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1991 Population and Housing Census - IPUMS Subset

Malaysia, 1991
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MYS_1991_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Department of Statistics Malaysia, IPUMS
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Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)
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Type of living quarters (MY1991A_DWTYPE)

Data file: MYS1991_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 204
End: 205
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
A1. Type of living quarters</p>

<p>i) Built or converted for living</p>
<div class="i1"><span class="em">Housing Unit</span></div><div class="i2">House:</div><div class="i3">[] 01 Detached<br />[] 02 Semi-detached<br />[] 03 Terrace, row or link, townhouse<br />[] 04 Longhouse (Sabah and Sarawak only)</div><div class="i2">Flat/apartment/condominium/shophouse:</div><div class="i3">[] 05 Flat/apartment/condominium:<br />[] 06 Shophouse, office</div><div class="i2">Room (with direct access):</div><div class="i3">[] 07 In shophouse, office; in/attached to house, factory, mill, etc.</div><div class="i2">Improvised/temporary hut:</div><div class="i3">[] 08 Improvised/temporary hut, etc.</div><div class="i2">Others:</div><div class="i3">[] 09 Others (e.g., mobile unit) (specify) ____</div>
Categories
Value Category
01 House, detached
02 House, semi-detached
03 House, terrace, row or link
04 Long-house (Sabah and Sarawak only)
05 Flat/apartment in housing block
06 Flat/apartment in shophouse or office
07 Room (having direct access)
08 Other: makeshift, improvised hut
09 Other room
10 Hotel, lodging house, rest house, etc.
11 Medical institutions, e.g. a hospital
12 Educational institution
13 Charitable, religous, or social welfare institution
14 Prison, detention center, etc.
15 Temporary labor camp
16 Other institutional living quarters
17 In a permanent building, e.g., office, school, shop, mosque, etc.
18 In a living space, e.g., courtyard, open verandah, etc.
19 A natural shelter
20 Mobile unit
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.
Interviewer instructions
<svar a="all" v="MY91A033"><span class="h3">Question A1</span><br /><br />[Question A1 of the enumeration form is not presented here.]<br /><br /><span class="em">Purpose</span><br />The purpose of this question is to obtain the stock or number of LQs by types.<br /><br /><span class="em">Definition</span><br />A chart is provided on page 60 which shows the various categories of LQs and the explanation for each LQ categories is given on page 61 to 65.<br /><br /><span class="pg">[p.60]</span><br />[The chart showing the various categories of living quarters is not presented here.]<br /><br /><span class="pg">[p.61]</span><br /><br /><span class="em">[i] Have been built or converted for living.</span><br /><br />This category includes places or structures built specifically for the purpose of living or sleeping.<br /><br />The structure need not be large or in perfect condition but it should be intended for living and sleeping.<br /><br />Some structures may have been built for the dual purpose of living/sleeping and other purposes such as business. Normally, spaces used for living/sleeping purposes would be separated from the rest by partitions or walls as found in shophouses.<br /><br />Some structures originally may not have been intended as living quarters, but have been converted as such. This conversion may occur by having additional partitions or walls for privacy or it may be renovated and equipped with bathing, cooking and toilet facilities. Caves which have been similarly converted should be included under this category. <br /><br />The category "Have been built or converted for living" is classified into:<br /><div class="i1">(a) Housing units<br />(b) Collective living quarters</div><br /><br /><span class="em">(a) Housing Units</span><br />Housing units are classified into five (5) main types namely:<br /><div class="i1">(i) House<br />(ii) Flat/apartment/condominium/shophouse<br />(iii) Room (with direct access to outside)<br />(iv) Improvised/temporary hut<br />(v) Others</div><br /><br /><span class="pg">[p.62]</span><br /><br /><span class="ital">House</span><br />This unit can be further subdivided into: <br /><br />Detached House (Code 01)<br />A separate house with does not share a common wall with another house. (See Photo F1 and F2.)<br /><br />Semi-detached House (Code 02)<br />One of two houses, which share a common wall, but have separate access to the outside. (See Photo F3)<br /><br />Terrace, Row or Link, Townhouse (Code 03)<br />Houses built in rows of three or more. Each house has a common wall or walls adjoining with the next house. (See Photo F4)<br /><br />This category also includes cluster houses which are attached to one another in various ways either at the front or at the back but not in the form of terrace houses.<br /><br />Townhouse is similar to a double-storey terrace. The only difference is that each floor is being occupied by different occupants and it has its own separate access to the outside.<br /><br />Longhouse (Sabah and Sarawak) (Code 04)<br />Refers to terrace house which is commonly found in the interior areas of Sabah and Sarawak. (See Photo F5.)<br /><br /><span class="pg">[p.63]</span><br /><br /><span class="ital">Flat/apartment/condominium/shophouse (Code 05 - Code 06)</span><br />A self-contained living quarters that is enclosed with a separate access to the outside and has its own cooking and bathing facilities. It may be found in a housing block (Code 05) or shophouse (Code 06). (See Photo F6 - F9.) It is important that you differentiate between a medium-rise apartment and a townhouse. <br /><br /><span class="ital">Room (with direct access to the outside) (Code 07)</span><br />It refers to a room inside or attached to a certain structure and has a direct access to the outside e.g., room in a shophouse, office, in/attached to a house, factory, etc.<br /><br /><span class="ital">Improvised/temporary Hut, etc. (Code 08)</span><br />This category is for interior living quarters generally considered as temporary and unfit for living. They are usually built of discarded materials e.g., planks, plywood, zinc, etc. and are normally found in urban areas or urban fringes, e.g., a cluster of huts at a construction site. (See Photo F10) <br /><br /><span class="ital">Others (Code 09)</span><br />This category should be marked if you are not able to classify the LQ into any of the above-mentioned categories (Code 01-Code 08), e.g., caves which have been converted for habitation and sleeping. <br /><br />It includes all types of mobile LQs built, e.g., camps or mobile units like boats and "<span class="lang">sampan</span>".<br /><br />Living quarters on rafts which are not mobile should be included in this category. It should be classified in either Code 01 or 02. <br /><br /><span class="pg">[p.64]</span><br /><br /><span class="em">b) Collective Living Quarters (Code 10 - Code 16)</span><br />LQs in this category are meant for living by a large group of individuals and usually have some common facilities such as kitchen, toilet, bathroom, lounge and bed rooms. Examples of collective living quarters are hotel, hospital, hostel, social welfare homes, prison, temporary labor camp, etc. <br /><br />Large collective LQs normally form one EB itself. Other separate LQs or LQs within the compound of the collective LQs should be enumerated separately. <br /><br />Charitable, religious and social welfare institutions include old folks' homes and children's homes which need moral/financial support and homes for abandoned children; homes for the retarded, drug rehabilitation centers and reform schools, convents, etc. <br /><br />Temporary labor camps are temporary places of abode in huts, camps and the likes which share communal facilities provided by the employer. The entire unit should be regarded as one labor camp. Common examples are public work camps, temporary homes for construction workers and camps for loggers.<br /><br />If the workers are housed in permanent structures, e.g., staff quarters, estate workers' quarters, etc., it should be classified under "Housing Units".<br /><br />Army barracks should be categorized under "Others".<br /><br />Detailed information on the enumeration of collective living quarters is given in the "Instructions for Special Enumeration" (Document 16).<br /><br /><span class="pg">[p.65]</span><br /><br /><span class="em">[ii] Not intended for living but was used for this purpose on Census Day (Code 17 - 20)</span><br /><br />In this category, structures/spaces are built for other purposes, e.g., an office, school, market, stall, hut, etc. and have not been converted. <br /><br />The structure originally may be intended for an office, stall or hut during the daytime but has been converted for living on Census Day. <br /><br />There is also a possibility that empty spaces are used as LQs, e.g., the compound of a house or an open verandah. <br /><br />The LQs in this category may be a natural shelter, e.g., caves which are not converted.<br /><br />How to ask the question<br />Question A1 need not be asked. The answer can be obtained from observation.<br /><br />How to record the answer<br /><div class="i1">Mark "X" in the relevant box.</div><br /><br /><span class="pg">[p.66]</span><br /><br />Reminder: If your answer is marked one of the codes from Code 10 to Code 20, you should end the interview at Part A and proceed to Part B - Household Particulars. You do not need to ask Questions A2 to A9. <br /></svar>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the type of living quarters.
Universe
Malaysia 1991: All households

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Group Quarters Variables -- HOUSEHOLD IPUMS
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