General Census of Population and Housing, 1976 - IPUMS Subset

Cameroon, 1976

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CMR_1976_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

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Direction de la Statistique et de la Compatabilité Nationale, IPUMS

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Sep 15, 2013

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DHS-IPUMS-I Cameroon regions, 1976-2018 [consistent boundaries, GIS] (DHS_IPUMSI_CM)

Data file: CMR1976_PHC-H-H

Overview

Type: Discrete

Start: 145

End: 146

Width: 2

Range: -

Format: Numeric

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Categories

Value	Category
02	Centre, Sud
03	Est
04	Nord, Adamoua , Extrème Nord
05	Littoral, Douala
06	Nord Ouest
07	Ouest
10	Sud Ouest

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.

Description

Definition

DHS_IPUMSI_CM provides geographic codes for Cameroon that match those in the DHS and IPUMS-International databases. This variable can be used to link contextual area data from IPUMS-DHS to IPUMS-International or vice versa. The codes in DHS_IPUMSI_CM indicate the major administrative unit in which the household was enumerated or surveyed.

GIS shapefiles for Cameroon can be downloaded here.

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