Population and Housing Census 1991 - IPUMS Subset

Malaysia, 1991

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Reference ID

MYS_1991_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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Citizenship (MY1991A_0423)

Data file: MYS1991-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 190

End: 190

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 7

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

[Questions C1-27 were asked of persons who live in their households on Census Days.]

C17. What is your citizenship?

[] 1 Malaysia
[] 2 Singapore
[] 3 Indonesia
[] 4 Philippines
[] 5 Thailand
[] 6 Brunei Darussalam
[] 7 Others (specify) ____

Categories

Value	Category
1	Malaysian citizens
2	Singapore
3	Indonesian
4	Philippines
5	Thailand
6	Brunei Darussalam
7	Others

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 C17

[Question C17 of the enumeration form is not presented here.]

Purpose
The purpose of this question is to obtain information on the person's citizenship.

How to ask the question

Ask the question as follows:
"What is the citizenship of ____ (member's name)?'

How to record the answer
You are to mark "X" in the relevant code box.
In general, accept the answer as given by the respondent.
Do not make any guesses.
You are to mark the code box for the State/Country based on the answer given by the respondent.
If the respondent replies "I am not a citizen of any country", you are to mark the code box "Others" (Code 7) and write "No country" on the dotted line provided.
For those who have applied for Malaysian citizenship, but still hold the citizenship of their original country, please mark their original citizenship.
If the respondent is not sure, ask for the color of his identification card. If a person holds a blue identification card, he is a Malaysian.

Description

Definition

This variable indicates the citizenship of the person.

Universe

All persons

concept

Concept

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

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