2000 Population and Housing Census - IPUMS Subset

Malaysia, 2000

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Reference ID

MYS_2000_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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Apr 22, 2011

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Country of birth (MY2000A_BPLC)

Data file: MYS2000_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 200

End: 201

Width: 2

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

<svar a="all" v="MY00A405 MY00A406 MY00A407 MY00A439">C10. Birthplace<br /><br />(a) Where were you born?<br /><div class="i1">[] 1 Malaysia (Go to C10(b))<br />[] 2 Outside Malaysia (Go to C10(c))</div><br /><br />(b) State of birth? _ _ (Specify state) ____<br /><div class="i1">(Refer to code card - Document 4)<br />(Go to C12)</div><br /><br />(c) Country of birth? _ _ (Specify country ) ____<br /><div class="i1">(Refer to code card - Document 4)<br />[(Go to C11)]</div><br /></svar>

Categories

Value	Category
00	NIU (not in universe)
16	Singapore
17	Indonesia
18	Philippines
19	Thailand
20	Brunei Darussalam
21	Myanmar
22	China / Hong Kong
23	Taiwan
24	India
25	Pakistan
26	Bangladesh
27	Sri Lanka
28	Korea
29	Japan
30	Other Asian Countries (including - Middle East)
31	United Kingdom
32	Other Europe Countries
33	North America (U.S.A. / Canada)
34	Central and South America
35	African Countries
36	Australia
37	New Zealand
38	Others
99	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.

Description

Definition

This variable indicates the country of birth.

Universe

Malaysia 2000: Persons born outside Malaysia [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Nativity and Birthplace Variables -- PERSON	IPUMS

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