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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Months worked last year (WRKMTHS)

Data file: MUS1990_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 156

End: 157

Width: 2

Range: -

Format: Numeric

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Categories

Value	Category
00	Less than one month
01	1 month
02	2 months
03	3 months
04	4 months
05	5 months
06	6 months
07	7 months
08	8 months
09	9 months
10	10 months
11	11 months
12	12 months
98	Not reported/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.

Description

Definition

WRKMTHS gives the number of months that the respondent worked for profit, pay, or as an unpaid family worker during the previous year.

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Work Variables -- PERSON	IPUMS

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