Population and Housing Census 1980 - IPUMS Subset

Malaysia, 1980

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Reference ID

MYS_1980_PHC_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Department of Statistics Malaysia, Minnesota Population Center

Collection(s)

Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)

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Apr 22, 2011

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Helping in family business or farm (MY1980A_0423)

Data file: MYS1980-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 195

End: 195

Width: 1

Range: 0 - 2

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

For persons 10 years of age and over
[Questions 25-44b were asked of those who are 10 years old or over.]

26. Did you help in a family farm or business at least 1 day during the last 7 days?

[Question 26 was asked of persons who did not work for pay or profit at least one during the last 7 days.]

[] Yes
[] No (Skip to 28)

Categories

Value	Category
0	NIU (not in universe)
1	Yes
2	No

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

Questions 25-44 are to be asked of persons who are 10 years of age and above.

Questions 25-34 record information on work or employment of a person. Be sure to explain to the respondent that you are only concerned with the period of 7 days prior to the day of interview.

Question 25
If the person worked for pay or profit for at least 1 day during the last 7 days you are to mark the "yes" box.

Question 26
This question is to be asked if the answer to Question 25 is "no". If the person helped in the family business or farm for at least 1 day during the last 7 days you are to mark the 'yes" box, even though he may not be receiving a regular wage.

Question 27
This question is to be asked if the answer to Question 26 is 'yes".

Description

Definition

This variable indicates whether the person helped family business or farm at least one day of the last seven days.

Universe

Persons age 10+ who did not work for pay or profit

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Work Variables -- PERSON	IPUMS

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