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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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Usual residence (MU2000A_USUALRES)

Data file: MUS2000_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 217
End: 217
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

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

<p>8. Usual address _ _ _ _ _</p>
<div class="i1">If person usually lives here, write 'here'. If not, write the person's usual address. For persons on visit to Mauritius, write the country of residence.</div>
Categories
Value Category
1 Here (place of enumeration)
2 Elsewhere in Mauritius
3 Outside Mauritius
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 8 - Usual address </span>
<br />For a person who usually lives at this address write 'Here' even if he or she was temporarily away on Census night, e.g., on night work, staying temporarily with relatives, on vacation elsewhere in Mauritius, in secondary residence, in hospital, a business trip, studying abroad, or on vacation outside of Mauritius.
<br />If the person does not usually live at this address, write his or her usual address, specifying the Municipal Council Ward or Village Council Area where possible.
<br />If a person has more than one usual address, write the address of his or her principal residence.
<br />For persons on visit to Mauritius, write the country of usual residence of the person.
<br />However, for a non-Mauritian working in Mauritius and his/her accompanying family, follow instructions given below:</p>
<div class="i1">(i) If he/she usually lives at this address, write here<br />(ii) If he/she usually lives elsewhere in Mauritius, write his/her usual address, specifying the Municipal Ward or Village Council Area where possible.</div>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates whether the person's usual address is here, elsewhere, or outside Mauritius.
Universe
Mauritius 2000: All persons

concept

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