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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

Temporarily away from work (MU2011A_WKABS)

Data file: MUS2011_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 312
End: 312
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

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

<p>[Question P23 to P34 for persons aged 12 years and over]</p>

<p>P25. Whether temporarily away from work</p>
<div class="i1">State whether there was a job, business, family enterprise or agricultural holding or farm, at which the person did not work because of illness, injury, holiday, industrial dispute, off-season inactivity, temporary disorganization, etc.<br /><br />[] Y: Yes<br />[] N: No</div><p>If [Yes] go to P29
Categories
Value Category
1 Yes
2 No
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">P24, P25, P26 and P27 - Current Activity</span>
<br />The questions on type of activity during the past week (current activity), coupled with others, provide detailed information on the geographical distribution and characteristics of the employed and unemployed population. The information is of fundamental importance for making manpower projections and for formulating programs aimed at making the most effective use of the human resources of the country.</p>

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

<p><span class="em">P25 - Whether temporarily away from work</span>
<br />[figure omitted]</p>

<p>If the person was temporarily away from work, shade box "Y" and go to P29; otherwise shade box "N" and continue with P26.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates if the person held a job but was temporarily away from work in the week from Monday 27 June to Sunday 3 July 2011.
Universe
Mauritius 2011: Persons age 12+ who did not work last week [discrepancies: type I 1.6% ; type II trace]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Work Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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