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Continuous Multi-Purpose Household Survey 2005

Mauritius, 2005
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mus-cso-cmphs-2005-v1
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Central Statistics Office
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  • Identification
  • Version
  • Scope
  • Coverage
  • Producers and sponsors
  • Sampling
  • Survey instrument
  • Data collection
  • access_policy
  • Contacts
  • Metadata production

    • Identification

    Survey ID number
    mus-cso-cmphs-2005-v1
    Title
    Continuous Multi-Purpose Household Survey 2005
    Country
    Name Country code
    Mauritius MUS
    Study type
    Household Survey [hh]
    Series Information
    Central Statistics Office of Mauritius. Continuous Multi-Purpose Household Survey, 2005 [dataset]. Version 1. Port Louis: CSO [producer], 2005. Cape Town: DataFirst [distributor], 2019. DOI: https://doi.org/10.25828/jvjc-jc88
    Abstract
    The primary objective of the Continuous Multi-Purpose Household Survey is to provide a permanent platform for the collection of data to compile socio-economic indicators to keep track of development in the country.
    Kind of Data
    Sample survey data
    Unit of Analysis
    Households and individuals

    Version

    Version Description
    Version 1: Edited data available in DataFirst's Secure Research Data Centre
    Version Date
    2005

    Scope

    Notes

    Mauritius' Continuous Multi-Purpose Household Survey collected the following data on households:

    -Geography: District, regional stratum, PSU number, enumeration area
    -Household Characteristics: Type of building, type of housing unit (one-household, multi-household housing unit), type of ownership of the housing unit, and number of rooms
    -Characteristics of household members: Relationship to head, age, sex, marital status, and health status, education and training, employment status, working conditions, income and expenditure, plus further data on:
    Women: Women's activities and responsibilities, task sharing within the household, and decision marking at household level
    The elderly (aged 60 and older): Physical disability and dependence, leisure activities, economic resources and support

    Coverage

    Geographic Coverage
    The survey had national coverage
    Universe
    The survey covers all private Mauritian households on the islands of Mauritius and Rodrigues.

    Producers and sponsors

    Primary investigators
    Name Affiliation
    Central Statistics Office Government of Mauritius

    Sampling

    Sampling Procedure
    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. From 2005 the sample was further increased to 11,280. Furthermore, in order to measure quarterly changes, 50% of the households sampled in a quarter are now re-interviewed in the following quarter.

    Survey instrument

    Questionnaires
    The CMPHS questionnaire includes a basic module common to all rounds with a core set of questions which are kept constant and cover (a) general characteristics of the population, and (b) labour force information; and (c) a third module covering new topics, which changes over time.

    Data collection

    Dates of Data Collection
    Start End
    2005 2005
    Data Collectors
    Name Affiliation
    Central Statistics Office Government of Mauritius

    access_policy

    Access authority
    Name Affiliation URL Email
    DataFirst University of Cape Town support@data1st.org
    Access conditions
    Secure Research Data Centre access https://www.datafirst.uct.ac.za/services/secure-data-services
    Citation requirements
    Central Statistics Office of Mauritius. Continuous Multi-Purpose Household Survey, 2005 [dataset]. Version 1. Port Louis: CSO [producer], 2005. Cape Town: DataFirst [distributor], 2019. DOI: https://doi.org/10.25828/jvjc-jc88

    Contacts

    Contacts
    Name Affiliation Email URL
    DataFirst support University of Cape Town support@data1st.org

    Metadata production

    Producers
    Name Affiliation Role
    DataFirst University of Cape Town Metadata producer
    Date of Metadata Production
    2020-07-29

    Metadata version

    DDI Document version
    2
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