Malaysian family life survey : codebook for the individual-level dataset

Questionnaires were designed to assess key economic and biomedical relationships affecting family size, birth spacing, and breastfeeding patterns in order to identify factors which could be included in public policy to influence fertility. This report describes the MFLS, the survey instruments, and the history and development of the individual-level dataset, and provides useful information for dataset users. In the survey, a total of 11 questionnaires were administered to women and/or men to gather data about demographic variables, primary demographic and biological conditioning factors, major determinants of a woman"s time with her children, major components of the family"s economic resources, and community factors. To facilitate analysis of MFLS data, individual-level datasets were created, consisting of one fixed-length record per individual and focusing on current demographic, time allocation, and income and wealth information at both the individual and household levels. The individual-level codebooks for the three survey rounds are attached.