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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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Current education other than primary and secondary (MU2011A_DIPLOMACR)

Data file: MUS2011_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 286
End: 286
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

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

<p>[Question P23 to P34 for persons aged 12 years and over]</p>

<p>P23A.Education other than those of the primary and secondary levels - Now</p>
<div class="i1">Write the (i) course and (ii) field of study if the person is "Now" following a course (other than those of the Primary and Secondary levels) from a university, vocational/technical school, professional body, etc. (E.g (i) Certificate; (ii) Marketing. (i) Diploma; (ii) Land surveying. (i) BSC (ii) Biology.)<br /><br />_____ (i)<br />_____ (ii)</div>
Categories
Value Category
1 Certificate, upper secondary (NTC Level 3)
2 Certificate, post secondary (NTC Level 2)
3 Diploma
4 Degree
5 Master degree
6 M.Phil. or Ph.D.
8 No other education or unknown
9 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">P23A and P23B - Tertiary education, professional, technical and vocational course/qualifications</span>
<br />The questions help to determine the resources of the country in terms of specialized manpower and to show whether there are too few or too many people with specific qualifications and skills to satisfy the needs of the labor market. The information is useful to measure the need for continuing education and retraining programs that would respond to the changing demands of the labor market.</p>

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

<p><span class="em">P23A-Education other than those of the primary and secondary levels - now</span>
<br />[figure omitted]</p>

<p>If a person is now undertaking studies other than those of primary/secondary levels, e.g. degrees, diplomas, certificates, nursing or teaching qualifications, professional qualifications, technical or vocational training; write (i) the course and (ii) the field of study. An example is given below for a person now following a Certificate course in land surveying.</p>

<p>[figure omitted]</p>

<p>If the person is not currently following any course, go to P23B

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the current education level for a person enrolled in studies other than primary and secondary level.
Universe
Mauritius 2011: Persons age 12+ currently attending school [discrepancies: type I 0.5%; type II 9.7%]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Education Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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