Codes and Frequencies
An 'X' indicates the category is available for that sample
Code | Label |
maurit
2000
|
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Port Louis | ||
011001 | Town of Port-Louis - Ward 2, Town of Port-Louis - Ward 1 East | X |
011002 | Town of Port-Louis - Ward 6 | X |
011003 | Town of Port-Louis - Ward 5 | X |
011004 | Town of Port-Louis - Ward 3 | X |
011005 | Town of Port-Louis - Ward 4 | X |
Pamplemousses | ||
012001 | Tombeau Bay, Terre Rouge, Le Hochet, Grand Baie West, Fond du Sac, Pointe aux Piments, Arsenal, Triolet | X |
012002 | Plaine des Papayes, Morcellement St. André, Pamplemousses, Notre Dame, Calebasses | X |
012003 | Mapou South, Amitié West, Piton West, Crève Cœur, Congomah, Long Mountain, Villebague West, D'Épinay, Belle Vue Maurel North | X |
Rivière du Rempart | ||
013001 | Cottage, Espérance Trébuchet, Roches Terre, Grand Gaube, Goodlands | X |
013002 | Roches Noires, Plaines des Roches North, Amaury North, Ville Bague East, Amitié East, Belle Vue Maurel South, Brisée Verdière North | X |
013003 | Mapou North, The Vale, Grand Baie East, Petit Raffray, Cap Malheureux | X |
013004 | Rivière du Rempart, Piton East, Poudre d'Or Hamlet, Poudre d'Or | X |
Flacq | ||
014001 | Lalmatie East, Bon Acceuil, Camp Ithier, Mare la Chaux, Centre de Flacq | X |
014002 | Quatre Sœurs, Olivia, Clementia, St. Julien (Haut de Flacq) East, Queen Victoria, Trou d'Eau Douce, Grande River South East | X |
014003 | Bel Air Rivière Sèche, Écroignard | X |
014004 | Dubreuil East, Montagne Blanches East, Médine Camp de Masque East, St. Julien d'Hotman East, Sébastopol, Camp de Masque Pavé, Camp de Masque | X |
014005 | Brisée Verdière South, Amaury South, Plaines des Roches South, Quatre Cocos, Laventure South, Poste de Flacq, Laventure North | X |
014006 | Roches Noires South | · |
014007 | Villebague South | · |
Grand Port | ||
015001 | New Grove, Rose Belle, Mare d'Albert, Plaine Magnien, Beau Vallon | X |
Code | Label |
maurit
2000
|
015002 | Old Grand Port, Nouvelle France, Union Park, Bananes, Cluny, Mare Chicose, St. Hubert, Bamboo Virieux, Bois des Amourettes, Grand Sable | X |
015004 | Rivière du Poste East, Mare Tabac, L'Escalier East, Trois Boutiques | X |
015005 | Grand Bel Air, Mahébourg, Petit Bel Air, Rivière des Créoles | X |
Savanne | ||
016001 | Rivière des Anguilles, Grand Bois, Rivière du Poste West, Britannia, L'Escalier West, Camp Diable, Bénarès | X |
016002 | Chemin Grenier, Surinam | X |
016003 | Baie du Cap, Chamarel East, Bel Ombre, Souillac, Chamouny, Bois Chérie, St. Aubin | X |
Plaines Wilhems | ||
017001 | Midlands, Town of Vacoas/Phoenix Ward 1 | X |
017002 | Town of Beau-Bassin/Rose-Hill Ward 4 | X |
017003 | Town of Curepipe Ward 3 | X |
017004 | Town of Beau-Bassin/Rose-Hill Ward 2 | X |
017005 | Town of Quatre-Bornes Ward 3 East | X |
017006 | Town of Curepipe Ward 1 | X |
017007 | Town of Beau-Bassin/Rose-Hill Ward 3 | X |
017008 | Town of Vacoas/Phoenix Ward 4 West | X |
017009 | Town of Vacoas/Phoenix Ward 2 | X |
017010 | Town of Curepipe Ward 2 West | X |
017011 | Town of Beau-Bassin/Rose-Hill Ward 1 | X |
017012 | Town of Quatre-Bornes Ward 1 | X |
017013 | Town of Vacoas/Phoenix Ward 3 | X |
017014 | Town of Quatre-Bornes Ward 2 | X |
017015 | Moka West | · |
017016 | Cascavelle East | · |
Moka | ||
Code | Label |
maurit
2000
|
018001 | Pailles, Moka East, St. Pierre | X |
018002 | Town of Curepipe - Ward 2 East, Town of Vacoas/Phoenix Ward 4 East, Montagne Blanche West, Dubreuil West, Melrose, Médine - Camp de Masque West, Providence, Quartier Militaire, St. Julien d'Hotman West | X |
018003 | Ripailles, La Laura - Malenga, Dagotière, Verdun, L'Avenir, Espèrance, Camp Thorel, Lallmatie West, St. Julien (Haut de Flacq) West | X |
Black River | ||
019001 | Richelieu, Town of Port-Louis Ward 1 West, Gros Cailloux, Bambous, Albion, Petite Rivière | X |
019002 | Le Morne, La Gaulette, Chamarel West, Case Noyale, Grande Rivière Noire, Tamarin, Flic en Flac, Town of Quatre-Bornes Ward 3 West, Cascavelle West | X |
Rodrigues, Outer Islands | ||
021001 | Zone 10 : Mangues - Quatre Vents, Zone 9 : Petit Gabriel, Zone 4 : Oyster Bay, Zone 5 : Port Mathurin - Soupir, Zone 8 : Lataniers - Mont Lubin | X |
021002 | Zone 11 : Plaine Corail - La Fouche (Corail), Zone 14 : Coromandel - Graviers, Zone 1 : Piments - Baie Topaze, Zone 2 : La Ferme, Zone 3 : Baie Malgache, Zone 12 : Rivière Cocos, Zone 6 : Grand Baie - Montagne Goyaves, Zone 7 : Roche Bon Dieu - Trèfles, Zone 13 : Port Sud - Est, Outer Islands | X |
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Most IPUMS data transformations are performed using variable harmonization tables that specify how each value in the source data is recoded. Some variables also require programming logic in addition to the harmonization table. The harmonization documents for this variable are:
- Harmonization table
- No supplemental programming
- Instructions for interpreting harmonization documents
Description
GEO2_MU2000 identifies the household's Municipal Ward/Village Council Area (MVCA) within Mauritius in 2000. MVCA’s are the second level administrative units of the country, after districts. A GIS map (in shapefile format), corresponding to GEO2_MU2000 can be downloaded from the GIS Boundary files page in the IPUMS International web site.
The full set of geography variables for Mauritius can be found in the IPUMS International Geography variables list. For cross-national geographic analysis on the first and second major administrative level of any country refer to GEOLEV1, and GEOLEV2. More information on IPUMS-International geography can be found here.
Comparability — General
MVCA’s with populations less than 20,000 (based on the most recent sample year) were regionalized (combined) with neighboring MVCA’s within the same district) to create units with populations greater than 17,000.
Missing MVCA’s: The 2000 sample is missing 4 MVCA’s
These MVCA’s are:
- Villebague South
- Roches Noires South
- Moka West
- Cascavelle East
Universe
- All households
Availability
- Mauritius: 2000
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