2000 Housing and Population Census - IPUMS Subset
Mauritius, 2000
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Reference ID
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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- Data files
- MUS2000_PHC-H-H.dat
- MUS2000_PHC-P-H.dat
Language of forefathers (MU2000A_MTONGUE)
Data file: MUS2000_PHC-P-H.dat
Overview
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
248
End:
249
Width:
2
Range:
-
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
<span class="h1">[Population census form]</span></p>
<p>17. Linguistic group _ _</p>
<div class="i1">State the language spoken by the person's ancestors. <br />If the language of the paternal ancestors is different from that of the maternal ancestors, write both. For census purposes, consider creole, bhojpuri, etc. as languages.</div>
<p>17. Linguistic group _ _</p>
<div class="i1">State the language spoken by the person's ancestors. <br />If the language of the paternal ancestors is different from that of the maternal ancestors, write both. For census purposes, consider creole, bhojpuri, etc. as languages.</div>
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 00 | Creole |
| 02 | Chinese |
| 03 | Hakka |
| 04 | Mandarin |
| 05 | Other Chinese |
| 06 | English |
| 07 | French |
| 08 | Other European |
| 10 | Arabic |
| 11 | Bhojpuri |
| 12 | Gujrati |
| 13 | Hindi |
| 14 | Marathi |
| 15 | Tamil |
| 16 | Telegu |
| 17 | Urdu |
| 18 | Other Oriental |
| 20 | Creole and Chinese |
| 21 | Creole and French |
| 22 | Creole and Other European |
| 23 | Creole and Bhojpuri |
| 24 | Creole and Hindi |
| 25 | Creole and Marathi |
| 26 | Creole and Tamil |
| 27 | Creole and Telegu |
| 28 | Creole and Urdu |
| 29 | Creole and other Oriental |
| 30 | Chinese and other |
| 40 | French and other European |
| 41 | French and Oriental |
| 42 | Other European and Oriental |
| 50 | Bhojpuri and Hindi |
| 51 | Bhopuri and Marathi |
| 52 | Bhojpuri and Tamil |
| 53 | Bhojpuri and Telegu |
| 54 | Bhojpuri and Urdu |
| 55 | Bhojuri and other Oriental |
| 61 | Hindi and Tamil |
| 64 | Hindi and other Oriental |
| 85 | Marathi/Tamil and other Oriental |
| 90 | Other |
| 99 | 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.
Interviewer instructions
<span class="h3">7. Instructions on how to fill in the census form</span></p>
<p><span class="em">Column 17 - Linguistic group</span>
<br />Write the language spoken by the person's forefathers. It does not matter whether the person himself (herself) speaks the language or not. If the language of the paternal forefathers is different from that of the maternal forefathers, write both.
<br />For census purposes, consider creole, bhojpuri, etc. as languages
<p><span class="em">Column 17 - Linguistic group</span>
<br />Write the language spoken by the person's forefathers. It does not matter whether the person himself (herself) speaks the language or not. If the language of the paternal forefathers is different from that of the maternal forefathers, write both.
<br />For census purposes, consider creole, bhojpuri, etc. as languages
Description
Definition
This variable indicates the language of the person's forefathers.
Universe
Mauritius 2000: All persons
concept
Concept
| var_concept.title | Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| Ethnicity and Language Variables -- PERSON | IPUMS |