2011 Population Census - IPUMS Subset

Mauritius, 2011

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Reference ID

MUS_2011_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

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Jul 30, 2025

Last modified

Aug 01, 2025

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Mauritius, District 2011 [Level 1, GIS] (GEO1_MU2011)

Data file: MUS2011_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 114

End: 116

Width: 3

Range: -

Format: Numeric

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Categories

Value	Category
011	Port Louis
012	Pamplemousses
013	Rivière du Rempart
014	Flacq
015	Grand Port
016	Savanne
017	Plaines Wilhems
018	Moka
019	Black River
020	Rodrigues, Agaléga Islands, Saint Brandon

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

GEO1_MU2011 identifies the household's district within Mauritius in 2011. Districts are the first level administrative units of the country. A GIS map (in shapefile format), corresponding to GEO1_MU2011 can be downloaded from the GIS Boundary files page in the IPUMS International web site.

The full set of geography variables for Mauritius can be found in the IPUMS International Geography variables list. For cross-national geographic analysis on the first and second major administrative level of any country refer to GEOLEV1, and GEOLEV2. More information on IPUMS-International geography can be found here.

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Geography: F-N Variables -- HOUSEHOLD	IPUMS

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