West Malaysian Family Survey, 1966-1967 Hirschman, Charles Palmore, James birth birth control birth expectations birth rates demographic characteristics demographic fluctuations demography families family planning family size family structure fertility fertility rates household composition infants live births miscarriages parental attitudes parental influence parenting skills parents population characteristics population decrease population density population estimates population growth population growth rate population planning population policy population projections population size pregnancy reproductive history sexual reproduction single mothers single parent families single parents vital statistics DSDR.IV DSDR.I DSDR.VII ICPSR.XVII.G DSDR.VI DSDR.II The Family Survey was a national (contemporary Peninsular Malaysia) probability sample survey consisting of an initial household screening interview followed by an intensive interview of all currently married women, aged 15 to 45, living in the screened households. The primary objective of the survey was to gather baseline data on fertility and on family planning knowledge, attitudes, and practices. The survey was conducted by the Malaysian Department of Statistics for the National Family Planning Board of Malaysia. Technical assistance was provided by the staff of the Population Studies Center of the University of Michigan. 2012-01-16 survey data 31582 10.3886/ICPSR31582.v1 National Family Planning Board, Malaysia Global Malaysia 1966--1967 ICPSR metadata records are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 United States License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/us/).