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These statistics is used primarily by the government as inputs for the
formulation of national development plans and monitoring the Malaysia Plan.
In addition, these statistics is also widely used by the researchers as well as
individuals for further analysis and research purposes.

Survey Instruments and Data Collection Techniques
Personal interview approach is used in collecting HIS data. Training was
given to the officers in DOSM state’s office who were involved as enumerator
in this survey. They will visit selected households to collect information on
demography and income using a set of bi-lingual (Malay and English)
structured questionnaires on the scopes of the survey.
There were several modules included in the questionnaire. The household
income questionnaire contains identification particulars (would be head of
household as any members whether male or female which is an income
recipient and age 15 years and over), household member particulars,
individual and household income, annual household income payment
during the last twelve (12) months and current transfer payment. To ensure
the quality of the data, supervisor will perform certain checking procedures to
detect and correct any error or omission during the survey.

Scope and Coverage
Target population for HIS 2019 is all households in Malaysia in both urban
and rural areas. Individuals who live in residential institutions such as hostels,
hotels, hospitals, old folk homes, prisons and welfare homes were excluded
from the survey.

Sampling Frame
The sampling frame used for the HIS 2019 was based on the Household
Sampling Frame i.e. a list of enumeration blocks (EBs) that were updated from
time to time subsequent to the 2010 Population and Housing Census.
Malaysia was geographically divided into 79,000 enumeration blocks (EBs).
Furthermore, EBs were recognized as geographical contiguous areas of land
with identified boundaries, contains about 80 to 120 living quarters with an
average population of 500 to 600 people.
Basically, all EBs were based on the population size of the gazette
boundaries. The EBs in the sampling frame was classified into either urban or
rural areas. Urban areas were gazette area, with their adjoining built-up areas,
which has a combined population of 10,000 or more as defined in the 2010
Population and Housing Census. Meanwhile, gazette area with population less
than 10,000 could be classified as rural area. In year 2018, there were about
79,000 EBs in HIS sampling frame, with about 59,000 and 20,000 urban and
rural EBs, respectively.

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