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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Bureau Central des Recensements et des Études de Population, IPUMS
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- CMR2005_PHC-H-H.dat
- CMR2005_PHC-P-H.dat
Chronic disease (CM2005A_CHRONIC)
Data file: CMR2005_PHC-P-H.dat
Overview
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
298
End:
299
Width:
2
Range:
-
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
<svar a="all" v="CM05A486 CM05A487">16. Chronic disease, handicap<br />Has the person any chronic disease? _ _<br />Does the person have any predominant handicap? _ _ _<br /><div class="i1">See code list</div><br /></svar>
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 00 | No chronic disease |
| 01 | Diabetes |
| 02 | Hypertension |
| 03 | Diabetes and Hypertension |
| 04 | Cancer |
| 05 | Cancer with other combinations of Hypertension and Diabetes |
| 08 | Asthma |
| 10 | Asthma and Hypertension |
| 11 | Asthma, Diabetes and Hypertention |
| 12 | Asthma and Cancer |
| 15 | Asthma and other disease, n.e.c. |
| 16 | Tuberculosis |
| 20 | Tuberculosis and Cancer |
| 21 | Tuberculosis, Cancer and Diabetes |
| 22 | Tuberculosis, Cancer and Hypertension |
| 30 | Tuberculosis, Asthma, Cancer and Hypertension |
| 31 | Tuberculosis with other diseases or disease combinations, n.e.c. |
| 32 | Sickle cell |
| 40 | Sickle cell and Asthma |
| 41 | Sickle cell, Asthma and Diabetes |
| 44 | Sickle cell, Asthma and Cancer |
| 48 | Sickle cell and Tuberculosis |
| 50 | Sickle cell, Tuberculosis and Hypertension |
| 60 | Sickle cell, Tuberculosis, Asthma and Cancer |
| 63 | Sickle cell and other diseases or disease combinations, n.e.c. |
| 64 | Epilepsy |
| 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.
Interviewer instructions
<svar v="CM05A486 CM05A487"><span class="em">16. Chronic illness/dominant handicap</span><br /></svar></p>
<p><svar a="all" v="CM05A487"><span class="em">a- Chronic illness</span><br />A chronic illness is all illnesses that evolve slowly, are prolonged and remain for a long time. The chronic illnesses which are objects of study in the framework of the 3rd GRPH are:<br /><br /><div class="i1">Basic Terms Code<br />No chronic illness 00<br />Diabetes 01<br />Hypertension 02<br />Cancer 03<br />Asthma 04<br />Tuberculosis 05<br />Sickle cell anemia 06<br />Epilepsy 07</div><br /><br />To get the response related to the chronic illness, ask the surveyed person the 7 following questions:<br /><br /><div class="i1">Q1. Are you/is _____ suffering from diabetes?<br />Q2. Are you/is _____ suffering from hypertension?<br />Q3. Are you/is _____ suffering from cancer?<br />Q4. Are you/is _____ suffering from asthma?<br />Q5. Are you/is _____ suffering from tuberculosis?<br />Q6. Are you/is _____ suffering from sickle cell anemia?<br />Q7. Are you/is _____ suffering from epilepsy?</div><br /><br />If the answer is Yes to any of these questions,<br /><div class="i1">-Mark the code/s for the chronic illness/es on the dotted line corresponding to the registration order number of the surveyed person.</div><br /><br />If at the end of the series of seven questions, the answers are No,<br /><div class="i1">-Mark '00' on the on the dotted line corresponding to the registration order number of the surveyed person, meaning that the person doesn't have any of these illnesses.<br />-Mark a vertical line to note the difference between these answers and the handicap variable.</div><br /></svar>
<p><svar a="all" v="CM05A487"><span class="em">a- Chronic illness</span><br />A chronic illness is all illnesses that evolve slowly, are prolonged and remain for a long time. The chronic illnesses which are objects of study in the framework of the 3rd GRPH are:<br /><br /><div class="i1">Basic Terms Code<br />No chronic illness 00<br />Diabetes 01<br />Hypertension 02<br />Cancer 03<br />Asthma 04<br />Tuberculosis 05<br />Sickle cell anemia 06<br />Epilepsy 07</div><br /><br />To get the response related to the chronic illness, ask the surveyed person the 7 following questions:<br /><br /><div class="i1">Q1. Are you/is _____ suffering from diabetes?<br />Q2. Are you/is _____ suffering from hypertension?<br />Q3. Are you/is _____ suffering from cancer?<br />Q4. Are you/is _____ suffering from asthma?<br />Q5. Are you/is _____ suffering from tuberculosis?<br />Q6. Are you/is _____ suffering from sickle cell anemia?<br />Q7. Are you/is _____ suffering from epilepsy?</div><br /><br />If the answer is Yes to any of these questions,<br /><div class="i1">-Mark the code/s for the chronic illness/es on the dotted line corresponding to the registration order number of the surveyed person.</div><br /><br />If at the end of the series of seven questions, the answers are No,<br /><div class="i1">-Mark '00' on the on the dotted line corresponding to the registration order number of the surveyed person, meaning that the person doesn't have any of these illnesses.<br />-Mark a vertical line to note the difference between these answers and the handicap variable.</div><br /></svar>
Description
Definition
This variable indicates if a person has a type of chronic disease.
Universe
Cameroon 2005: Residents of the household [discrepancies: type I 0.1%, type II none]
concept
Concept
| var_concept.title | Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| Disability Variables -- PERSON | IPUMS |