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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Relationship to head of household (CM2005A_RELATE)

Data file: CMR2005_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 244

End: 245

Width: 2

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

<svar a="all" v="CM05A468 CM05A403">Each person's relationship to household head _ _ </svar>

Categories

Value	Category
10	Head of houshold
11	Unmarried child of household head (other parent not in household)
20	Spouse of head of household
21	Unmarried child of the head's spouse (head not biological parent)
22	Unmarried child of the household head and his/her spouse
23	Other single relatives of the head's spouse
30	Parent of the head living in household with their spouse or child
31	Spouse of head's mother or father
32	Unmarried child of one or both members of this couple
33	Other single persons related to one or both members of this couple
40	Child of the houshold head or spouse, living in household with their spouse or child
41	Spouse of household head's child
42	Unmarried child of one or both members of this couple
43	Child-in-law of head whose spouse does not live in household
44	Other single relatives of this couple
50	Brother or sister of the household head
51	Spouse of brother or sister of head
52	Unmarried child of head's brother/sister
53	Head's brother- or sister-in-law (spouse not in household)
54	Other relative of the head's brother- or sister-in-law
60	Other relatives of the head
61	Spouse of other relatives of the head
62	Unmarried child of head's other relatives
63	Other single relatives of head's other relatives
70	Other relatives of head's spouse
71	Spouse of head's parent-in-law
72	Unmarried child of head's parent-in-law
73	Other single relations of head's parent-in-law
80	Persons with no relationship to head
81	Spouse of a person with no relationship to head
82	Unmarried child of persons with no relationship to head
83	Other single relatives of person with no relationship to head

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="CM05A468 CM05A403">Family relationship in the household: This is a relation by marriage, by blood, or by adoption that unites the member of the household together. <div class="i1">-Ask one of the following questions:</div> <div class="i2">Q. "Who is X to you?" if the question is asked to the head of household (HH); Q. "Who are you to the HH?" if the question is asked to the relevant person; Q. "Who is X to the HH?" if the question is asked to a third party who is neither the head of household, nor the person relevant to this question.</div> <div class="i1">-Mark in the reserved spaces the family relationship code in the household for each person surveyed.</div> The Codes of the terms of the family relationship variable are the following: <div class="i1">10 = HH 11 = unmarried children of HH whose other parent does not live in the household 20 = spouse of HH 21 = unmarried children of spouse of HH where he is not the other biological parent 22 = unmarried children of the HH and of his spouse 23 = other singletons related to the spouse of the HH 30 = Father or mother of CM, living in the household with his partner in the household and/or their progeny 31 = Spouse of the father or mother of the HH 32 = unmarried children of this couple or to one member of this couple 33 = other singletons related to this couple or to one member of this couple 40 = child of HH or of spouse of HH, living in the household with his spouse and/or their progeny 41 = partner of child of HH 42 = unmarried child of this couple or of one member of this couple 43 = Son-in-law of the HH or daughter-in-law of HH whose spouse (son or daughter of HH) doesn't live in the household 44 = other singletons related to this couple 50 = Brother/sister of HH, living alone or with his spouse and/or their progeny in the household 51 = spouse of brother/sister of household 52 = unmarried child of this couple or of one member of this couple 53 = Brother-in-law or sister-in-law of HH whose spouse (brother or sister of HH) is not in the household 54 = other related singletons to this couple or one of its members 60 = Other relatives of HH, living in the household alone or with his spouse and/or progeny 61 = spouse of 'other relative' of HH 62 = unmarried children of this couple or of one member of this couple 63 = other singletons related to this couple or to one member of this couple 70 = Other relative of the spouse of the HH, living in the household with his spouse and/or their progeny in the household 71 = spouse of in-laws of HH 72 = unmarried children of this couple or of one of its members 73 = Other singletons related to this couple or to one of its members 80 = Person without family relation to HH, living alone or with his spouse and/or their progeny in the household 81 = spouse of person without family relation to HH 82 = unmarried child of this couple or of one of its members 83 = other singleton related to this couple or to one of its members -on top of pages 2 to 5, in lieu and in place of the names of the household members registered on the page, recopy their order number respecting the columns reserved to each of them</div> </svar>

Description

Definition

This variable indicates a person's relationship to the head of household.

Universe

Cameroon 2005: All persons

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Demographic Variables -- PERSON	IPUMS

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