--- license: cc-by-sa-4.0 language: - en task_categories: - tabular-classification - tabular-regression multilinguality: multilingual size_categories: - n<1K tags: - "tabular" - "africa" - "open-data" - "official-statistics" - "mauritius" - "mdpa" - "social-welfare" - "housing-and-lands" configs: - config_name: default data_files: - split: train path: data/train-00000-of-00001.parquet pretty_name: "Number of Social Housing Units Constructed During Period J | Africa (MDPA)" --- # Number of Social Housing Units Constructed During Period J | Africa (MDPA) **15 rows** - **1 Africa country/area** - **2016-2017** - **source table** - *Engineered by [Electric Sheep Africa](https://huggingface.co/electricsheepafrica)* ![rows](https://img.shields.io/badge/rows-15-blue) ![countries](https://img.shields.io/badge/countries-1-green) ![period](https://img.shields.io/badge/period-2016--2017-orange) ![indicators](https://img.shields.io/badge/indicators-0-purple) ![license](https://img.shields.io/badge/license-cc--by--sa--4.0-lightgrey) ## TL;DR This dataset contains **15 rows** from **MDPA**, covering **Number of Social Housing Units Constructed During Period J**. It is published as ML-ready Parquet with consistent Hugging Face metadata, source provenance, and analysis-friendly loading examples. ## What This Dataset Measures Official statistics datasets help analysts inspect public data as published by governments, national statistical systems, and regional data portals. Source-provided context: Number of Social Housing units constructed during period July 2016 to July 2017 ## How To Read This Dataset - **One row means:** one source record from the original tabular resource, with Electric Sheep Africa provenance columns added where available. - **Primary geography column:** `country_iso3`. - **Best time column:** `not detected`. - **Time coverage basis:** source metadata. - **Recommended join keys:** `country_iso3` where available plus source-specific keys. ## Coverage | Dimension | Value | |---|---:| | Rows | 15 | | Countries/areas | 1 | | First period | 2016 | | Last period | 2017 | | Indicators | 0 | | Columns | 18 | | Source format | XLSX | ## Geographic Coverage Top areas shown below, sorted by row count when available: | Area | Rows | First year | Last year | Name | |------|-----:|-----------:|----------:|------| | `MU` | 15 | 2016 | 2017 | `Mauritius` | ## Indicators, Variables, Or Resource Contents - This repo preserves one source tabular resource with its usable columns kept together. ## Schema | Column | Type | Description | Example | |--------|------|-------------|---------| | `source_record_id` | `string` | Stable row identifier assigned during Electric Sheep Africa engineering. | `d16b25c3-eef0-41e8-902a-2dbba73dc341:sheet1:0` | | `country_iso3` | `dictionary` | ISO3 country or area code. | `MU` | | `country_name` | `dictionary` | Country or area name. | `Mauritius` | | `source_sheet` | `string` | Source column from the original resource. | `Sheet1` | | `s_n` | `double` | Source column from the original resource. | `1.0` | | `sites` | `string` | Source column from the original resource. | `Beau Bois` | | `number_of_housing_units` | `int64` | Source column from the original resource. | `46` | | `source_period_start_year` | `int64` | Start year inferred from source metadata. | `2016` | | `source_period_end_year` | `int64` | End year inferred from source metadata. | `2017` | | `source_period_label` | `dictionary` | Source column from the original resource. | `2016-2017` | | `source_provider` | `dictionary` | Publishing organization. | `MDPA` | | `source_dataset` | `dictionary` | Source dataset or package title. | `Number of Social Housing units constructed during period July 2016 to...` | | `source_resource` | `dictionary` | Source resource title, table name, or file name. | `Number-of-Housing-Units-constructed-during-period-July-2016-to-July-2...` | | `source_package_id` | `dictionary` | Source package identifier. | `896fa714-4878-4f38-a3f2-16cccbf2fb62` | | `source_resource_id` | `dictionary` | Source resource identifier. | `d16b25c3-eef0-41e8-902a-2dbba73dc341` | | `source_url` | `dictionary` | Original source URL or download URL. | `https://data.govmu.org/dataset/896fa714-4878-4f38-a3f2-16cccbf2fb62/r...` | | `license_id` | `dictionary` | Source license identifier. | `CC-BY-SA-4.0` | | `retrieved_at` | `dictionary` | UTC source retrieval timestamp from the Electric Sheep Africa pipeline. | `2026-08-08T16:26:20Z` | ## Usage ```python from datasets import load_dataset ds = load_dataset("electricsheepafrica/africa-mauritius-number-of-social-housing-units-constructed-during-period-j-59643e77") df = ds["train"].to_pandas() print(df.head()) ``` ### Inspect Columns ```python print(df.info()) print(df.head()) ``` ### Filter By Geography ```python if "country_iso3" in df.columns: sample = df[df["country_iso3"] == "MU"] ``` ### Time-Series Pattern ```python if "value" in df.columns and "year" in df.columns: trend = df.sort_values("year") ``` ### Pivot For Analysis ```python if {"indicator_id", "year", "value"}.issubset(df.columns): matrix = df.pivot_table(index="year", columns="indicator_id", values="value") print(matrix.tail()) ``` ## Data Quality Notes - No canonical year/date column was detected in the packaged table; use source metadata and domain context for temporal interpretation. - Missing values are preserved rather than silently imputed. - Column names are standardized for machine use; source meanings are preserved where known. - Always confirm source methodology, units, and collection definitions before policy, production, or redistribution-sensitive use. ## Source And Provenance - **Source:** [MDPA](https://data.govmu.org/dataset/number-social-housing-units-constructed-during-period-july-2016-july-2017) - **Publisher:** MDPA - **Portal:** [https://data.govmu.org](https://data.govmu.org) - **Resource:** [Number-of-Housing-Units-constructed-during-period-July-2016-to-July-2017.xlsx](https://data.govmu.org/dataset/896fa714-4878-4f38-a3f2-16cccbf2fb62/resource/d16b25c3-eef0-41e8-902a-2dbba73dc341/download/number-of-housing-units-constructed-during-period-july-2016-to-july-2017.xlsx) - **License:** [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) - **Retrieved/generated:** `2026-08-08T17:17:10Z` - **Hugging Face repo:** [electricsheepafrica/africa-mauritius-number-of-social-housing-units-constructed-during-period-j-59643e77](https://huggingface.co/datasets/electricsheepafrica/africa-mauritius-number-of-social-housing-units-constructed-during-period-j-59643e77) ## Transformations Applied - Converted the source table to Parquet for efficient analytics and ML workflows. - Added or preserved source provenance columns where available. - Standardized README metadata, dataset loading configuration, schema documentation, and citation format. - Preserved source-reported values without analytical imputation. ## Suggested Analyses - Profile the distribution of values - Compare categories or geographies - Join with complementary public datasets - Check missingness before modeling - Use `country_iso3` as the safest geography join key when present ## Citation ```bibtex @misc{electric_sheep_africa_africa_mauritius_number_of_social_housing_units_constructed_during_period_j_5964_2017, title = {Number of Social Housing Units Constructed During Period J | Africa (MDPA)}, author = {MDPA}, year = {2017}, url = {https://data.govmu.org/dataset/number-social-housing-units-constructed-during-period-july-2016-july-2017}, publisher = {Hugging Face Datasets, engineered by Electric Sheep Africa}, howpublished = {\url{https://huggingface.co/datasets/electricsheepafrica/africa-mauritius-number-of-social-housing-units-constructed-during-period-j-59643e77}} } ``` ## License Released under [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Original data is published by MDPA. Electric Sheep Africa engineering standardizes the data for discovery, loading, and analysis on Hugging Face. Cite both the original source and this ML-ready dataset when used. ## About Electric Sheep Africa Electric Sheep Africa publishes ML-ready African public datasets on Hugging Face. --- Provenance: README standardized 2026-08-11 by the Electric Sheep Africa README system. Source URL: https://data.govmu.org/dataset/number-social-housing-units-constructed-during-period-july-2016-july-2017