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
Metadata
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Sep 15, 2013
Last modified
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- CMR2005_PHC-H-H.dat
- CMR2005_PHC-P-H.dat
Province of previous residence (CM2005A_PREVPROV)
Data file: CMR2005_PHC-P-H.dat
Overview
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
284
End:
285
Width:
2
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 |
|---|---|
| 01 | Adamoua |
| 02 | Centre |
| 03 | Est |
| 04 | Extrème Nord |
| 05 | Littoral |
| 06 | Nord |
| 07 | Nord Ouest |
| 08 | Ouest |
| 09 | Sud |
| 10 | Sud Ouest |
| 97 | Abroad |
| 98 | Unknown |
| 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 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 province 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 |