2000 Housing and Population Census - IPUMS Subset
Mauritius, 2000
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Reference ID
MUS_2000_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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- Data files
- MUS2000_PHC-H-H.dat
- MUS2000_PHC-P-H.dat
Language spoken at home, Mauritius (LANGMU)
Data file: MUS2000_PHC-P-H.dat
Overview
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
108
End:
110
Width:
3
Range:
-
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 101 | Creole |
| 102 | Creole and Bhojpuri |
| 103 | Creole and Hindi |
| 104 | Creole and Marathi |
| 105 | Creole and Tamil |
| 106 | Creole and Telegu |
| 107 | Creole and Urdu |
| 108 | Creole and other Oriental |
| 109 | Creole and Chinese |
| 110 | Creole and French |
| 111 | Creole and other European |
| 112 | Creole and other languages |
| 201 | Bengali |
| 202 | Bhojpuri |
| 203 | Bhojpuri and Hindi |
| 204 | Bhojpuri and Urdu |
| 205 | Bhojpuri and other languages |
| 206 | Gujrati |
| 207 | Hindi |
| 208 | Hindi and other |
| 209 | Marathi |
| 210 | Sinhalese |
| 211 | Tamil |
| 212 | Telegu |
| 213 | Urdu |
| 214 | Other Indian |
| 301 | Chinese |
| 302 | Hakka |
| 303 | Mandarin |
| 304 | Other Chinese |
| 401 | English |
| 402 | French |
| 403 | Other European |
| 404 | French and other European |
| 405 | French and Oriental |
| 406 | Other European and Oriental |
| 501 | Malagasy |
| 998 | Other |
| 999 | 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.
Description
Definition
LANGMU indicates the language spoken at home in Mauritius.
concept
Concept
| var_concept.title | Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| Ethnicity and Language Variables -- PERSON | IPUMS |