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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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Work location (MU2011A_WKLOC)

Data file: MUS2011_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 324
End: 324
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

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

<p>The following questions [questions 29 through 34] refer to the person's work during the reference week Monday 27 June to Sunday 3 July 2011. If the person is retired or had no job during that week, answer for his/her last job. If the person has more than one job, answer for the job at which he/she worked the most hours. [For persons aged 12 years and older]</p>

<p>P31A. Place of work</p>
<div class="i1">State if:<br /><br />[] 1 Fixed place of work outside home<br />[] 2 No fixed place of work<br />[] 3 Worked at home<br />[] 4 Worked outside Mauritius</div>
Categories
Value Category
1 Fixed place of work outside home
2 No fixed place of work
3 Worked at home
4 Worked outside Mauritius
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">P31A and P31B - Place of work</span>
<br />Place of work shows the areas in which employment is concentrated and therefore helps in the planning of services such as transport, parking and banking.</p>

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

<p><span class="em">P31 - Place of work</span>
<br />[figure omitted]</p>

<p>For a person who worked at a "Fixed place of work outside home", shade box "1" and write in adjacent boxes the full address of the place of work including the locality or Municipal Ward/Village Council Area. For example, if a person employed by the Ministry of Social Security was posted in a Social Security office at Royal Road, Quartier Militaire, the address would be recorded as follows:
<br />[figure omitted]</p>

<p>Note: Use a separator "X" to distinguish Street/Road/Lane, Locality and Town/ Village.</p>

<p>For a person who had no fixed place of work, shade box "2" and give the full address where the person reported for work e.g. depot, garage, taxi stand, etc.</p>

<p>For street vendors and door-to-door salespersons, give the address (locality, Municipal Ward/Village Council Area) where they worked most of the time. For example, if a street vendor works most of the time near LIC Building, Port Louis; the address would be recorded as follows:
<br />[figure omitted]</p>

<p>For a person who "Worked at home", shade box "3", and write "home" in adjacent boxes as follows.
<br />[figure omitted]</p>

<p>For a person who worked abroad (outside Mauritius), shade box "4" and write the name of the country where he/she is working.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the place of work in which the person worked at during the reference week Monday 27 June to Sunday 3 July 2011. If the person is retired or had no job during that week, answer for his/her last job. If the person has more than one job, answer for the job at which he/she worked the most hours.
Universe
Mauritius 2011: Persons age 12+ who ever worked [discrepancies: type I 0.6%; type II 0.8%]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Work Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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