| Abstract |
MFLS-2 was, in part, a follow-up to the original Malaysian Family Life Survey, fielded in 1976-1977, reinterviewing original respondents and their adult children, plus interviewing a new group of women age 18-49 in 1988. The information that is collected are household-level retrospective and current data from women and their husbands, covering such topics as fertility, nuptiality, migration, mortality, employment, household composition, transfers, and income as well as social, economic, and community-level factors affecting family decision making. MFLS-2 added a sample of older Malaysians to support research on their living standards, health, and intergenerational transfers. |
