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2011 Population Census - IPUMS Subset

Mauritius, 2011
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MUS_2011_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Central Statistical Office, Ministry of Economic Planning and Development, IPUMS
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Sep 03, 2025
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Type of establishment (MU2011A_EMPSECT)

Data file: MUS2011_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 320
End: 320
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>P29. Name of establishment ______</p>
<div class="i1">Write the name of the establishment, firm, government institution, etc., for which the person worked. If establishment has no name, give name of employer. If self-employed, write the name of business shop, agency, etc., or write the person's own name. If working for a private household (e.g. cook, gardener, etc.), write ["private household"].</div>
Categories
Value Category
1 Central Government
2 Local Government, Municipal Councils
3 Local Government, District Councils
4 Publicly owned and controlled enterprises
5 Privately owned business, export oriented enterprise
6 Other privately owned business
7 Private household services
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">P29 - Name of establishment</span>
<br />The name of the establishment is needed only to ensure correct coding of the kind of business or industry as well as the sector of employment.</p>

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

<p><span class="em">P29 - Name and type of establishment</span>
<br />[figure omitted]</p>

<p>Write the name of the establishment, factory, firm, government ministry, municipal or district council, parastatal body, co-operatives enterprise, etc., for which the person worked, including details of branch, division, department, etc. Please do not use abbreviations. An example is given as follows:
<br />[figure omitted]</p>

<p>If the establishment has no name (e.g. a sugar cane plantation, an attorney's office, a medical practice); write the name of the employer.</p>

<p>If the person was self-employed; write the name of his/her business, shop, agency, etc. If the business does not have a name, write the person's own name.</p>

<p>If the person worked as an employee in a private household (e.g. as cook, gardener, driver, watchman, laundress, maidservant, etc.); write "private household".

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the type of establishment the person worked at during the reference week of 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 0.3%; type II 0.3%]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Work Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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