General Census of Population and Housing, 1976 - IPUMS Subset

Cameroon, 1976

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Reference ID

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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Length of absence or visit (CM1976A_LENGTH)

Data file: CMR1976_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete

Start: 172

End: 172

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

<svar a="all" v="CM76A405"><span class="em">6) Length of absence or visit</span><br />Mark the length of time passed since the departure of absent residence or the arrival of visitors. For present residents, mark a line.<br /><div class="i1">Months _ _</div><br /></svar>

Categories

Value	Category
	NIU (not in universe)
1	1 month or less
2	1-2 months
3	2-3 months
4	3-4 months
5	4-5 months
6	5-6 months
7	6 or more months
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.

Description

Definition

This variable indicates the length of absence or visit.

Universe

Cameroon 1976: Absent residents or visitors [discrepancies: type I 0.1%; type II 0.9%]

concept

Concept

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