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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
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Jul 30, 2025
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Urban or rural (MU2011A_URBAN)

Data file: MUS2011_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 148
End: 148
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

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

<p><span class="h3">I. Location</span></p>

<p>C00. Questionnaire number _ _ _ of _ _ _
<br />C01. Geographical district _ _
<br />C02. Municipal ward / village council area _ _
<br />C03. Enumeration area _ _
<br />C04. Block no. _ _
<br />C05. Building enumeration number _ _
<br />C06. Number of housing units in building _ _ _
<br />C07. Number of establishments in building _ _ _
Categories
Value Category
1 Urban
3 Rural
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 I - Location</span></p>

<p><span class="em">C01 Geographical district, C02 Municipal ward/village council area, C03 Enumeration area:</span> They are the same as those on the maps. These items uniquely identify an EA.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates if the house is located in an urban or rural area.
Universe
Mauritius 2011: All households

concept

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