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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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Relationship to household head (MU2011A_RELATE)

Data file: MUS2011_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 210
End: 210
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

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

<p>P03. Relationship to head</p>
<div class="i1">State if:<br /><br />[] 1 Head<br />[] 2 Spouse<br />[] 3 Son / daughter<br />[] 4 Son-in-law / daughter-in-law<br />[] 5 Grand child<br />[] 6 Father / mother of head<br />[] 7 Other relative of head<br />[] 8 Non relative of head</div>
Categories
Value Category
1 Head of household
2 Spouse
3 Son or daughter
4 Son-in-law or daughter-in-law
5 Grandchild
6 Mother or father
7 Other relative
8 Non-relative
9 Unknown
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">P03 - Relationship to head</span>
<br />The relationship of a person to the head of the household is needed to identify different types of family groups within households.</p>

<p><span class="h1">7. Concepts and Definitions</span></p>

<p><span class="h3">7.2 Who is the head of household?</span>
<br />The head of household is any adult member, male or female, who is acknowledged as such by the other members of the household.</p>

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

<p><span class="em">P03 - Relationship to the head</span>
<br />[figure omitted]</p>

<p>Shade only one box to state the exact relationship of each person to the head who is entered on the first row, e.g. "2" for spouse, "3" for son or daughter, "4" for son-in-law or daughter-in-law, "5" for grand-child, "6" for father/mother of head, "7" for other relatives of head and "8" for non-relative of head.</p>

<p>The entry must be in relation to the head and not to any member in the household. Thus, the wife of a married son living with his father who is the head, should be reported as "daughter-in-law" and not as spouse and box "4" should be shaded instead of box "2".</p>

<p>Note: Step children and adopted children should be classified as sons or daughters

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the person's relationship to head.
Universe
Mauritius 2011: All persons

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Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Demographic Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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