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2000 Housing and Population Census - IPUMS Subset

Mauritius, 2000
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MUS_2000_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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District of usual residence 5 years ago (MU2000A_DIST5YR)

Data file: MUS2000_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 230
End: 231
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h1">[Population census form]</span></p>

<p>10. Usual address 5 years ago _ _ _ _ _</p>
<div class="i1">Was the person's address 5 years ago (on 2.7.1995) the same as that shown in column 8? If yes, write 'yes'. If no, write the person's usual address on 2.7.1995. For a child under 5 years, write 'not born'.</div>
Categories
Value Category
11 Port Louis
12 Pamplemousses
13 Riviere du Rempart
14 Flacq
15 Grand Port
16 Savanne
17 Plaines Wilhems
18 Moka
19 Black River
21 Rodrigues
31 Outer islands
91 Africa
94 Asia
95 Europe
97 Other regions
98 Unknown
99 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="h3">7. Instructions on how to fill in the census form</span></p>

<p><span class="em">Column 10 - Usual address 5 years ago</span>
<br />If the person's usual address 5 years ago (i.e. on 2.7.1995) was the same as that entered in column 8, write 'Yes'.
<br />If not, write the person's usual address on 2.7.1995, specifying the Municipal Council Ward or Village Council Area where possible.
<br />For children now under 5 years of age, write 'Not born'.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the person's usual district of residence 5 years ago.
Universe
Mauritius 2000: Persons age 5+ [discrepancies: type I trace; type II trace]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Migration: Global Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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