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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Field of tertiary education (MY1970A_FTERTIARY)

Data file: MYS1970_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete

Start: 201

End: 202

Width: 2

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

[Questions 25-44 were asked of persons age 10+.]

<svar a="all" v="MY70A429">35. Degrees, diplomas, certificates, papers Name of qualification and institution from which obtained: ________ Field of study: ____ </svar>

Categories

Value	Category
11	University: education
12	University: medical
13	University: engineering, building (applied)
14	University: agriculture
15	University: pure and natural sciences
16	University: government and political sciences; management and administration; economics and commerce
17	University: others
21	Other tertiary education: education
22	Other tertiary education: medical
23	Other tertiary education: engineering, building (applied)
24	University: agriculture
25	Other tertiary education: pure and natural sciences
26	Other tertiary education: government and political sciences; management and administration; economics and commerce
27	Other tertiary education: others
90	No tertiary education
98	Unknown
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 field of tertiary education.

Universe

Malaysia 1970: Persons age 10+ [discrepancies none]

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