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2011 Population Census - IPUMS Subset

Mauritius, 2011
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MUS_2011_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
Central Statistical Office, Ministry of Economic Planning and Development, IPUMS
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Sep 03, 2025
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Available for work (MU2011A_WKAVAIL)

Data file: MUS2011_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 314
End: 314
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>P27. Availability for work</p>
<div class="i1">State if, during the past 4 weeks, the person was available for work.<br /><br />[] Y: Yes<br />[] N: No</div><div class="i1">If [No], give reason as follows:</div><div class="i2">[] 1 Household Duties<br />[] 2 Studies<br />[] 3 Disability, illness, injury<br />[] 4 Wholly retired<br />[] 5 Other - specify____</div>
Categories
Value Category
1 Yes
2 No
8 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">P24, P25, P26 and P27 - Current Activity</span>
<br />The questions on type of activity during the past week (current activity), coupled with others, provide detailed information on the geographical distribution and characteristics of the employed and unemployed population. The information is of fundamental importance for making manpower projections and for formulating programs aimed at making the most effective use of the human resources of the country.</p>

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

<p><span class="em">P27 - Availability for work</span>
<br />[figure omitted]</p>

<p>If the person was available for work during the past week, shade box "Y" and go to question P28- When last worked.</p>

<p>If the person was not available for work during the past week, shade box "N" and give the reason by shading the appropriate box. Please note that</p>
<div class="i1">- 1 Household duties applies to a person who was engaged in or helping with household duties in his/her own home;<br />- 2 Studies applies to a person who was studying;<br />- 3 Disability, illness, injury applies to a person who was sick, injured or disabled;<br />- 4 Wholly retired applies to a wholly retired person;<br />- 5 Other applies to a person who was not available for work because of other reasons. In this case, write the reason in the adjacent boxes e.g. person not interested to work, child not going to school and too young to work, etc. An example is given below.</div><p>[figure omitted]

Description

Definition
This variable indicates if the person was available for work in the week from Monday 27 June to Sunday 3 July 2011.
Universe
Mauritius 2011: Persons age 12+ who did not work and were not away from work last week [discrepancies: type I 1.5% ; type II none]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Work Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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