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
Producer(s)
Bureau Central des Recensements et des Études de Population, IPUMS
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- CMR2005_PHC-H-H.dat
- CMR2005_PHC-P-H.dat
Country of previous residence (CM2005A_PREVCTRY)
Data file: CMR2005_PHC-P-H.dat
Overview
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
286
End:
288
Width:
3
Range:
-
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
<svar a="all" v="CM05A481 CM05A482 CM05A523 CM05A526 CM05A527">12. Former place of residence<br />Where was [person] living before settling in the current place of residence (usual place)? ____ _<br /><div class="i1">See code list<br />[] Urban<br />[] Rural</div><br /></svar>
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 001 | Cameroon |
| 402 | Egypt |
| 403 | Libya |
| 404 | Morocco |
| 407 | Benin |
| 408 | Burkina Faso |
| 410 | Ivory Coast |
| 412 | Ghana |
| 413 | Guinea |
| 415 | Liberia |
| 416 | Mali |
| 418 | Niger |
| 419 | Nigeria |
| 420 | Senegal |
| 422 | Togo |
| 434 | Rwanda |
| 440 | Angola |
| 442 | Congo |
| 443 | Democratic Republic of Congo |
| 444 | Gabon |
| 445 | Equatorial Guinea |
| 446 | Central African Republic |
| 448 | Chad |
| 449 | South Africa |
| 450 | Botswana |
| 499 | Other Africa |
| 501 | Canada |
| 502 | USA |
| 599 | Other Americas |
| 602 | Saudi Arabia |
| 609 | China |
| 611 | North Korea |
| 615 | India |
| 626 | Lebanon |
| 644 | East Timor |
| 699 | Other Asia |
| 702 | Germany |
| 704 | England |
| 708 | Belgium |
| 715 | Spain |
| 718 | France |
| 720 | Greece |
| 725 | Italy |
| 735 | Netherlands |
| 739 | Russia |
| 745 | Switzerland |
| 799 | Other Europe |
| 899 | Oceania |
| 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="CM05A481 CM05A482 CM05A523 CM05A526 CM05A527"><span class="em">12. Former place of residence</span><br />The former place of residence is the quarter or the district where the surveyed person lived (for at least 6 months) right before moving to the place of residence during the surveying of Cameroon, or the country if they lived abroad.<br /><div class="i1">Where did ____ live before moving to the current, typical place of residence?<br /><br />-Mark the name (quarter/district or foreign country) on the dotted line corresponding to the registration order number of the surveyed person.</div><br />If the answer is Yes, 2 situations may present themselves<br /><div class="i1">a) The former place of residence was in Cameroon,</div><br /><div class="i2">-Mark the name of the quarter or district corresponding to the former place of residence on the dotted line corresponding to the registration order number of the surveyed person.</div><br /><br />Then ask the following question:<br /><div class="i1">Q. Was the town in which you lived in this quarter or in this district the main authority of the quarter or district or of a village?<br />b) The former place of residence was outside of Cameroon,</div><br /><div class="i2">-Mark the full name of the country of former residence on the dotted line corresponding to the registration order number of the surveyed person.</div><br /><br />Then ask the following question:<br /><div class="i1">Q. The town that you lived in, in this country, was it in an urban location (city) or a rural one (village)?</div><br />[Examples omitted]<br /><br />Then ask him the following question:<br /><div class="i1">Q. Did you live in Mbalmayo or a village in this quarter or in this district?<br />-Mark in the space provided the code for the former place of residence (1 = urban, 2 = rural)</div><br />[Example C omitted]<br /><br />Then ask him the following question:<br /><div class="i1">Q. Did you live in Sa'a or a village in this quarter or in this district?<br />-Mark in the space provided the code for the former place of residence (1 = urban, 2 = rural)</div><br /></svar>
Description
Definition
This variable indicates a person's previous country of residence.
Universe
Cameroon 2005: Residents of the household [discrepancies: type I 0.2%, type II 0.1%]
concept
Concept
| var_concept.title | Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| Migration: Global Variables -- PERSON | IPUMS |