General Census of Population and Housing 1976 - IPUMS Subset

Cameroon, 1976

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Reference ID

CMR_1976_PHC_v01_M_v03_A_IPUMS

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Direction de la Statistique et de la Compatabilité Nationale, Minnesota Population Center

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Relationship to household head (CM1976A_0402)

Data file: CMR1976-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 143

End: 143

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 8

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

3) Family relationship with the head of household
Mark one of the following relationships

[] 1 HH (Head of household)
[] 2 EP (Spouse)
[] 3 Son, daughter
[] 4 Father, mother
[] 5 Other (for other relative)
[] 6 None (for no relationship)

Categories

Value	Category
1	Head of the household
2	Spouse
3	Son/daughter
4	Father/mother
5	Other relative
6	Unrelated
8	Unknown

Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.

Interviewer instructions

a) Columns 1 to 16:

Fill out for each person.

First take inventory of all the people to mark by filling out columns 1 to 6 for each person. Next ask the other individual questions (columns 7 to 25), filling out line by line.

Column 3: Family connection with the head of household.

The head of household is recognized as such by the other members of the household; it's the person who has the responsibility of taking care of the economic needs of the household.

The family connection between the members of the household should only be determined in relation to the head of household and you should only mark one of the following indications:

-H.H (for head of household)

-SP (for spouse)

-Son or daughter

-Mother or father

-Other (for other relative: blood relative or by marriage)

-Without (for no relation)

Example: For a brother of the head of household, mark 'other'

Description

Definition

This variable indicates the relationship to household head.

Universe

All persons

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Demographic Variables -- PERSON	IPUMS

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