1990 Housing and Population Census - IPUMS Subset

Mauritius, 1990

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Reference ID

MUS_1990_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Central Statistical Office, Ministry of Economic Planning and Development, IPUMS

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Population density of GEOLEV1 unit, in persons per square kilometer (POPDENSGEO1)

Data file: MUS1990_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Continuous

Decimal: 0

Start: 68

End: 75

Width: 8

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Description

Definition

POPDENSGEO1 indicates the population density in persons per square kilometer of the major administrative unit in which the household was enumerated. The major administrative unit of the household is identified by the GEOLEV1 variable.

The area of units in GEOLEV1 is calculated using Mollweide's equal area projection. For a full set of geography variables refer to IPUMS International Geography variables list. For cross-national geographic analysis on the first and second major administrative level refer to GEOLEV1 and GEOLEV2. More information on IPUMS-International geography can be found here.

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Geography: Global Variables -- HOUSEHOLD	IPUMS

Imputation and derivation

Derivation

POPDENSGEO1 is an 8-digit string variable listing the population density in persons per square kilometer.

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