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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
Producer(s)
Department of Statistics Malaysia, IPUMS
Collection(s)
Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)
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Sex (MY1991A_SEX)

Data file: MYS1991_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 194
End: 194
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="MY91A402">C4. Sex (Obtain from column B3 or B8.)<br /><div class="i1">[] 1 Male<br />[] 2 Female</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
1 Male
2 Female
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="MY91A402"><span class="h3">Question B3</span><br /><br />[The enumeration form for B3 is not shown here.]<br /><br /><span class="em">Purpose</span><br />The purpose of Question B3 is to obtain the sex of each usual household member.<br /><br />How to ask the question<br />Ask the question as given below: <br /><span class="ital">"What is the sex of ____ (name of usual member)?"</span><br />Do not assume the sex based on the name of the person.<br /><br /><span class="pg">[p.94]</span><br /><br />How to record the answer.<br />Write "L" for male and "P" for female.<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar v="MY91A402"><span class="h3">Question C4</span><br />[The enumeration form is not presented here.]<br /><br />How to record the answer<br />You have to refer to Question B3 and/or B8 to fill the code box for this question.<br />Ensure that the answer code you have marked is the same as the answer you have recorded in Question B3 and/or B8.<br /></svar>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the person's gender.
Universe
Malaysia 1991: All persons

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Demographic Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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