In strict confidence
Ministry of Economic Development, Productivity, and Regional Development
Central Statistical Office
Population Census
Mauritius
Geographical district (GD) _ _
Municipal ward / village council area (MWVCA) _ _
Enumeration area (EA) _ _
Urban / semi-urban / rural (U/S/R) _
Census district (CD) _ _
Locality (LOC) _ _
Block number (BLK NO) _ _
Building number (BLD NO) _ _ _
Housing unit number (HU NO) _ _
Household number (HH NO) _
Household type (HH TP) _
Form number (FN) _
Name ____
Address ____
Notice
1. Persons by whom the return is to be made
In the case of:
A household is either (i) a person living on his own or (ii) a group of two or more persons who may or may not be related, but who live together and make common provision for food and other essentials for living.
Two families living in one house constitute one household if they have common housekeeping arrangements, but should be considered as separate households if they have separate housekeeping arrangements and should then be entered on two separate census forms.
(iii) hospitals, infirmaries, asylums, prisons or any other residential institution: the Chief Resident Officer or other person for the time being in charge of the institution;
(iv) naval forces, air forces, the special mobile force or the police training school: the commanding officer or the officer presently in charge;
(v) ships, barges or other vessels in any port or harbor in Mauritius: the captain, master or other person for the time being in charge of the vessel;
(vi) persons arriving after midnight on the night 2-3 July 2000 and who have not been enumerated elsewhere: the person specified above by whom the return is to be made with respect to the persons present at midnight on 2 July 2000 in any of the premises mentioned above;
(vii) persons not included in any of the above-mentioned categories: the person in respect of whom the return is to be made.
2. Persons in respect of whom the return is to be made
(ii) all persons who arrive on the premises and join the household on Monday July 3 2000 without having been enumerated elsewhere; and
(iii) all temporarily absent members of the household, i.e. all persons who usually live in the household, but who are away on census night, for example, on a business trip, on vacation, in hospital or studying abroad; include them even if you know that they are being enumerated elsewhere.
(ii) Any person who refuses or neglects to fill in the form or to supply the particulars required therein or who knowingly makes in this form any statement which is untrue in any material particular shall commit an offence under the Statistics Act, and shall, on conviction, be liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year and to a fine not exceeding Rs 1,000.
(iii) All information obtained in the course of the Census is treated as confidential. No information about named individuals is ever passed on by the central Statistical Office to any other Government Department or to any other Authority or person. All enumerators and other officers engaged in the taking of the Census are under oath and are liable to prosecution if they improperly disclose any information which has come to their knowledge while performing their duties.
The information should be entered in the space provided using ink or a ball-point pen. Nothing should be written in the boxes which are reserved for codes.
Before completing the census form, please consult the guide, which is in both English and French.
Declaration
I declare that the information in this return is true to the best of my knowledge and belief.
____ Signature of authorized officer
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Please do not write anything in the boxes
Complete a line for every person present on Census night (2-3 July 2000) and also for every person who usually lives in the household but was absent on Census night.
See instructions in section 2 on front page.
2. Surname and other names ____
Head of household
Spouse of head
Unmarried children of head (from eldest to youngest)
Married children of head and their families
Other relatives of head (father, mother, nephew, niece, mother-in-law, etc.)
Other persons (visitor, lodger, servant, etc.)
Babies must be included. For a baby who has not yet been given a name, write surname and 'Baby'.
[] Head
[] Spouse
[] Son
[] Daughter
[] Son-in-law
[] Daughter-in-law
[] Grand-child
[] Father
[] Mother
[] Nephew
[] Niece, etc.
[] Visitor
[] Lodger
[] Servant, etc.
Step children and adopted children should be considered as sons or daughters.
[] M - for male
[] F - for female
7. Whereabouts on census night ____
[] MB - Mauritian born
[] MD - Mauritian by descent
[] MR - Mauritian by registration
[] MN - Mauritian by naturalization
If not Mauritian, specify the country of citizenship.
(Stop here for non-Mauritians usually residing outside Mauritius)
10. Usual address 5 years ago _ _ _ _ _
Write 'yes' or 'no'.
[] Yes
[] No
If 'yes', insert as many disabilities as applicable as follows:
[] EAR - hearing and listening disabilities even with hearing aid
[] EYE - seeing disabilities even with glasses
[] MTION - walking, running, and other ambulation disabilities
[] MANU - manual activity disabilities such as fingering, gripping, and holding
[] LEARN - disturbance of ability to learn and acquire education
[] BEH - disturbances of behavior, maladjustment, and liability to self-injury
[] CARE - inability to look after oneself with regard to personal care and hygiene, feeding, etc.
[] OTHER - other disabilities (specify)
[] W - widowed (not remarried)
[] D - divorced (not remarried)
[] SEP - separated, whether legally or not
[] MRC - married religiously and civilly
[] MR - married religiously only
[] MC - married civilly only
[] C - in a union but not married religiously or civilly
[] S - single
[] UP - unmarried parent
[] OTHER - other, specify ____
For persons not single in column 12:
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14. Whether married more than once
[] Yes
[] No
15. Number of children ever born _ _
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If the language of the paternal ancestors is different from that of the maternal ancestors, write both. For census purposes, consider creole, bhojpuri, etc. as languages.
18. Language usually spoken _ _
[Stop here for children under 2 years]
For persons aged 2 years and over:
[Column 19 to 21 were asked of persons age 2 and older.]
19. Languages read and written ____
[] Now
[] Past
[] Never
21. Primary and secondary education _ _
(Stop here for persons under 12 years)
For persons aged 12 years and over:
[Column 22 to 34 were asked of persons aged 12 years and older.]
22. Qualifications other than those of the primary and secondary levels
If 'no', write 'none' in all six columns below.
If 'yes', give details for the 3 highest qualifications as follows:
- title of qualification obtained, major field of study and name of institution awarding the qualification (e.g. BSc Civil Engineering - University of Mauritius; NCC International Diploma in Computer Studies - SITRAC; NTC 1 Hotel management - Hotel School of Mauritius, etc.)
Highest qualification
(1b) Qualification received, major field of study and name of institution awarding the qualification _ _ _ _
(2b) Qualification received, major field of study and name of institution awarding the qualification _ _ _ _
(3b) Qualification received, major field of study and name of institution awarding the qualification _ _ _ _
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Type of activity
[Questions 23 through 26 relate to the type of activity a person is involved with. These questions were asked of persons aged 12 year and older.]
23. How many hours in all did the person work for pay, profit or family gain during the past week from Monday 26 June to Sunday 2 July 2000? _ _
24. Was there a job, business, family enterprise or agricultural holding or farm, at which the person did not work because of illness, injury, holiday, industrial dispute, off-season inactivity, temporary disorganization, etc.?
[] Yes [Continue to question 28]
[] No
25. Did the person take any active steps to look for work or set up a business of his/her own, any time during the past 4 weeks?
[] Yes
[] No
26. Was the person available for work during the past week?
[] Yes
[] No
If 'no', give reason as follows:
[] ST - studies
[] DIS - illness, injury, or disability
[] WR - wholly retired
[] OTHER - other (specify)
If person never worked, write 'never' and go to column 34.
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For persons aged 12 years and over.
(Questions 28 to 33 refer to the person's job or business during the past week. If person had no job last week, answer for his/her last job. If person had more than one job last week, answer for the job at which he/she worked the most hours.)
28. Name and type of establishment _
If there is no name, give name of employer.
If self-employed, give name of business shop, agency, etc., or write the person's own name.
If employed by a private household as cook, driver, watchman, gardener, household worker, maidservant, etc., write 'private household'.
29. Kind of business, industry or service _ _ _ _ _
Do not use vague terms such as agriculture, repairs, factory, school, shop, etc.
Use precise terms such as sugar cane cultivation, tea cultivation, car repairing, bicycle repairing, sugar factory, pullover knitting mill, manufacture of knitted gloves, cutting and sewing underwears, primary school, household furniture shop, household appliances shop, groceries retailer, victualler, etc.
If there were more than one activity, describe the industry, business or service in which the person's main occupation was performed.
If worked at home, write 'at home'.
If person had no usual place of work, then give the address of the depot, garage, bus or taxi stand, firm, etc., where the person reported for work.
For street vendors, give the address of the place where they work the most.
Do not use vague terms such as clerk, driver, factory worker, supervisor, repair engineer, teacher, etc. Use precise terms such as accounts clerk, filing clerk, school clerk, taxi car driver, lorry driver, bus driver, bus conductor, cabinet maker, car mechanic, telephone operator, pre-primary school teacher, primary school teacher, secondary school teacher, etc.
Do not hesitate to use Creole terms if necessary.
[] SEE - self-employed with employees
[] SEW - self-employed without employees
[] FW - working without pay for spouse or other relative in his / her farm or business
[] A - apprentice / trainee with or without pay
[] EM - employee paid by day, week, fortnight, job
[] PC - member of producers' cooperative
[] OTHER - other, specify ____
33. Length of service with employer _ _
Give number of completed years. If less than one year, write: 'less than one year'. Please note that length of service with employer is required and not at your job. Thus for persons in public service give total length of service and not time spent in their present grade.
For self-employed persons, give the time during which they have been self-employed.
Please include:
- income from self-employment (gross receipts from trade, business, profession, crop cultivation, etc. less expenses of operation)
- income of members of producers' co-operatives
- property income (interests, dividends, rent received less current maintenance expenses)
- social security benefits (old age pension, widow's pension, invalid pension, child's allowance, unemployment hardship relief, etc.)
- other income (retirement pension from a funded pension plan or former employer, life insurance annuity benefit, widow's and children pension, alimony/maintenance, scholarship grants, gifts and remittances in cash, etc.)
If no income was received, write: 'nil'.
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2000 Housing Census - Mauritius
C01. Geographical district _ _
C02. Municipal ward / village council area _ _
C03. Enumeration area _ _
C04. Urban / semi-urban / rural _
C05. Census district _ _
C06. Locality _ _
C07. Block number _ _
C08. Building enumeration number _ _ _
C09. Number of housing units in building _ _
(a) Under construction and not inhabited
[] 04. Building intended to be used as one housing unit but crudely subdivided into smaller housing units
[] 05. Other: specify ____
[] 07. Building or structure occupied as improvised housing unit (e.g. longère, garage, tent)
[] 08. Homeless (Skip to section V)
[] 11. Hotel or boarding house with less than 9 rooms (skip to section V)
[] 12. Institution (e.g. convent, infirmary, hospital, barracks) (skip to section V)
[] 14. Commercial (skip to section VI)
[] 15. Industrial (skip to section VI)
[] 16. Commercial and industrial (skip to section VI)
[] 17. Warehouse (skip to section VI)
[] 18. Other: specify ____ (skip to section VI)
III. Characteristics of buildings coded 02-07, 09 in Section II
C11. Storeys above ground floor
[] 2. 1970-84
[] 3. 1985-89
[] 4. 1990-94
[] 5. 1995-99
[] 6. 2000
[] 7. Not known
[] 8. Not completed but inhabited
Principal material of construction used
[] 2. Iron or tin sheets
[] 3. Shingles
[] 4. Other, specify ____
[] 2. Iron or tin sheets
[] 3. Wood
[] 4. Other, specify ____
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IV. For all housing units
(i.e. codes 02-05, 07, 09 of section II)
C15. Serial number of housing unit _ _
[] 2. Nonmortgaged
[] 2. Secondary residence
[] 4. For sale
[] 5. Provided by employer
[] 6. Under repairs
[] 7. Other: specify ____
[] 2. Outside, on premises
[] 3. Outside, public fountain
[] 5. Well / river
[] 6. Other: specify ____
HU4. Domestic water tank/reservoir
[] 2. Not available
HU5. Availability of electricity
[] 2. Not available
[] 02. Shared
[] 04. Shared
[] 06. Shared
[] 08. Shared
[] 10. Shared
[] 2. Shared
[] 4. Shared
[] 6. Shared
[] 8. Shared
[] 2. Shared
[] 4. Shared
[] 2. Irregular collection by authorized collector
[] 3. Ash pit on premises
[] 4. Dumped on premises
[] 5. Dumped on the roadside
[] 6. Other: specify ____
[] 1. Single
[] 2. Combined
[] 3. Part of household
[] 4. Institutional
[] 5. Hotel population
[] 6. Collective quarters
[] 7. Homeless
Not applicable:
[] 9. Under construction
Name and address of head of household
First line (a): Title (e.g. Mr, Mrs, Ww, Dr, Hon, etc.), name, surname
Second line (b): No. and Street/Road/Lane
Third line (c): Locality/Town/District
____ (a)
____ (b)
____ (c)
____ Male
____ Female
[] 1. Owner
[] 2. Tenant
[] 3. Sub-tenant
[] 4. Free
[] 5. Other: specify ____
____ For business or professional purposes
Principal fuel used for cooking
[] 1. Wood
[] 2. Charcoal
[] 3. Kerosene
[] 4. Electricity
[] 5. Gas
[] 6. Other, specify ____
Principal fuel used in bathroom
[] 1. None
[] 2. Electricity
[] 3. Gas
[] 4. Solar
[] Other, specify ____
VI. Commercial and industrial establishments, hotels, and boarding houses
(To be filled in for every non-agricultural private establishment, including those relating to small crafts)
A. Name of establishment or working proprietor/manager (in block letters): ____
(ii) Locality/town/district _ _ _ _ _ _
C. Main activity in which the establishment is engaged: _ _ _ _ _
D. Number of persons engaged at the time of enumeration _ _
VII. Fruit trees on premises
Number of fruit trees of bearing age:
____ Bibasse
____ Masson
____ Guava
____ Mango
____ Pawpaw
____ All citrus
____ Coconut
____ Longane
____Avocado
____ Litchi
____ Atte
____ Coeur de boeuf
____ Grenadille
____ Grapes
____ Banana
____ Jackfruit
____ Fruit de cithere
____ Corrosol
____ Breadfruit
____ Olive
____ Tamarind
____ Other
____ Total