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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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Relationship to household head (CM1987A_RELAT)

Data file: CMR1987_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 180
End: 180
Width: 1
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="CM87A401">P3. Relationship to head of household<br /><div class="i1">What is [the respondent's] relationship to the head of the household? Put the appropriate abbreviation according to the instructions at the bottom of the page.<br /><br />[] Head of household.<br />[] Spouse of head of household.<br />[] Son or daughter of head of household.<br />[] Father or mother of head of household.<br />[] Other relative.<br />[] Non-relative.</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
1 Head
2 Spouse of head
3 Son or daughter of head
4 Parent of head
5 Other relative
6 Non-relative
9 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 relationship of each household member to the head of the household.
Universe
Cameroon 1987: Persons in private households [Discrepancies: none]

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