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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)
Metadata
DDI/XML JSON
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Jul 30, 2025
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  • MUS2011_PHC-H-H.dat
  • MUS2011_PHC-P-H.dat

School attendance (MU2011A_SCHOOL)

Data file: MUS2011_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 283
End: 283
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h2">Individual form</span></p>

<p>[Question P20 to P22 were asked of persons aged 2 years and over]</p>

<p>P21. School attendance</p>
<div class="i1">State if the person is now attending / has attended / has never attended an educational institution:<br /><br />[] 1 Now-Full time<br />[] 2 Now-Part time<br />[] 3 Past<br />[] 4 Never<br />[] 5 Child not yet at school</div>
Categories
Value Category
1 Currently attending, full-time status
2 Currently attending, part-time
3 Past
4 Never
8 Unknown
9 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.
Interviewer instructions
<span class="h1">6. Population census topics and their usefulness</span></p>

<p><span class="em">P21 - School attendance</span>
<br />Answers to question on school attendance provide information on participation in primary, secondary and post-secondary institutions. The proportion of school-age population taking advantage of the educational system will help in the assessment of the adequacy of the school system of the country.</p>

<p><span class="h1">8. How to fill in the Population Census Questionnaire</span></p>

<p><span class="em">P21 - School attendance</span>
<br />For every person aged 2 years and over, shade as appropriate:</p>
<div class="i1">[] 1 Now - Full Time - for a person who is now attending school full-time, whether it is a pre-primary, primary or secondary school, a university or a vocational or technical school.<br />[] 2 Now - Part Time - for a person who is now following a course on a part time basis. This is also applicable to those following correspondence course or undertaking any other type of private studies on a part time basis.<br />[] 3 Past - for a person who has attended school, college, university, vocational or technical school in the past.<br />[] 4 Never - for a person who has never attended school, even if he/she has obtained educational qualifications.<br />[] 5 Child not yet at school - for any child aged 2 years and over and who has not started going to pre-preprimary school yet.</div>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates if the person attends school.
Universe
Mauritius 2011: Persons age 2+ [discrepancies: type I trace; type II 1.4%]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Education Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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