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1990 Housing and Population Census - IPUMS Subset

Mauritius, 1990
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MUS_1990_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Central Statistical Office, Ministry of Economic Planning and Development, IPUMS
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Urban or rural (MU1990A_URBAN)

Data file: MUS1990_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 149
End: 149
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<div class="title"><br />1990 Housing Census - Mauritius<br /></div></p>

<p><span class="h2">I. Location</span></p>

<p>____ C01 Geographical district
<br />____ C02 Municipal/village council area/outside M/V.C.A
<br />____ C03 Enumeration area
<br />____ C04 Urban/semi-urban/rural
<br />____ C05 Census district
<br />____ C06 Locality
<br />____ C07 Block no.
<br />____ C08 Building enumeration no.
<br />____ C09 No. of housing units in building
Categories
Value Category
1 Urban
2 Semi-urban
3 Rural
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.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the urban or rural status of the location in which the household resides.
Universe
Mauritius 1990: All households

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Geography: F-N Variables -- HOUSEHOLD IPUMS
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