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2000 Housing and Population Census - IPUMS Subset

Mauritius, 2000
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Reference ID
MUS_2000_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)
Metadata
DDI/XML JSON
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Jul 30, 2025
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  • MUS2000_PHC-H-H.dat
  • MUS2000_PHC-P-H.dat

Relationship to head (MU2000A_RELATE)

Data file: MUS2000_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 212
End: 212
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h1">[Population census form]</span></p>

<p>3. Relationship to head _</p>
<div class="i1">State if:<br /><br />[] Head<br />[] Spouse<br />[] Son<br />[] Daughter<br />[] Son-in-law<br />[] Daughter-in-law<br />[] Grand-child<br />[] Father<br />[] Mother<br />[] Nephew<br />[] Niece, etc.<br />[] Visitor<br />[] Lodger<br />[] Servant, etc.<br /><br />Step children and adopted children should be considered as sons or daughters.</div>
Categories
Value Category
1 Head of household
2 Spouse
3 Son or daughter
4 Son- or daughter-in-law
5 Grandchild
6 Mother or father
7 Other relative
8 Non-relative
9 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="h3">7. Instructions on how to fill in the census form</span></p>

<p><span class="em">Column 3 -Relationship to head</span>
<br />State clearly the exact relationship of each person to the head who is entered on the first line, e.g. spouse, son, daughter, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, grandchild, mother, father, uncle, cousin, grandfather, lodger, visitor, servant, lodger's wife, servant's daughter, etc.
<br />Note that the entry must be in relation to the head and not to anyone else. Thus the wife of a married son living with his father who is the head, should be reported as "daughter-in-law and not as spouse. Write "spouse" only for the spouse of the head. Similarly, write "son" or "daughter" for the children of the head only regardless of their age.
<br />Stepchildren and adopted children should be classified as sons or daughters.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the person's relationship to the head of the household.
Universe
Mauritius 2000: All persons

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Demographic Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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