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
Length of service with employer (months) (MU1990A_WKTENURE)
Data file: MUS1990_PHC-P-H.dat
Overview
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
294
End:
296
Width:
3
Range:
-
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
In strict confidence
<br />Ministry of Economic Planning and Development
<br />Central Statistical Office
<br /><span class="h1"><br />Population Census<br />Mauritius<br /></span>
<br /><span class="em">Night of 1-2 July 1990</span></p>
<p><span class="em">For persons aged 12 years and over:</span></p>
<p>34 Length of service with employer ____</p>
<div class="i1">How long has the person worked for his/her present or most recent employer?<br />Give number of completed years.<br />If less than a year, give number of complete months.<br />If less than a month, write 'less than a month'.<br />Please note that length of service with employer is required and not at your job. Thus for persons in public service give total length of service and not time spent in their present grade.<br />For self-employed persons give the time during which they have been self-employed.</div>
<br />Ministry of Economic Planning and Development
<br />Central Statistical Office
<br /><span class="h1"><br />Population Census<br />Mauritius<br /></span>
<br /><span class="em">Night of 1-2 July 1990</span></p>
<p><span class="em">For persons aged 12 years and over:</span></p>
<p>34 Length of service with employer ____</p>
<div class="i1">How long has the person worked for his/her present or most recent employer?<br />Give number of completed years.<br />If less than a year, give number of complete months.<br />If less than a month, write 'less than a month'.<br />Please note that length of service with employer is required and not at your job. Thus for persons in public service give total length of service and not time spent in their present grade.<br />For self-employed persons give the time during which they have been self-employed.</div>
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 000 | Less than one month |
| 001 | 1 month |
| 002 | 2 months |
| 003 | 3 |
| 004 | 4 |
| 005 | 5 |
| 006 | 6 |
| 007 | 7 |
| 008 | 8 |
| 009 | 9 |
| 010 | 10 |
| 011 | 11 |
| 012 | 12 |
| 024 | 24 |
| 036 | 36 |
| 048 | 48 |
| 060 | 60 |
| 072 | 72 |
| 084 | 84 |
| 096 | 96 |
| 108 | 108 |
| 120 | 120 |
| 132 | 132 |
| 144 | 144 |
| 156 | 156 |
| 168 | 168 |
| 180 | 180 |
| 192 | 192 |
| 204 | 204 |
| 216 | 216 |
| 228 | 228 |
| 240 | 240 |
| 252 | 252 |
| 264 | 264 |
| 276 | 276 |
| 288 | 288 |
| 300 | 300 |
| 312 | 312 |
| 324 | 324 |
| 336 | 336 |
| 348 | 348 |
| 360 | 360 |
| 372 | 372 |
| 384 | 384 |
| 396 | 396 |
| 408 | 408 |
| 420 | 420 |
| 432 | 432 |
| 444 | 444 |
| 456 | 456 |
| 468 | 468 |
| 480 | 480 |
| 492 | 492 |
| 504 | 504 |
| 516 | 516 |
| 528 | 528 |
| 540 | 540 |
| 552 | 552 |
| 564 | 564 |
| 576 | 576 |
| 588 | 588+ |
| 998 | Unknown |
| 999 | NIU (not in universe) |
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.
Interviewer instructions
<span class="em">Stop at this column [28] if person has never worked. Columns 29 to 34 are for persons who have ever worked. Information is required on the person's work during the past week. If person had more than one job last week, answer for the job at which he/she worked the most hours, if person had no job last week, answer for his/her last job.</span></p>
<p><span class="h2">Column 34</span>
<br /><span class="h3">Length of service with employer</span>
<br />For persons who held a job last week, state the number of completed years they have worked for their present employer. For persons who had no job last week, state the number of completed years they worked for their most recent employer.</p>
<p>For self-employed persons, give the period during which they were self-employed. For persons who worked without pay for a member of the same household or another relative, give the period during which they have operated as unpaid family workers.</p>
<p>If the person worked for less than a year, give the number of completed months. If the period was less than a month, write 'Less than a month'.</p>
<p>Please specify 'years' or 'months' as appropriate; for example. If length of service was 9 years, write '9 years' and not just '9'.</p>
<p>Note that it is the length of service with the employer that is required, and not the time during which the person worked at his/her job.</p>
<p>Thus, for persons in public service, give the total length of service and not the time spent in their present grade or post.</p>
<p>Approved leaves should be included when counting the length of service.
<br />If the person had a work interruption implying a breach of contract with his/her employer, or a resignation from his/her job, then count the length of service from the date of re-employment.
<p><span class="h2">Column 34</span>
<br /><span class="h3">Length of service with employer</span>
<br />For persons who held a job last week, state the number of completed years they have worked for their present employer. For persons who had no job last week, state the number of completed years they worked for their most recent employer.</p>
<p>For self-employed persons, give the period during which they were self-employed. For persons who worked without pay for a member of the same household or another relative, give the period during which they have operated as unpaid family workers.</p>
<p>If the person worked for less than a year, give the number of completed months. If the period was less than a month, write 'Less than a month'.</p>
<p>Please specify 'years' or 'months' as appropriate; for example. If length of service was 9 years, write '9 years' and not just '9'.</p>
<p>Note that it is the length of service with the employer that is required, and not the time during which the person worked at his/her job.</p>
<p>Thus, for persons in public service, give the total length of service and not the time spent in their present grade or post.</p>
<p>Approved leaves should be included when counting the length of service.
<br />If the person had a work interruption implying a breach of contract with his/her employer, or a resignation from his/her job, then count the length of service from the date of re-employment.
Description
Definition
This variable indicates the person's length of service with employer for the job the person worked the most hours at during the last week or the job worked most recently for persons not working during the last week.
Universe
Mauritius 1990: Persons age 12+ who ever worked [discrepancies: type I trace; type II 0.8%]
concept
Concept
| var_concept.title | Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| Work Variables -- PERSON | IPUMS |