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1980 Population and Housing Census - IPUMS Subset

Malaysia, 1980
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MYS_1980_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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Place of previous residence (MY1980A_MIGRANT)

Data file: MYS1980_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 205
End: 205
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar a="all" v="MY80A418">21. Where did you last live previous to this <span class="lang">kampung</span>/town?<br /><div class="i1">[] In some other <span class="ital">kampung</span>/town in Malaysia<br />[] In this <span class="ital">kampung</span>/town since birth (Skip to 24)<br />[] Outside Malaysia (Skip to 24)</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
1 In some other kampong/town
2 In this kampong/town since birth
3 Outside Malaysia
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 place of previous residence.
Universe
Malaysia 1980: All persons

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Concept
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