Third General Census of Population and Housing - IPUMS Subset
Cameroon, 2005
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CMR_2005_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Arrondissement of birth (CM2005A_BPL)
Data file: CMR2005_PHC-P-H.dat
Overview
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
255
End:
257
Width:
3
Range:
-
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
<svar a="all" v="CM05A474 CM05A473 CM05A521">7. Place of birth. In which subdivision/district/country was each person born? ____<br /></svar>
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 001 | Ngaoundal |
| 002 | Tibati |
| 003 | Galim Tignere |
| 004 | Mayo Baleo |
| 005 | Kontcha |
| 006 | Tignere |
| 007 | Bankim |
| 008 | Banyo |
| 009 | Mayo Darlé |
| 010 | Dir |
| 011 | Djohong |
| 012 | Ngaoui |
| 013 | Meiganga |
| 014 | Belel |
| 015 | Mbe |
| 016 | Ngaoundéré |
| 017 | Mbandjock |
| 018 | Minta |
| 019 | Nanga Eboko |
| 020 | Bibey |
| 021 | Lembe Yezoum |
| 022 | Nsem |
| 023 | Nkoteng |
| 024 | Ebebda |
| 025 | Elig Mfomo |
| 026 | Evodoula |
| 027 | Monatele |
| 028 | Obala |
| 029 | Batchenga |
| 030 | Okola |
| 031 | Lobo |
| 032 | SAA |
| 033 | Bafia |
| 034 | Bokito |
| 035 | Deuk |
| 036 | Makenene |
| 037 | Ndikinimiki |
| 038 | Nitoukou |
| 039 | Ombessa |
| 040 | Mbangassina |
| 041 | Ngambe Tikar |
| 042 | Ngoro |
| 043 | Ntui |
| 044 | Yoko |
| 045 | Awae |
| 046 | Assamba |
| 047 | Esse |
| 048 | Afanloum |
| 049 | Edzendouan |
| 050 | Mfou |
| 051 | Nkolafamba |
| 052 | Soa |
| 053 | Akono |
| 054 | Bikok |
| 055 | Mbankomo |
| 056 | Ngoumou |
| 057 | Yaounde I |
| 058 | Yaounde II |
| 059 | Yaounde III |
| 060 | Yaounde IV |
| 061 | Yaounde V |
| 062 | Yaounde VI |
| 063 | Bot Makak |
| 064 | Nguibassal |
| 065 | Dibang |
| 066 | Eseka |
| 067 | Makak |
| 068 | Bondjock |
| 069 | Matomb |
| 070 | Messondo |
| 071 | Biyouha |
| 072 | Ngok Mapubi |
| 073 | Akonolinga |
| 074 | Mengang |
| 075 | Ayos |
| 076 | Nyakombo |
| 077 | Endom |
| 078 | Dzeng |
| 079 | Mbalmayo |
| 080 | Akoeman |
| 081 | Mengueme |
| 082 | Nkolmetet |
| 083 | Ngomedzap |
| 084 | Gari Gombo |
| 085 | Moloundou |
| 086 | Salapoumbe |
| 087 | Yokadouma |
| 088 | Abong Mbang |
| 089 | Bebeng |
| 090 | Dja |
| 091 | Mboanz |
| 092 | Dimako |
| 093 | Doume |
| 094 | Doumaintang |
| 095 | Lomie |
| 096 | Messok |
| 097 | Messamena |
| 098 | Salalomo |
| 099 | Ngoyla |
| 100 | Nguelemedouka |
| 101 | Mboma |
| 102 | Batouri |
| 103 | Ndem-Nam |
| 104 | Kette |
| 105 | Mbotoro |
| 106 | Mbang |
| 107 | Ndelele |
| 108 | Bombe |
| 109 | Belabo |
| 110 | Bétaré-Oya |
| 111 | Ngoura |
| 112 | Bertoua |
| 113 | Diang |
| 114 | Garoua-Boulaï |
| 115 | Bogo |
| 116 | Gazawa |
| 117 | Maroua |
| 118 | Dargala |
| 119 | Ndoukoula |
| 120 | Meri |
| 121 | Pette |
| 122 | Blangoua |
| 123 | Darak |
| 124 | Fotokol |
| 125 | Goulfey |
| 126 | Hile-Halifa |
| 127 | Kousseri |
| 128 | Logone-Birni |
| 129 | Zina |
| 130 | Makari |
| 131 | Waza |
| 132 | Datcheka |
| 133 | Gobo |
| 134 | Guere |
| 135 | Kaïkaï |
| 136 | Kalfou |
| 137 | Kar-Hay |
| 138 | Maga |
| 139 | Tchatibali |
| 140 | Vele |
| 141 | Wina |
| 142 | Yagoua |
| 143 | Guidiguis |
| 144 | Kaele |
| 145 | Mindif |
| 146 | Moulvoudaye |
| 147 | Moutourwa |
| 148 | Porhi |
| 149 | Taïbong |
| 150 | Kolofata |
| 151 | Mora |
| 152 | Tokombere |
| 153 | Bourrha |
| 154 | Hina |
| 155 | Koza |
| 156 | Mayo-Moskota |
| 157 | Mogode |
| 158 | Mokolo |
| 159 | Soulede Roua |
| 160 | Bare-Bakem |
| 161 | Dibombari |
| 162 | Fiko |
| 163 | Loum |
| 164 | Manjo |
| 165 | Mbanga |
| 166 | Mombo |
| 167 | Melong |
| 168 | Njombe-Penja |
| 169 | Nkongsamba |
| 170 | Nlonako |
| 171 | Nkondjock |
| 172 | Nord-Makombe |
| 173 | Yabassi |
| 174 | Yingui |
| 175 | Dizangue |
| 176 | Edéa |
| 177 | Mouanko |
| 178 | Ndom |
| 179 | Nyanon |
| 180 | Ngambe |
| 181 | Massok-Songloulou |
| 182 | Pouma |
| 183 | Douala 1 |
| 184 | Douala 2 |
| 185 | Douala 3 |
| 186 | Douala 4 |
| 187 | Douala 5 |
| 188 | Manoka |
| 189 | Bibemi |
| 190 | Dembo |
| 191 | Lagdo |
| 192 | Garoua |
| 193 | Bascheo |
| 194 | Demsa |
| 195 | Touroua |
| 196 | Pitoua |
| 197 | Tcheboa |
| 198 | Beka |
| 199 | Poli |
| 200 | Figuil |
| 201 | Guider |
| 202 | Mayo-Oulo |
| 203 | Rey-Bouba |
| 204 | Tcholliré |
| 205 | Madingring |
| 206 | Touboro |
| 207 | Belo |
| 208 | Bum |
| 209 | Fundong |
| 210 | Njinikom |
| 211 | Jakiri |
| 212 | Kumbo |
| 213 | Mbven |
| 214 | Noni |
| 215 | Oku |
| 216 | Ako |
| 217 | Misaje |
| 218 | Ndu |
| 219 | Nkambe |
| 220 | Nwa |
| 221 | Fungom |
| 222 | Furu-Awa |
| 223 | Menchum-Valley |
| 224 | Wum |
| 225 | Bafut |
| 226 | Bali |
| 227 | bamenda |
| 228 | Santa |
| 229 | Tubah |
| 230 | Batibo |
| 231 | Mbengwi |
| 232 | Ngie |
| 233 | Njikwa |
| 234 | Widikum-Menka |
| 235 | Babessi |
| 236 | Balikumbat |
| 237 | Ndop |
| 238 | Babadjou |
| 239 | Batcham |
| 240 | Galim |
| 241 | Mbouda |
| 242 | Bafang |
| 243 | Bakou |
| 244 | Bana |
| 245 | Bandja |
| 246 | Kekem |
| 247 | Banwa |
| 248 | Baham |
| 249 | Bamendjou |
| 250 | Batie |
| 251 | Bangou |
| 252 | Bayangam |
| 253 | Poumougne |
| 254 | Djebem |
| 255 | Dschang |
| 256 | Fokoue |
| 257 | Nkong-Ni |
| 258 | Penka-Michel |
| 259 | Santchou |
| 260 | Bafoussam |
| 261 | Baleng |
| 262 | Bamougoum |
| 263 | Bangangte |
| 264 | Bassamba |
| 265 | Bazou |
| 266 | Tonga |
| 267 | Bangourain |
| 268 | Foumban |
| 269 | Foumbot |
| 270 | Kouoptamo |
| 271 | Koutaba |
| 272 | Magba |
| 273 | Malentouen |
| 274 | Massangan |
| 275 | Bengbis |
| 276 | Djoum |
| 277 | Meyomessala |
| 278 | Mintom |
| 279 | Oveng |
| 280 | Sangmelima |
| 281 | Zoetele |
| 282 | Biwong-Bane |
| 283 | Ebolowa |
| 284 | Mengong |
| 285 | Mvangan |
| 286 | Ngoulemakong |
| 287 | Akom II |
| 288 | Niete |
| 289 | Bipindi |
| 290 | Campo |
| 291 | Kribi |
| 292 | Lolodorf |
| 293 | Mvengue |
| 294 | Ambam |
| 295 | Ma'an |
| 296 | Olamze |
| 297 | Buea |
| 298 | West-Coast |
| 299 | Limbe |
| 300 | Muyuka |
| 301 | Tiko |
| 302 | Banguem |
| 303 | Nguti |
| 304 | Tombel |
| 305 | Alou |
| 306 | Fontem |
| 307 | Wabane |
| 308 | Akwaya |
| 309 | Eyumodjock |
| 310 | Mamfe |
| 311 | Upper Bayang |
| 312 | Kumba |
| 313 | Konye |
| 314 | Mbonge |
| 315 | Bamusso |
| 316 | Ekondo Titi |
| 317 | Dikome-Balue |
| 318 | Idabato |
| 319 | Isanguele |
| 320 | Kombo Abedimo |
| 321 | Kombo-Itindi |
| 322 | Mumdemba |
| 323 | Toko |
| 399 | Unknown arrondissement |
| 999 | Abroad |
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
<span class="em">7. Location of birth</span>
<br />The location of birth is, for people born in Cameroon, the quarter/district in which they were born. For people born outside of Cameroon, the location of birth if the country where they were born.</p>
<p>If the person being surveyed has civil status certificate or a national identity card, this information exists in those documents:</p>
<div class="i1">-Take this information and transcribe it in the questionnaire while respecting the rules below which define the location of birth.</div><p>If the person does not have a civil status certificate, ask him the following question:</p>
<div class="i1">Q. Where you born in Cameroon? If the answer is YES,</div><p>Ask the following question:</p>
<div class="i1">Q. What district or quarter where you born in?<br />-Mark the answer on the dotted line corresponding with the registration order number of the surveyed person (if it's a quarter that still exists)</div><p>If the person was born in Cameroon and knows the town he was born in, but isn't able to connect it to an quarter or a district, ask him the following question:</p>
<div class="i1">Q. Which administrative district or grouping is attached to the town in question?<br />-Do not write anything in the questionnaire. Take the information from the scratch notebook, specifying the names of those in the household and the order number of the relevant person and inform the team leader so as to find a solution together.</div><p>If the answer is No, the person was born outside of Cameroon, ask him the following question:</p>
<div class="i1">Q. Which country were you born in?<br />-Mark the answer provided on the dotted line corresponding to the registered order number of the surveyed person.<br />Q. In which quarter were you born, was _____ born in?<br />-Then ask him if this location was in a city or a town (based on the location of residence at the time of birth);<br />-Mark in the proper space the code for his location of birth (1=urban, 2=rural).</div><p>Example 2:</p>
<div class="i1">Question: "What quarter was X born in?"<br />Answer: "Obala".<br />Additional question: "Was it Obala proper or a village in the district of Obala?"</div><p>If it was a village:</p>
<div class="i1">-Mark 2, which corresponds to the code for a rural space.</div><p>NB. You must consider the changes that occurred after the current administrative re-zoning which may affect the quarter/district of birth of the surveyed person.
<br />Consequently, only mark the current quarter which is attached to the town declared by the surveyed person.</p>
<div class="i1">-Ask for his birth country if he was born abroad.<br />-Mark the name of this country on the dotted line that corresponds to the registration order of the surveyed person.</div>
<br />The location of birth is, for people born in Cameroon, the quarter/district in which they were born. For people born outside of Cameroon, the location of birth if the country where they were born.</p>
<p>If the person being surveyed has civil status certificate or a national identity card, this information exists in those documents:</p>
<div class="i1">-Take this information and transcribe it in the questionnaire while respecting the rules below which define the location of birth.</div><p>If the person does not have a civil status certificate, ask him the following question:</p>
<div class="i1">Q. Where you born in Cameroon? If the answer is YES,</div><p>Ask the following question:</p>
<div class="i1">Q. What district or quarter where you born in?<br />-Mark the answer on the dotted line corresponding with the registration order number of the surveyed person (if it's a quarter that still exists)</div><p>If the person was born in Cameroon and knows the town he was born in, but isn't able to connect it to an quarter or a district, ask him the following question:</p>
<div class="i1">Q. Which administrative district or grouping is attached to the town in question?<br />-Do not write anything in the questionnaire. Take the information from the scratch notebook, specifying the names of those in the household and the order number of the relevant person and inform the team leader so as to find a solution together.</div><p>If the answer is No, the person was born outside of Cameroon, ask him the following question:</p>
<div class="i1">Q. Which country were you born in?<br />-Mark the answer provided on the dotted line corresponding to the registered order number of the surveyed person.<br />Q. In which quarter were you born, was _____ born in?<br />-Then ask him if this location was in a city or a town (based on the location of residence at the time of birth);<br />-Mark in the proper space the code for his location of birth (1=urban, 2=rural).</div><p>Example 2:</p>
<div class="i1">Question: "What quarter was X born in?"<br />Answer: "Obala".<br />Additional question: "Was it Obala proper or a village in the district of Obala?"</div><p>If it was a village:</p>
<div class="i1">-Mark 2, which corresponds to the code for a rural space.</div><p>NB. You must consider the changes that occurred after the current administrative re-zoning which may affect the quarter/district of birth of the surveyed person.
<br />Consequently, only mark the current quarter which is attached to the town declared by the surveyed person.</p>
<div class="i1">-Ask for his birth country if he was born abroad.<br />-Mark the name of this country on the dotted line that corresponds to the registration order of the surveyed person.</div>
Description
Definition
This variable indicates a person's arrondissement of birth.
Universe
Cameroon 2005: All persons
concept
Concept
| var_concept.title | Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| Nativity and Birthplace Variables -- PERSON | IPUMS |