living quarters: educational, charitable or religious institutions
16	Non-private living quarters: temporary labour camp
17	Non-private living quarters: 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 type of living quarters.

Universe

Malaysia 1970: All households

concept

Concept

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