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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Duration of residence in Malaysia (MY1980A_0416)

Data file: MYS1980-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 182

End: 183

Width: 2

Range: 1 - 99

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

19. How long have you lived in Malaysia? (in years)

[] Less than 1
[] 1
[] 2
[] 3
[] 4
[] 5
[] 6-9
[] 10
[] 11-20
[] 21 and over

Categories

Value	Category
1	Less than 1 year
2	1 year
3	2 years
4	3 years
5	4 years
6	5 years
7	6 - 9 years
8	10 years
9	11 - 20 years
10	21 years and over
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.

Interviewer instructions

Question 19
This question obtains data on the total length of time the person has lived in Malaysia.

In calculating the length of time, ignore temporary absences which are less than a year, such as a short term job transfer, study leave, etc. However, if the length of stay was interrupted by long periods living in another country, this should be taken away from the total time.

The meaning of the figures against each of the boxes is as follows:

Less than 1 year - Less than one year
1 year - One year or more but less than two years
2 years - Two years or more but less than three years
3 years - Three years or more but less than four years
4 years - Four years or more but less than five years
5 years - Five years or more but less than six years
6-9 years - Six years or more but less than ten years
10 years - Ten years or more but less than eleven years
11-20 years - Eleven years or more but less than twenty-one years
21 years and above - Twenty one years and over.

Note that if the person has lived in Malaysia all his life without long periods out of the country the box you mark will be the same as his age

Description

Definition

This variable indicates the duration of residence in Malaysia.

Universe

All persons

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Migration Variables -- PERSON	IPUMS

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