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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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Apr 22, 2011
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Strata (MY1970A_STRATA)

Data file: MYS1970_PHC-H-H

Overview

Type: Continuous
Start: 208
End: 211
Width: 4
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Description

Definition
This variable is the strata identifier for the sample. Strata is a constructed variable that captures implicit geographic stratification resulting from the sample design. It is created by assigning a unique identifier to groups of between 10 and 19 adjacent households. Additional documentation is available on the Variance Estimation page.
Universe
Malaysia 1970: All households

concept

Concept

Imputation and derivation

Derivation
This is a 4-digit numeric variable with 0 implied decimal places
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