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1990 Housing and Population Census - IPUMS Subset

Mauritius, 1990
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Reference ID
MUS_1990_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
Central Statistical Office, Ministry of Economic Planning and Development, IPUMS
Collection(s)
Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)
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Number of nuclear families in the household (MU1990A_NFAMS)

Data file: MUS1990_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 151
End: 152
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<div class="title"><br />1990 Housing Census - Mauritius<br /></div></p>

<p><span class="h2">V. Households</span></p>

<p><span class="em">Tenure</span> [insert appropriate numerical code] _</p>
<div class="i1">[] 1 Owner<br />[] 2 Tenant<br />[] 3 Sub-tenant<br />[] 4 Free<br />[] 5 Other: specify ____</div>
Categories
Value Category
00 0
01 1
02 2
03 3
04 4
05 5
98 Unknown
99 NIU (not in universe)
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.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the number of nuclear families in the household.
Universe
Mauritius 1990: Private households [discrepancies: type I trace; type II trace]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Constructed Household Variables -- HOUSEHOLD IPUMS
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