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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
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Dec 12, 2013
Last modified
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  • 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 Role
    Government of Republic of Mauritius 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.

    Survey instrument

    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 collection

    Dates of Data Collection
    Start End
    2001-01 2001-12
    Data Collectors
    Name Affiliation
    Central Statistics Office Ministry of Economic Development, Productivity and Regional Development, Republic of Mauritius
    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 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.

    Data Access

    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.

    Contacts

    Contacts
    Name Affiliation Email 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 Document ID

    DDI_MUS_2001_CMPHS_v01_M_WB

    Producers
    Name Role
    World Bank, Development Economics Data Group Ducumentation of the DDI
    Date of Metadata Production

    2013-09-20

    Metadata version

    DDI Document version

    Version 01 (October 2013)

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