Continuous Multi-Purpose Household Survey 2012

Mauritius, 2012

Central Statistics Office

Identification

IDNO

MUS_2012_CMPHS_v01_M

Title

Continuous Multi-Purpose Household Survey 2012

Country

Name	Country code
Mauritius	MUS

Kind of Data

Sample survey data [ssd]

Unit of Analysis

- Households
- Individuals

Version

Version number

v01

Coverage

Geographic Coverage

All private Mauritian households in the islands of Mauritius and Rodrigues are covered.

Unit of Analysis

- Households
- Individuals

Producers and sponsors

Authoring entity/Primary investigators

Agency Name	Affiliation
Central Statistics Office	Ministry of Finance & Economic Development

Sampling

Sampling Procedure

A Stratified two-stage sampling design is used. At the first stage, Primary Sampling Units (PSUs) are selected with probability proportional to size and at the second stage, a fixed number of households is selected from each selected PSU. Prior to 2005, the first stage stratification factors were urban, semi urban and rural geographical locations. The second stage stratification criteria are community, household size and average monthly expenditure of the household. From 1999 to 2003, around 6,500 households were covered each year. In 2004, the sample was increased to 8,640 so that reliable quarterly estimates of labor force, employment and unemployment could be worked out. As from 2005, the sample for the year has been further increased to 11,280. Furthermore, in order to measure quarterly changes, 50% of the households sampled in a quarter are re-interviewed in the following quarter; for example, 50% of the households sampled in the first quarter of 2005 have been re-interviewed in the second quarter of 2005.

Data Collection

Dates of Data Collection (YYYY/MM/DD)

Start date	End date
2012	2012

Mode of data collection

Face-to-face [f2f]

Type of Research Instrument

The CMPHS questionnaire comprises three modules: a basic module common to all rounds of the survey covering the general characteristics of the population (b) a second module covering labor force with in-depth investigation and a core set of questions which are kept constant at all rounds of the survey and (c) a third module grouping other topics of interest but investigated in less details.

Data Collectors

Name	Abbreviation	Affiliation
Central Statistics Office	CSO	Ministry of Finance & Economic Development

Data access

Citation requirement

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. Mauritius Continuous Multi-Purpose Household Survey (CMPHS) 2012. Ref. MUS_2012_CMPHS_v01_M. Dataset downloaded from [url] 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

Contact

Name	Affiliation	Email	URI
Central Statistics Office	Government of Mauritius	statsmauritius@mail.gov.mu	http://statsmauritius.gov.mu/

Metadata production

Document ID

DDI_MUS_2012_CMPHS_v01_M_WB

Producers

Name	Abbreviation	Affiliation	Role
Development Economics Data Group	DECDG	The World Bank	Documentation of the DDI

Date of Production

2014-03-25

Document version

Version 02 (August 2015)
- Adding datasets
- Providing value labels for all categorical variables
- Editing external resources

Version 01 (March 2014)