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Continuous Multi-Purpose Household Survey 2001

Mauritius, 2001
Reference ID
MUS_2001_CMPHS_v01_M
Producer(s)
Central Statistics Office (CSO)
Metadata
DDI/XML JSON
Study website
Created on
Dec 12, 2013
Last modified
Mar 29, 2019
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  • Study Description
  • Data Dictionary
  • Downloads
  • Related Publications
  • Identification
  • Scope
  • Coverage
  • Producers and sponsors
  • Sampling
  • Data Collection
  • Questionnaires
  • Data Appraisal
  • Access policy
  • Disclaimer and copyrights
  • Metadata production

Identification

Survey ID Number
MUS_2001_CMPHS_v01_M
Title
Continuous Multi-Purpose Household Survey 2001
Country
Name Country code
Mauritius MUS
Study type
Labor Force Survey [hh/lfs]
Series Information
The 2001 Continuous Multi-Purpose Household Survey (CMPHS) was the second CMPHS conducted by the Central Statistical Office, the first CMPHS was conducted in 1999.

Coverage
Each month, a sample of 525 households was surveyed. The selection of these households was done in such a way as to represent all private non institutional households in all urban, semi urban and rural areas. Thus, a total of 6,300 households (6,075 in the Island of Mauritius and 225 in the Island of Rodrigues) was covered during the period January to December 2001.
Abstract
The Central Statistics Office conducted the second round of the Continuous Multi Purpose Household Survey (CMPHS) from January to December 2001. The primary objective of the CMPHS is to provide a permanent platform for the collection of information relevant to the computation of appropriate socio-economic indicators to keep track of development on the social front.
Kind of Data
Sample survey data [ssd]
Unit of Analysis
Household
Person/ Individual

Scope

Notes
The 2001 Mauritius Continuous Multi-Purpose Household Survey covered the following topics:
- Identification: Geographical district, regional stratum, PSU number, enumeration area, household number, type of dwelling and interviewer information.
- Demographic and Health Characteristics of Household Members: Relationship to head, age, sex, marital status, attending school, level of education, type of study, type of training, etc.
- Labour Force (for all persons aged 12 years and over): Current activity during survey reference week, current employment, hours of work during survey reference week, unemployment, etc.
- Education and Training: Name of school/educational institution, means of transport and time taken to and from school, monthly school fees, private tuition (primary and secondary students), etc.
- Environment: Opinion on environment problems, affected by pollution, and suffered from health problems related to air pollution.
- Household Conditions: Ownership of house and residential plot of land, asset ownership (car, motorcycle, bicycle, etc), household expenditures, and availability of computer at home
- Individual Income: Income from employment last month, income from property last month, and transfer income.

Coverage

Geographic Coverage
National coverage

Producers and sponsors

Primary investigators
Name Affiliation
Central Statistics Office (CSO) Ministry of Economic Development, Finance and Services and Corporate Affairs, Republic of Mauritius
Funding Agency/Sponsor
Name Abbreviation Role
Government of Republic of Mauritius GovMUS Funded the study

Sampling

Sampling Procedure
At the first round of the survey in 1999, a master sample of 420 regions (PSUs), 35 for each of the 12 survey months during a year, was selected and a complete listing of private households was made from each of these PSUs. At a second stage, 15 households were selected from each PSU for interviews. The same listings made in 1999, were again used in 2001 for selection of households.
Response Rate
Out of the total 6,300 households selected over the whole year, 417 (7%) could not be contacted. The reasons for non-contacts were mainly because the households had moved. They were therefore replaced by other households with similar characteristics.

Data Collection

Dates of Data Collection
Start End
2001-01 2001-12
Data Collection Mode
Face-to-face [f2f]
Data Collection Notes
The questionnaire designed to collect the required data comprises:
(i) demographic and educational characteristics of all household members
(ii) labour force characteristics of household members aged 12 years and over
(iii) education and training of full time students
(iv) environmental problems
(v) household conditions including expenditure and income
Data Collectors
Name Abbreviation Affiliation
Central Statistics Office CSO Ministry of Economic Development, Productivity and Regional Development, Republic of Mauritius

Questionnaires

Questionnaires
The 2001 Continuous Multi-Purpose Household Survey questionnaire consisted of :
1) Household characteristics
2) Demographic and health characteristics of household members
3) Educational characteristics of household members
4) Labour force
5) Women
6) Elderly
7) Income and expenditure of household

Data Appraisal

Estimates of Sampling Error
Estimates worked out from household survey data are inevitably subject to sampling error since they are based on information collected from only a sample of households rather than from all households.

The Standard Error (S.E.) is a measure of the precision of estimates derived from samples and it can be used to set confidence limits to these estimates. Thus, the S.E for the unemployment rate of 9.4% derived from the sample is 0.4% and a 95% confidence interval for the unemployment rate would be 9.4% +(-) 2(0.4%), i.e. 8.6% to 10.2%. In the same way, a 95% confidence interval for average household income would be Rs 12,340 + (-) 478.

Access policy

Contacts
Name Affiliation Email URL
Central Statistics Office Ministry of Economic Development, Productivity and Regional Development, Republic of Mauritius cso@mail.gov.mu Link
World Bank Microdata Library microdata@worldbank.org
Citation requirements
Use of the dataset must be acknowledged using a citation which would include:
- the Identification of the Primary Investigator
- the title of the survey (including country, acronym and year of implementation)
- the survey reference number
- the source and date of download

Example:

Central Statistics Office (CSO), Mauritius. Continuous Multi-Purpose Household Survey 2001. Ref. MUS_2001_CMPHS_v01_M. Dataset downloaded from [source] on [date].

Disclaimer and copyrights

Disclaimer
The user of the data acknowledges that the original collector of the data, the authorized distributor of the data, and the relevant funding agency bear no responsibility for use of the data or for interpretations or inferences based upon such uses.

Metadata production

DDI Document ID
DDI_MUS_2001_CMPHS_v01_M_WB
Producers
Name Abbreviation Role
World Bank, Development Economics Data Group DECDG Ducumentation of the DDI
Date of Metadata Production
2013-09-20
DDI Document version
Version 01 (October 2013)
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