1990 Housing and Population Census - IPUMS Subset
Mauritius, 1990
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Reference ID
MUS_1990_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Central Statistical Office, Ministry of Economic Planning and Development, IPUMS
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- MUS1990_PHC-H-H.dat
- MUS1990_PHC-P-H.dat
Language of forefathers (MU1990A_MTONGUE)
Data file: MUS1990_PHC-P-H.dat
Overview
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
243
End:
244
Width:
2
Range:
-
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
In strict confidence
<br />Ministry of Economic Planning and Development
<br />Central Statistical Office
<br /><span class="h1"><br />Population Census<br />Mauritius<br /></span>
<br /><span class="em">Night of 1-2 July 1990</span></p>
<p>17 Linguistic group ____</p>
<div class="i1">State the language spoken by the person's forefathers.<br />Consider creole and bhojpuri as languages.</div>
<br />Ministry of Economic Planning and Development
<br />Central Statistical Office
<br /><span class="h1"><br />Population Census<br />Mauritius<br /></span>
<br /><span class="em">Night of 1-2 July 1990</span></p>
<p>17 Linguistic group ____</p>
<div class="i1">State the language spoken by the person's forefathers.<br />Consider creole and bhojpuri as languages.</div>
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 00 | Creole |
| 01 | Cantonese |
| 02 | Chinese |
| 03 | Hakka |
| 04 | Mandarin |
| 06 | English |
| 07 | French |
| 08 | Other European languages |
| 10 | Arabic |
| 11 | Bhojpuri |
| 12 | Gujrati |
| 13 | Hindi |
| 14 | Marathi |
| 15 | Tamil |
| 16 | Telegu |
| 17 | Urdu |
| 18 | Other oriental languages |
| 20 | Creole and Chinese |
| 21 | Creole and French |
| 22 | Creole and European |
| 23 | Creole and Bhojpur |
| 24 | Creole and Hindi |
| 25 | Creole and Marathi |
| 26 | Creole and Tamil |
| 27 | Creole and Telugu |
| 28 | Creole and Urdu |
| 29 | Creole and other languages |
| 30 | Chinese and other |
| 40 | French and other European |
| 42 | European and oriental |
| 50 | Bhojpuri and Hindi |
| 51 | Bhojuri and Marathi |
| 52 | Bhojpuri and Tamil |
| 53 | Bhojpuri and Telugu |
| 54 | Bhojpuri and Urdu |
| 61 | Hindi and Tamil |
| 64 | Hindi and other languages |
| 90 | Other |
| 99 | Unknown |
Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.
Interviewer instructions
<span class="em">Languages read and written, and school attendance</span><div class="i1">The answers to the questions help to assess the need for literacy programs for both adults and young school drop-outs.</div><span class="h2">Column 17</span>
<br /><span class="h3">Linguistic group</span>
<br />Write the language spoken by the person's forefathers. It does not matter whether the person himself (herself) speaks the language or not.</p>
<p>If the language of the paternal forefathers is different from that of the maternal forefathers, write both.</p>
<p>Consider creole and <span class="lang">bhojpuri</span> as languages
<br /><span class="h3">Linguistic group</span>
<br />Write the language spoken by the person's forefathers. It does not matter whether the person himself (herself) speaks the language or not.</p>
<p>If the language of the paternal forefathers is different from that of the maternal forefathers, write both.</p>
<p>Consider creole and <span class="lang">bhojpuri</span> as languages
Description
Definition
This variable indicates the language of the person's forefathers.
Universe
Mauritius 1990: All persons
concept
Concept
| var_concept.title | Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| Ethnicity and Language Variables -- PERSON | IPUMS |