DDI_MUS_2009_CMPHS_v01_M_WB Development Economics Data Group 2014-03-25 NADA Version 01 (March 2014) Continuous Multi-Purpose Household Survey 2009 CMPHS 2009 MUS_2009_CMPHS_v01_M Central Statistics Office NADA Central Statistics Office Other Household Survey [hh/oth] Data collection is carried out monthly except in 2004 when it was carried out every quarter. Up to 2005, the reference period for data on labour force was the last week of the survey month. As from 2006, the reference week has been changed to the second week of the survey month so that estimates can be published within one quarter of the reference period, as required by the IMF Special Data Dissemination System (SDDS) to which the country has graduated on 28 February 2012. Mauritius All private Mauritian households in the islands of Mauritius and Rodrigues are covered. - Household Sample survey data [ssd] The scope of the survey includes the following: - Demographic characteristics - Education - Individual record - Current work - Household record - Time use A Stratified two-stage sampling design is used. At the first stage, Primary Sampling Units (PSUs) are selected with probability proportional to size and at the second stage, a fixed number of households is selected from each selected PSU. Prior to 2005, the first stage stratification factors were urban, semi urban and rural geographical locations. The second stage stratification criteria are community, household size and average monthly expenditure of the household. From 1999 to 2003, around 6,500 households were covered each year. In 2004, the sample was increased to 8,640 so that reliable quarterly estimates of labour force, employment and unemployment could be worked out. As from 2005, the sample for the year has been further increased to 11,280. Furthermore, in order to measure quarterly changes, 50% of the households sampled in a quarter are re-interviewed in the following quarter; for example, 50% of the households sampled in the first quarter of 2005 have been re-interviewed in the second quarter of 2005. Face-to-face [f2f] The CMPHS questionnaire comprises three modules: a basic module common to all rounds of the survey covering the general characteristics of the population (b) a second module covering labour force with in-depth investigation and a core set of questions which are kept constant at all rounds of the survey and (c) a third module grouping other topics of interest but investigated in less details. Use of the dataset must be acknowledged using a citation which would include: - the Identification of the Primary Investigator - the title of the survey (including country, acronym and year of implementation) - the survey reference number - the source and date of download Example: Central Statistics Office. Mauritius Continuous Multi-Purpose Household Survey (CMPHS) 2009. Ref. MUS_2009_CMPHS_v01_M. Dataset downloaded from [url] on [date]. The user of the data acknowledges that the original collector of the data, the authorized distributor of the data, and the relevant funding agency bear no responsibility for use of the data or for interpretations or inferences based upon such uses.