Third General Census of Population and Housing - IPUMS Subset
Cameroon, 2005
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Reference ID
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
Nationality (CM2005A_NATION)
Data file: CMR2005_PHC-P-H.dat
Overview
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
292
End:
294
Width:
3
Range:
-
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
<svar a="all" v="CM05A484">14. Nationality<br />What is each person's nationality? _ _<br /><div class="i1">See code list</div><br /></svar>
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 407 | Benin |
| 408 | Burkina Faso |
| 410 | Ivory Coast |
| 412 | Ghana |
| 413 | Guinea |
| 415 | Liberia |
| 416 | Mali |
| 417 | Mauritania |
| 418 | Niger |
| 419 | Nigeria |
| 420 | Senegal |
| 422 | Togo |
| 434 | Rwanda |
| 440 | Angola |
| 441 | Cameroon |
| 442 | Congo |
| 443 | Democratic Republic of Congo |
| 444 | Gabon |
| 445 | Equatorial Guinea |
| 446 | Central African Republic |
| 447 | Sao Tome and Principe |
| 448 | Chad |
| 499 | Other African |
| 502 | USA |
| 599 | Other nations in the Americas |
| 609 | China |
| 615 | India |
| 626 | Lebanon |
| 699 | Other Asian and Oceanian |
| 702 | Germany |
| 704 | England |
| 715 | Spain |
| 718 | France |
| 720 | Greece |
| 725 | Italy |
| 744 | Sweden |
| 799 | Other European |
| 998 | Unknown |
| 999 | 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 a="all" v="CM05A484"><span class="em">14. Nationality</span><br />Attention: The "Ethnicity" variable was withdrawn from the final list of variables in the 3rd RGPH. For Cameroonians as well as for foreigners, we only ask the question on "Nationality"<br /><br />Nationality is the belonging as a citizen of one person to one country or to one state.<br /><div class="i1">Q. What is your nationality?<br />-Mark in the abbreviated form CAM for all people with the Cameroonian nationality<br />-For all other nationalities, legibly mark the name of the country on the dotted line corresponding to the registration order number of the surveyed person;<br />-Record the first nationality mentioned by the individuals with dual citizenship</div><br /></svar>
Description
Definition
This variable indicates a person's nationality.
Universe
Cameroon 2005: Residents of the household [discrepancies: type I 0.2%, type II trace]
concept
Concept
| var_concept.title | Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| Nativity and Birthplace Variables -- PERSON | IPUMS |