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Second General Census of Population and Housing,1987 - IPUMS Subset

Cameroon, 1987
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CMR_1987_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Ministère du Plan et de l'Amenagement du Territoire, IPUMS
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Province of previous residence (CM1987A_PREVRESPROV)

Data file: CMR1987_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 194
End: 195
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar v="CM87A401 CM87A402 CM87A403 CM87A404 CM87A405 CM87A406 CM87A407 CM87A408 CM87A409 CM87A410 CM87A411"><span class="h2">[Questions on persons]</span><br /><br />[Ask to] residents (list all persons usually residing in the household, whether present or absent) and visitors (list all persons who do not usually reside in the household, but who spent the night preceding the interview in the household.<br /><br /><span class="em">The whole population</span><br />[Questions 1-14 were asked of all persons.]<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="CM87A408 CM87A431 CM87A432">P11. Place of previous residence ________<br /><div class="i1">Has [the respondent] already lived elsewhere for more than 6 months? If no, put no. If yes, where was [the respondent] living immediately before settling where he/she is now residing? Put the subdivision or the district if it is known, or the name of the locality and the division in brackets, if it is in Cameroon. Put the name of the country if it is abroad.</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
00 Adamaoua
01 Centre
02 Est
03 Extrême-Nord
04 Littoral
05 Nord
06 Nord-Ouest
07 L'Ouest
08 Sud
09 Sud-Ouest
10 Abroad
97 Never moved
98 Unknown
99 NIU (not in universe)
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 previous province of residence of each household member. Names of province have been used for those who resided within Cameroon, while "abroad" indicates those who resided outside Cameroon.
Universe
Cameroon 1987: Persons in private households [Discrepancies: none]

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