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Continuous Multi-Purpose Household Survey 2008

Mauritius, 2008
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mus-cso-cmphs-2008-v1
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Central Statistics Office
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  • Identification
  • Version
  • Scope
  • Coverage
  • Producers and sponsors
  • Sampling
  • survey_instrument
  • Data Collection
  • Data Access
  • Contacts
  • Metadata production

    • Identification

    Survey ID number

    mus-cso-cmphs-2008-v1
    Title

    Continuous Multi-Purpose Household Survey 2008
    Country
    Name Country code
    Mauritius MUS
    Study type

    Household Survey [hh]
    Series Information

    Central Statistics Office of Mauritius. Continuous Multi-Purpose Household Survey, 2008 [dataset]. Version 1. Port Louis: CSO [producer], 2008. Cape Town: DataFirst [distributor], 2019. DOI: https://doi.org/10.25828/yvs2-9x61
    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

    2008

    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
    2008 2008
    Data Collectors
    Name Affiliation
    Central Statistics Office Government of Mauritius

    Data Access

    Access authority
    Name Affiliation URL Email
    DataFirst University of Cape Town support.data1st.org 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, 2008 [dataset]. Version 1. Port Louis: CSO [producer], 2008. Cape Town: DataFirst [distributor], 2019. DOI: https://doi.org/10.25828/yvs2-9x61

    Contacts

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