1990 Housing and Population Census - IPUMS Subset

Mauritius, 1990

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Reference ID

MUS_1990_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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District of residence 5 years ago, Mauritius; consistent boundaries, GIS (MIG1_5_MU)

Data file: MUS1990_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 180

End: 185

Width: 6

Range: -

Format: Numeric

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Categories

Value	Category
480011	Port Louis
480012	Pamplemousses
480013	Rivière du Rempart
480014	Flacq
480015	Grand Port
480016	Savanne
480017	Plaines Wilhems
480018	Moka
480019	Black River
480020	Rodrigues, Agaléga Islands, Saint Brandon
480097	Abroad
480098	Unknown
480099	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.

Description

Definition

MIG1_5_MU indicates the person's district of residence 5 years ago in Mauritius.

Click on the Source Variables tab for information on place of residence for each sample year. Source variables may contain more geographic unit detail but are not suitable for cross-temporal comparison.

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Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Migration: F-N Variables -- PERSON	IPUMS

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