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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
Collection(s)
Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)
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House of usual residence 5 years ago (MY1991A_RESHEREP)

Data file: MYS1991_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 216
End: 216
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
[Questions C1-27 were asked of persons who live in their households on Census Days.]</p>

<p><svar a="all" v="MY91A419 MY91A420 MY91A421 MY91A422 MY91A441">C16. Where was your usual place of residence 5 years ago (i.e., on 14th of August, 1986)?<br /><div class="i1">[] 1 This house<br />[] 2 Same house as in C15 (Code 2)<br />[] 3 Different house (give full address)</div><br /><div class="i2">(a) Name of street/housing estate ____<br />(b) Name of town/village ____<br />(c) Mukim/District(Kelantan)/Sub-district (Sarawak) ____<br />(d) Administrative District/Jajahan (Kelantan) ____<br />(e) State/Country ____</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
1 This house
2 Different house (usual)
3 Different house (previous)
9 Unknown
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 v="MY91A415 MY91A416 MY91A417 MY91A418 MY91A419 MY91A420 MY91A421 MY91A422 MY91A441"><span class="h3">Question C15-C16</span><br /><br /><span class="em">Purpose</span><br />The purpose of these questions is to find out current usual place of residence (on Census Day) and usual place of residence 5 years ago (i.e., on 14 August 1986) in order to determine whether a person has moved/migrated or not. <br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="MY91A419 MY91A420 MY91A421 MY91A422 MY91A441"><span class="h3">Question C16</span><br />[Question C16 of the enumeration form is not presented here.]<br /><br />How to ask the question<br />Ask the question as given in the questionnaire. Do not use your own words.<br />For a child whose age is less than 5 years (i.e., born after 14th August 1986), ask for the mother's usual place of residence at the time of his/her birth.<br /><br />How to record the answer<br /><br /><span class="ital">This house (Code 1)</span><br />If the usual place of residence (house) <span class="em">5 years ago</span> was the same as the place where the person has been enumerated, you are to mark "X" in the box beside Code 1 (i.e., this house).<br /><br /><span class="ital">Same house, as in C15 (Code 2)</span><br />If the usual place of residence 5 years ago was different from the house where he has been enumerated but the <span class="em">same as the address in C15, particulars (a)-(e)</span>, you are to mark "X" in the box beside Code 2. <br /><br /><span class="pg">[p.139]</span><br /><br /><span class="ital">Other house (Code 3)</span><br />If the respondent replies that the usual place of residence 5 years ago was different from the address in C15 (Particulars (a) -(e)), you are to mark "X" in the box beside Code 3.<br />If the usual place of residence 5 years ago was in Malaysia, you are to complete particulars (a) - (e) in full.<br />For the case where the usual place of residence 5 years ago was outside Malaysia, you are to fill only particular (e) (i.e., Country)<br /><br />Note: The method of filling in particulars (a) - (e) in Question C16 is the same as those explained for Question C15 above.<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar v="MY91A415 MY91A416 MY91A417 MY91A418 MY91A419 MY91A420 MY91A421 MY91A422 MY91A441">Reminder: Questions C15 - C16<br />All particulars related to address of other house, i.e., particulars (a) until (e) must be completed. <br />These detail particulars will enable us to code accurately during processing work in the office. <br /></svar>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates whether the present house was the person's usual residence 5 years ago. For persons age less than 5 years old, the mother's place of usual residence at the time of his/her birth is their usual residence 5 years ago.
Universe
Malaysia 1991: All persons

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Migration: Global Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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