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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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Sex (MU2000A_SEX)

Data file: MUS2000_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 213
End: 213
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

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

<p>4. Sex _</p>
<div class="i1">Write: <br /><br />[] M - for male<br />[] F - for female</div>
Categories
Value Category
1 Male
2 Female
9 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 4 - Sex </span>
<br />Enter M for males and F for females

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the person's sex.
Universe
Mauritius 2000: All persons

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Demographic Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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