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ipums

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)
Metadata
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Apr 22, 2011
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  • MYS2000_PHC-H-H.dat
  • MYS2000_PHC-P-H.dat

Field of study (MY2000A_FIELD)

Data file: MYS2000_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 221
End: 221
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Categories
Value Category
0 NIU (not in universe)
1 Education
2 Arts and humanities
3 Social sciences, business and law
4 Science
5 Engineering, construction and skill training
6 Agriculture, forestry and fishery
7 Health and welfare
8 Services
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.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the person's main field of study at school or university.
Universe
Malaysia 2000: Persons age 10+ with certificates, diplomas, degrees or SPVM exam [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Education Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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