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
Created on
Sep 03, 2025
Last modified
Sep 03, 2025
Page views
2804
- Data files
- MUS2011_PHC-H-H.dat
- MUS2011_PHC-P-H.dat
Occupation (3-digit) (MU2011A_OCC3)
Data file: MUS2011_PHC-P-H.dat
Overview
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
338
End:
340
Width:
3
Range:
-
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
<span class="h2">Individual form</span></p>
<p>The following questions [questions 29 through 34] refer to the person's work during the reference week Monday 27 June to Sunday 3 July 2011. If the person is retired or had no job during that week, answer for his/her last job. If the person has more than one job, answer for the job at which he/she worked the most hours. [For persons aged 12 years and older]</p>
<p>P32. Occupation ____</p>
<div class="i1">Write the kind of work/business the person did most of the time. Use precise terms such as accounts clerk, school clerk, taxi car driver, lorry driver, statistician, pre-primary teacher, etc.</div>
<p>The following questions [questions 29 through 34] refer to the person's work during the reference week Monday 27 June to Sunday 3 July 2011. If the person is retired or had no job during that week, answer for his/her last job. If the person has more than one job, answer for the job at which he/she worked the most hours. [For persons aged 12 years and older]</p>
<p>P32. Occupation ____</p>
<div class="i1">Write the kind of work/business the person did most of the time. Use precise terms such as accounts clerk, school clerk, taxi car driver, lorry driver, statistician, pre-primary teacher, etc.</div>
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 111 | Legislators and senior officials |
| 112 | Managing directors and chief executives |
| 121 | Business services and administrative managers |
| 122 | Sales,marketing and development managers |
| 131 | Production managers in agriculture, forestry and fisheries |
| 132 | Manufacturing, mining, construction, and distribution managers |
| 133 | Information and communications technology service managers |
| 134 | Professional services managers |
| 141 | Hotel and restaurant managers |
| 142 | Retail and wholesale trade managers |
| 143 | Other services managers |
| 213 | Life science professionals |
| 214 | Engineering professionals (excluding electrotechnology) |
| 215 | Electrotechnology engineers |
| 216 | Architects,planners,surveyors and designers |
| 221 | Medical doctors |
| 226 | Other health professionals |
| 231 | University and higher education teachers |
| 232 | Vocational education teachers |
| 233 | Secondary education teachers |
| 234 | Primary school and early childhood teachers |
| 235 | Other teaching professionals |
| 241 | Finance professionals |
| 242 | Administration professionals |
| 243 | Sales,marketing and public relations professionals |
| 251 | Software and applications developers and analysts |
| 252 | Database and network professionals |
| 261 | Legal professionals |
| 262 | Librarians,archivists and curators |
| 263 | Social and religious professionals |
| 264 | Authors, journalists and linguists |
| 265 | Creative and performing artists |
| 299 | Professionals, not elsewhere classified |
| 311 | Physical and engineering science technicians |
| 312 | Mining, manufacturing and construction supervisors |
| 313 | Process control technicians |
| 314 | Life science technicians and related associate professionals |
| 315 | Ship and aircraft controllers and technicians |
| 321 | Medical and pharmaceutical technicians |
| 322 | Nursing and midwifery associate professionals |
| 325 | Dentists and other health and medical associated professionals |
| 331 | Financial and mathematical associate professionals |
| 332 | Sales and purchasing agents and brokers |
| 333 | Business services agents |
| 334 | Administrative and specialized secretaries |
| 335 | Regulatory government associate professionals |
| 341 | Legal,social,cultural and related associate professionals |
| 342 | Sports and fitness workers |
| 343 | Artistic, cultural and culinary associate professionals |
| 351 | Information and communications technology operations and user support technicians |
| 352 | Telecommunications and broadcasting technicians |
| 411 | General office clerks |
| 412 | Secretaries (general) |
| 413 | Keyboard operators |
| 421 | Tellers, money collectors and related clerks |
| 422 | Client information workers |
| 431 | Numerical clerks |
| 432 | Materials-recording and transport clerks |
| 499 | Clerical support workers, not elsewhere classified |
| 511 | Travel attendants,conductors and guides |
| 512 | Cooks |
| 513 | Waiters and bartenders |
| 514 | Hairdressers, beauticians and related workers |
| 515 | Building and housekeeping supervisors in office,hotels and other establishments |
| 516 | Other personal service workers |
| 521 | Street and market salespersons |
| 522 | Shop salespersons |
| 523 | Cashiers and ticket clerks |
| 524 | Demonstrators, door-to-door, and other sales workers |
| 531 | Child care workers and teachers' aides |
| 532 | Personal care workers in health services |
| 541 | Protective services workers |
| 611 | Market gardeners and crop growers |
| 619 | Animal producers, mixed crop and animal producers |
| 621 | Forestry and related workers |
| 622 | Fishery workers, hunters and trappers |
| 711 | Building frame and related trades workers |
| 712 | Roofing, insulation, plumbing, ventilation and heating workers |
| 713 | Painters, building structure cleaners and related trades workers |
| 721 | Sheet and strutural metal workers,moulders and welders,and related workers |
| 722 | Blacksmiths,toolmakers and related trades workers |
| 723 | Machinery mechanics and repairers |
| 731 | Handicraft workers |
| 732 | Printing trade workers |
| 741 | Electrical equipment installers and repairers |
| 742 | Electronics and telecommunications installers and repairers |
| 751 | Food processing and related trades workers |
| 752 | Wood treaters,cabinet makers and related trades workers |
| 753 | Garment and related trades workers |
| 754 | Other craft and related workers |
| 811 | Mining and mineral processing plant operators |
| 813 | Chemical and photographic products plant and machine operators |
| 814 | Rubber,plastic and paper products machine operators |
| 815 | Textile,fur and leather products machine operators |
| 816 | Food and related products machine operators |
| 818 | Other stationary plant and machine operators |
| 821 | Assemblers |
| 832 | Car,van and motorcycle drivers |
| 833 | Heavy truck and bus drivers |
| 834 | Mobile plant operators |
| 835 | Ships' deck crews and related workers |
| 899 | Plant and machine operators and assemblers, not elsewhere classified |
| 911 | Domestic,hotel and office cleaners and helpers |
| 912 | Vehicle,window,laundry and other hand cleaning workers |
| 921 | Agricultural,forestry and fishery labourers |
| 931 | Mining and construction labourers |
| 932 | Manufacturing labourers |
| 933 | Transport and storage labourers |
| 941 | Food preparation assistants |
| 952 | Street vendors (excluding food) |
| 961 | Refuse workers |
| 989 | Elementary occupations, not elsewhere classified |
| 998 | Unknown |
| 999 | 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">P32 - Occupation</span>
<br />The number of employed people in each occupation, coupled with other job market information, helps to determine whether there is any shortage or surplus of manpower in specific fields. The information is needed to forecast the demand for certain occupations and to prepare people for these jobs.</p>
<p><span class="h1">8. How to fill in the Population Census Questionnaire</span></p>
<p><span class="em">P32 - Occupation</span>
<br />[figure omitted]</p>
<p>Describe as clearly and as precisely as possible the work, which the person was doing during the reference week. Do not describe the job for which the person has been trained, but the job, which he was actually doing. For example, if during the reference week, a lorry driver worked as a bricklayer, write 'Bricklayer'.</p>
<p>Do not use vague terms such as clerk, driver, factory worker, supervisor, repair technician, teacher, etc. Use precise terms such as filing clerk, accounts clerk, bus driver, bus conductor, cabinet maker, supervisor of sewing machine operators, supervisor of road repair workers, car repair mechanic, television repair technician, telephone operator, pre-primary school teacher, etc.</p>
<p>An example is given for a pre-primary school teacher. [figure omitted]</p>
<p>For members of religious orders engaged in activities such as primary school teaching, nursing, etc., report these activities rather than their religious activities.
<p><span class="em">P32 - Occupation</span>
<br />The number of employed people in each occupation, coupled with other job market information, helps to determine whether there is any shortage or surplus of manpower in specific fields. The information is needed to forecast the demand for certain occupations and to prepare people for these jobs.</p>
<p><span class="h1">8. How to fill in the Population Census Questionnaire</span></p>
<p><span class="em">P32 - Occupation</span>
<br />[figure omitted]</p>
<p>Describe as clearly and as precisely as possible the work, which the person was doing during the reference week. Do not describe the job for which the person has been trained, but the job, which he was actually doing. For example, if during the reference week, a lorry driver worked as a bricklayer, write 'Bricklayer'.</p>
<p>Do not use vague terms such as clerk, driver, factory worker, supervisor, repair technician, teacher, etc. Use precise terms such as filing clerk, accounts clerk, bus driver, bus conductor, cabinet maker, supervisor of sewing machine operators, supervisor of road repair workers, car repair mechanic, television repair technician, telephone operator, pre-primary school teacher, etc.</p>
<p>An example is given for a pre-primary school teacher. [figure omitted]</p>
<p>For members of religious orders engaged in activities such as primary school teaching, nursing, etc., report these activities rather than their religious activities.
Description
Definition
This variable indicates the person's occupation (3-digit).
Universe
Mauritius 2011: Persons age 12+ who ever worked [discrepancies: type I 0.5%; type II 0.2%]
concept
Concept
| var_concept.title | Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| Work: Occupation Variables -- PERSON | IPUMS |