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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- MUS1990_PHC-H-H.dat
- MUS1990_PHC-P-H.dat
Language of forefathers, Mauritius (MTONGMU)
Data file: MUS1990_PHC-P-H.dat
Overview
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
111
End:
113
Width:
3
Range:
-
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 101 | Creole |
| 102 | Creole and Bhojpuri |
| 103 | Creole and Hindi |
| 104 | Creole and Marathi |
| 105 | Creole and Tamil |
| 106 | Creole and Telegu |
| 107 | Creole and Urdu |
| 108 | Creole and other Oriental |
| 109 | Creole and Chinese |
| 110 | Creole and French |
| 111 | Creole and English |
| 112 | Creole and other European |
| 113 | Creole and other languages |
| 201 | Bengali |
| 202 | Bhojpuri |
| 203 | Bhojpuri and Hindi |
| 204 | Bhojpuri and Marathi |
| 205 | Bhojpuri and Tamil |
| 206 | Bhojpuri and Telugu |
| 207 | Bhojpuri and Urdu |
| 208 | Bhojpuri and other languages |
| 209 | Gujrati |
| 210 | Hindi |
| 211 | Hindi and Marathi |
| 212 | Hindi and Tamil |
| 213 | Hindi and Telugu |
| 214 | Hindi and Urdu |
| 215 | Hindi and other languages |
| 216 | Marathi |
| 217 | Sinhalese |
| 218 | Tamil |
| 219 | Telegu |
| 220 | Urdu |
| 221 | Other Indian |
| 301 | Chinese |
| 302 | Cantonese |
| 303 | Hakka |
| 304 | Mandarin |
| 305 | Other Chinese |
| 306 | Chinese and other languages |
| 401 | English |
| 402 | French |
| 403 | English and French |
| 404 | English and Oriental |
| 405 | French and Oriental |
| 406 | French and European |
| 407 | European and Oriental |
| 408 | Other European |
| 501 | Malagasy |
| 502 | Arabic |
| 998 | Other |
| 999 | Unknown |
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
MTONGMU the language of forefathers in Mauritius.
concept
Concept
| var_concept.title | Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| Ethnicity and Language Variables -- PERSON | IPUMS |