IHSN Survey Catalog
  • Home
  • Microdata Catalog
  • Citations
  • Login
    Login
    Home / Central Data Catalog / MUS_2011_PHC_V01_M_V7.5_A_IPUMS / variable [P]
central

2011 Population Census - IPUMS Subset

Mauritius, 2011
Get Microdata
Reference ID
MUS_2011_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
Central Statistical Office, Ministry of Economic Planning and Development, IPUMS
Metadata
Documentation in PDF DDI/XML JSON
Study website
Created on
Sep 03, 2025
Last modified
Sep 03, 2025
Page views
3346
  • Study Description
  • Data Dictionary
  • Get Microdata
  • Data files
  • MUS2011_PHC-H-H.dat
  • MUS2011_PHC-P-H.dat

Usual district of residence (MU2011A_RESDIST)

Data file: MUS2011_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 225
End: 226
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

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

<p>P09B. Usual address (cont.)</p>
<div class="i1">For persons whose usual address is not [Here].<br /><br />____ Write the person's usual address<br />____ For persons on visit to Mauritius, write the country of residence</div>
Categories
Value Category
11 Port Louis
12 Pamplemousses
13 Riviere du Rempart
14 Flacq
15 Grand Port
16 Savanne
17 Plaine Wilhems
18 Moka
19 Black River
21 Rodrigues
31 Agalega
98 Unknown
99 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">P08 and P09A - Whereabouts on Census night and usual address</span>
<br />The data are used to estimate the population present in an area on Census night as well as the usual resident population of that area.</p>

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

<p><span class="em">P09A and P09B - Usual address</span>
<br />[figure omitted]</p>

<p>Shade box "1 Here" for a person who usually lives at this address, and go to P10A, even if he/she was temporarily away on Census night (e.g., on night work, staying temporarily with relatives, on vacation elsewhere in Mauritius, in secondary residence, in hospital, on business trip, studying abroad, on vacation outside Mauritius).</p>

<p>If the person does not usually live at this address but lives elsewhere in the country, shade box "2 Elsewhere in Mauritius" and write his/her usual address at P09B. You should specify the Municipal Ward or Village Council Area where possible. If the person has more than one usual address, write the address of his/her principal residence at P09B as below</p>

<p>[figure omitted]</p>

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

<p>For persons on visit to Mauritius, shade box "3 Outside the Republic of Mauritius" and write the country of residence at P09B as below:

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the person's usual district of residence. District is the first level geography in Mauritius.
Universe
Mauritius 2011: Persons residing in Mauritius [discrepancies: type I trace; type II trace]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Migration: Global Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
Back to Catalog
IHSN Survey Catalog

© IHSN Survey Catalog, All Rights Reserved.