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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)
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Household type (MU2011A_HHTYPE)

Data file: MUS2011_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 149
End: 149
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h2">Household Form</span></p>

<p><span class="h3">VI. Households (coded 02-14 of section II)</span></p>

<p>HH02. Household type</p>
<div class="i1">[] 1 Single<br />[] 2 Combined<br />[] 3 Part of household<br />[] 4 Institutional<br />[] 5 Hotel population<br />[] 6 Collective quarters<br />[] 7 Homeless</div>
Categories
Value Category
1 Single
2 Combined
4 Institutional
5 Hotel population
6 Collective quarters
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">Section VI - Households</span></p>

<p><span class="em">HH02 Household type:</span>
<br />Shade the appropriate box.
<br />The term household type as used in the Housing Census questionnaire is not strictly a concept to be defined in terms of the inter-relationships between household members. It is used merely to categorize the Housing Census data on households and housing units in such a way as to ensure a proper and complete enumeration of all persons at the Population Census. Households are to be categorized in the following types: </p>
<div class="i1">Single <br />A household is considered as single when all its members occupy a single housing unit in one and the same building. <br /><br />Combined <br />When a household occupies two (or more) buildings, that is when some members of the household occupy a housing unit in a main building whilst one or more members occupy another building or buildings, then the term "combined" is used to describe the household type for the housing unit in the main building. The main building is not necessarily the bigger building: it is the one where the household carries most of its activities, and in particular, where meals are taken in common. The other building(s) can be either detached room(s) or buildings containing housing units. <br /><br />Part of household <br />This term is used to describe the household type for the detached room(s) or the secondary building(s). <br /><br />Institutional <br />The term institutional household includes all the inmates of an institution such as a hospital, home/convent, infirmary, orphanage, prison, etc. It excludes staff members and their households who may be residing on the premises: these should be enumerated separately as private households.</div><span class="pg">[p. 57]</span><div class="i1">Hotel population <br />This question refers to all guests in a hotel, guesthouse or tourist residence. It excludes any hotel employees or managers and their households who may be residing on the premises. <br /><br />Collective quarters <br />The term "collective quarters" is used to identify a group of foreign workers living together in one or more apartments, lodgings, temporary shelters, etc. Such quarters may have certain more or less common facilities, such as cooking and toilet installations, baths, dormitories, which are shared by the whole group. <br /><br />Homeless <br />This refers to persons who do not have a shelter. They carry their few possessions with them, sleeping under shop verandahs, in doorways, in the streets or in any other space on a more or less random basis. If, as sometimes happens, a homeless person refuses to give information or cannot be awakened, it will still be necessary to enumerate that person. What can be done in such cases is to complete a questionnaire that indicates location details and (the person)'s gender. The address to be reported is where the homeless person usually spends most of his nights.</div>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the household type.
Universe
Mauritius 2011: All households

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Group Quarters Variables -- HOUSEHOLD IPUMS
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