Continuous Multi-Purpose Household Survey 1999
Mauritius, 1999
Identification
MUS_1999_CMPHS_v01_M
Continuous Multi-Purpose Household Survey 1999
| Name | Country code |
|---|---|
| Mauritius | MUS |
Labor Force Survey [hh/lfs]
The 1999 Continuous Multi-Purpose Household Survey (CMPHS) was the first CMPHS launched by the Central Statistical Office.
Coverage
Each year, a sample of around 6,000 private households is appropriately selected to represent the set of all such households in the islands of Mauritius and Rodrigues. Each month some 500 of these households are surveyed.
First round of the CMPHS
The first round of the survey scheduled for the period April 1999 to March 2000 was stopped at the end of December 1999 because of the taking of the decennial Housing and Population Census in 2000. During these nine months, a total of 4,725 households were surveyed at the rate of 525 per month. Some 42 field staff were employed during each survey month.
The special topic module for this first round of the CMPHS dealt with detailed information on the economically active population and its characteristics while in the third module some information was collected on the elderly population, women and household income and expenditure.
The Continuous Multi-Purpose Household Survey (CMPHS) was launched by the Central Statistical Office (CSO) in 1999. The primary objective of this survey 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. The on-going nature of the survey allows any topic of current interest to be easily integrated as a distinct module in the questionnaire. The questions to be included are finalised after discussion with concerned ministries and government departments.
Sample survey data [ssd]
Household
Person/ Individual
Scope
The 1999 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.
- Household Characteristics: Type of building, type of housing unit (one-household, multi-household housing unit), type of ownership of the housing unit, and number of rooms.
- Demographic and Health Characteristics of Household Members: Relationship to head, age, sex, marital status, and health problem/ suffer (blindness, amputation, stroke, heart disease, diabetes and respiratory disease).
- Educational Characteristics of Household Members: 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.
- Women: Women's activities and responsibilities, task sharing within the household, and decision marking at household level.
- Elderly (for all members aged 60 years and over): Physical disability and dependence, leisure activities of the elderly, economic resources and support, and loneliness/companionship.
- Income and Expenditure of Household.
Coverage
National coverage
Producers and sponsors
| Name | Affiliation |
|---|---|
| Central Statistics Office (CSO) | Ministry of Economic Development, Finance and Services and Corporate Affairs, Republic of Mauritius |
| Name | Role |
|---|---|
| Government of Republic of Mauritius | Funded the study |
Sampling
Out of the 4,725 households selected for interview, 73 could not be contacted, yielding an initial response rate of 98.5%. However, these non-contacts were replaced by other households with similar characteristics.
Survey instrument
The 1999 Continuous Multi-Purpose Household Survey questionnaire consisted of :
- Household characteristics
- Demographic and health characteristics of household members
- Educational characteristics of household members
- Labour force
- Women
- Elderly
- Income and expenditure of household
Data collection
| Start | End |
|---|---|
| 1999-04 | 1999-12 |
| Name | Affiliation |
|---|---|
| Central Statistics Office | Ministry of Economic Development, Productivity and Regional Development, Republic of Mauritius |
The questionnaire designed to collect the required data comprises:
(i) a basic module covering the general characteristics of the household and its members;
(ii) one (or more) special modules dealing with topics of current interest and requiring in-depth investigation; and
(iii) a final module grouping other topics of general interest but investigated in less details.
The data collection exercise is carried out by a team of trained interviewers outside office hours.
Data Access
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 1999. Ref. MUS_1999_CMPHS_v01_M. Dataset downloaded from [source] on [date].
Disclaimer and copyrights
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.
Contacts
| Name | Affiliation | URL | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Central Statistics Office | Ministry of Economic Development, Productivity and Regional Development, Republic of Mauritius | cso@mail.gov.mu | http://statsmauritius.gov.mu/English/Pages/default.aspx |
| World Bank Microdata Library | microdata@worldbank.org |
Metadata production
DDI_MUS_1999_CMPHS_v01_M_WB
| Name | Role |
|---|---|
| World Bank, Development Economics Data Group | Ducumentation of the DDI |
2013-09-20
Metadata version
Version 01 (September 2013)