1991 Population and Housing Census - IPUMS Subset

Malaysia, 1991

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Reference ID

MYS_1991_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

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Department of Statistics Malaysia, IPUMS

Collection(s)

Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)

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Apr 22, 2011

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Malaysia, State 1991 [Level 1, GIS] (GEO1_MY1991)

Data file: MYS1991_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 126

End: 128

Width: 3

Range: -

Format: Numeric

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Categories

Value	Category
001	Johore
002	Kedah
003	Kelantan
004	Melaka
005	Negeri Sembilan
006	Pahang
007	Pulau Pinang
008	Perak
009	Perlis
010	Selangor
011	Trengganu
012	Sabah
013	Sarawak
014	Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur
015	Wilayah Persekutuan Labuan

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

GEO1_MY1991 identifies the household's state within Malaysia in 1991. States are the first level administrative units of the country. A GIS map (in shapefile format), corresponding to GEO1_MY1991 can be downloaded from the GIS Boundary files page in the IPUMS International web site.

The full set of geography variables for Malaysia can be found in the IPUMS International Geography variables list. For cross-national geographic analysis on the first and second major administrative level of any country refer to GEOLEV1, and GEOLEV2. More information on IPUMS-International geography can be found here.

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Geography: F-N Variables -- HOUSEHOLD	IPUMS

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