1990 Housing and Population Census - IPUMS Subset
Mauritius, 1990
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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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- MUS1990_PHC-H-H.dat
- MUS1990_PHC-P-H.dat
Municipal Ward/Village Council Areas (MVCA) of residence 5 years ago, Mauritius; consistent boundaries, GIS (MIG2_5_MU)
Data file: MUS1990_PHC-P-H.dat
Overview
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
186
End:
194
Width:
9
Range:
-
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 480011001 | Town of Port Louis-Ward 4, Town of Port Louis-Ward 5 |
| 480011002 | Town of Port Louis-Ward 6 |
| 480011003 | Town of Port Louis-Ward 2, Town of Port Louis-Ward 1 East |
| 480011004 | Town of Port Louis-Ward 3 |
| 480011099 | Port Louis district, unknown municipality |
| 480012001 | Baie du Tombeau, Terre Rouge, Le Hochet, Grand Baie West, Fond du Sac, Pointe aux Piments, Pamplemousses, Notre Dame, Arsenal, Calebasses, Plaine des Papayes, Morcellement St André, Triolet |
| 480012004 | Mapou South, Piton West, Crève Cœur, Congomah, Long Mountain, Villebague West, D'Épinay |
| 480012005 | Amitié West, Belle Vue Maurel North |
| 480012099 | Pamplemousses district, unknown municipality |
| 480013001 | Cottage, Espérance Trébuchet, Roche Terre, Grand Gaube, Goodlands |
| 480013002 | Mapou North, The Vale, Grand Baie East, Petit Raffray, Cap Malheureux |
| 480013003 | Roches Noires, Plaines des Roches North, Amaury North, Ville Bague East, Amitié East, Belle Vue Maurel, Brisée Verdière North, Rivière du Rempart , Piton East, Poudre d'Or Hamlet, Poudre d'Or |
| 480013099 | Riviere du Rempart district, unknown municipality |
| 480014001 | Lalmatie East, Bon Accueil, Camp Ithier, Mare La Chaux, Centre de Flacq |
| 480014002 | Brisée Verdière South, Amaury South, Plaines des Roches South, Quatre Cocos, Laventure, Poste de Flacq |
| 480014003 | Bel Air Rivière Sèche, Écroignard |
| 480014004 | Montagne Blanche East, Médine Camp de Masque East, St Julien D'Hotman East, Sébastopol, Camp de Masque Pavé, Camp de Masque, Dubreuil East |
| 480014005 | Quatre Sœurs, Olivia, Clémencia, St Julien (Haut de Flacq) East, Queen Victoria, Trou D'Eau Douce, Grand River South-East |
| 480014007 | Villebague South |
| 480014008 | Roches Noires South |
| 480014099 | Flacq district, unknown municipality |
| 480015001 | Old Grand Port, Nouvelle France, Rivière du Poste East, Mare Tabac, L'Escalier East, Union Park, Bananes, Cluny, Trois Boutiques, Mare Chicose, St Hubert, Bambous Virieux, Bois des Amourettes, Grand Sable |
| 480015002 | New Grove, Rose Belle, Mare d'Albert, Plaine Magnien, Beau Vallon |
| 480015004 | Grand Bel Air, Mahébourg, Petit Bel Air, Rivière des Créoles |
| 480015099 | Grand Port district, unknown municipality |
| 480016001 | Rivière des Anguilles, Baie du Cap, Bel Ombre, Souillac, Chamouny, Bois Chéri, Grand Bois, Rivière du Poste West, Saint Aubin, Britannia, L'Escalier West, Camp Diable, Bénarès, Chamarel East |
| 480016002 | Chemin Grenier, Surinam |
| 480016099 | Savanne district, unknown municipality |
| 480017001 | Midlands, Town of Vacoas/Phoenix-Ward 1 |
| 480017002 | Town of Beau-Bassin/Rose-Hill-Ward 4 |
| 480017003 | Town of Curepipe-Ward 3 |
| 480017004 | Town of Quatre-Bornes-Ward 3 East |
| 480017005 | Town of Vacoas/Phoenix-Ward 4 |
| 480017006 | Town of Vacoas/Phoenix-Ward 2 |
| 480017007 | Town of Beau-Bassin/Rose-Hill-Ward 2 |
| 480017008 | Town of Curepipe-Ward 1 |
| 480017009 | Town of Beau-Bassin/Rose-Hill-Ward 1 |
| 480017010 | Town of Beau-Bassin/Rose-Hill-Ward 3 |
| 480017011 | Town of Curepipe-Ward 2 West |
| 480017012 | Town of Vacoas/Phoenix-Ward 3 |
| 480017013 | Moka West, Town of Quatre-Bornes-Ward 1 |
| 480017014 | Town of Quatre-Bornes-Ward 2 |
| 480017015 | Cascavelle East |
| 480017099 | Plaine Wilhems district, unknown municipality |
| 480018001 | Pailles, Moka East, St Pierre |
| 480018002 | Town of Curepipe-Ward 2 East, Town of Vac/Phoenix-Ward 4 East, Montagne Blanche West, Dubreuil West, Melrose, Medine - Camp de Masque West, Providence, Quartier Militaire, St Julien d'Hotman West |
| 480018003 | Nouvelle Decouverte, La Laura - Malenga, Dagotière, Verdun, L'Avenir, Espèrance, Camp Thorel, Lalmatie West |
| 480018099 | Moka district, unknown municipality |
| 480019001 | Gros Cailloux, Bambous, Albion, Petite Rivière, Richelieu, Town of Port Louis-Ward 1 West |
| 480019003 | Le Morne, La Gaulette, Chamarel West, Case Noyale, Grande Rivière Noire, Tamarin, Flic en Flac, Town of Quatre-Bornes-Ward 3, Cascavelle West |
| 480019099 | Black River district, unknown municipality |
| 480020001 | Baie aux Huitres, St Gabriel, La Ferme, Port Mathurin, Grande Montagne, Marechal, Agaléga Islands |
| 480002099 | Rodrigues and Agaléga Islands districts, unknown municipality |
| 480097097 | Abroad |
| 480098098 | Unknown |
| 480099099 | 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
MIG2_5_MU indicates the person's Municipal Ward/Village Council Area (MVCA) of residence 5 years ago within Mauritius. Migration MVCA codes from MIG2_5_MU are compatible with codes from GEO2_MU.
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.
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.
concept
Concept
| var_concept.title | Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| Migration: F-N Variables -- PERSON | IPUMS |