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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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Reason living in Mauritius (non-Mauritian) (MU2011A_IMMIGREAS)

Data file: MUS2011_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 233
End: 233
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

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

<p>P10D. Reason for staying in the Republic of Mauritius</p>
<div class="i1">For non-Mauritian citizens who replied No at both P10A and P10B, state if:<br /><br />[] 1 Working<br />[] 2 Studying<br />[] 3 On medical treatment [Stop here]<br />[] 4 Other [Stop here]</div>
Categories
Value Category
1 Working
2 Studying
3 Other
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">P10C and P10D - Reason for living abroad and for staying in the Republic of Mauritius</span>
<br />This information will be used to obtain an estimate of the number of enumerated Mauritians who are living abroad by reason of stay, e.g. studying and working abroad; and an estimate of the number of enumerated non-Mauritians who are staying in the Republic of Mauritius by reason of stay.</p>

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

<p><span class="em">P10D - Reason for staying in the Republic of Mauritius</span>
<br />[figure omitted]</p>

<p>Answer this question for all non-Mauritian citizens who did not live in the Republic of Mauritius continuously for the past 12 months and do not intend to live in the Republic of Mauritius continuously for at least 12 months.</p>

<p>Shade the relevant box, e.g. if the person is working in the Republic of Mauritius, shade box "1". Box "4" is mainly applicable for tourists coming on vacation in Mauritius.</p>

<p>[Stop here if answer at P10D is either "3 - On medical treatment" or "4 - Other"]

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the reason a non-Mauritian citizen is living in Mauritius.
Universe
Mauritius 2011: Non-Mauritian citizen currently in Mauritius [discrepancies: type I 0.1%; type II 0.2%]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Migration: Global Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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