West Malaysian Family Survey, 1966-1967 (ICPSR 31582)

Published: Jan 16, 2012

Principal Investigator(s):
Charles Hirschman, University of Washington; James Palmore, East-West Population Institute

https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR31582.v1

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Project Description

Summary

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.

Citation

Hirschman, Charles, and Palmore, James. West Malaysian Family Survey, 1966-1967. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2012-01-16. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR31582.v1

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Subject Terms

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

Geographic Coverage

Malaysia Global

Smallest Geographic Unit

country

Scope of Project

Time Period(s)

1966 -- 1967

Date of Collection

1966 -- 1967

Methodology

Study Purpose

The primary objective of the survey was to gather baseline data on fertility and on family planning knowledge, attitudes, and practices.

Study Design

Stratified national probability sample.

Sample

Stratified 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 sample was stratified according to locality, separate samples being drawn in the five largest cities, small urban areas, and rural areas. In order to have a representative national sample, it is necessary to weight each case by its stratum weight, which is located in the last seven columns (Variable No. 437) of each record in File One.

Universe

Currently married women, aged 15 to 45, living in contemporary Peninsular Malaysia.

Unit(s) of Observation

individual

household

Data Source

National Family Planning Board, Malaysia

Data Type(s)

survey data

Mode of Data Collection

face-to-face interview

on-site questionnaire

Version(s)

Original Release Date

2012-01-16

Version Date

2012-01-16

Version History

2012-01-16 ICPSR data undergo a confidentiality review and are altered when necessary to limit the risk of disclosure. ICPSR also routinely creates ready-to-go data files along with setups in the major statistical software formats as well as standard codebooks to accompany the data. In addition to these procedures, ICPSR performed the following processing steps for this data collection:

Performed consistency checks.
Performed recodes and/or calculated derived variables.
Checked for undocumented or out-of-range codes.

Analysis Information

Weight

A stratum weight variable is included in File One.

Notes

The public-use data files in this collection are available for access by the general public. Access does not require affiliation with an ICPSR member institution.

This study was originally processed, archived, and disseminated by Data Sharing for Demographic Research (DSDR), a project funded by the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD).