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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Province of previous residence, Cameroon; consistent boundaries, GIS (MIG1_P_CM)

Data file: CMR2005_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 194

End: 199

Width: 6

Range: -

Format: Numeric

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Categories

Value	Category
120002	Centre, Sud
120003	Est
120004	Nord, Adamoua, Extrème Nord
120005	Littoral
120007	Nord Ouest
120008	Ouest
120010	Sud Ouest
120096	Cameroon - unknown arrondissement
120097	Foreign country
120098	Unknown
120099	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.

Description

Definition

MIG1_P_CM indicates the person's previous province of residence within Cameroon.

Click on the Source Variables tab for information on place of residence for each sample year. Source variables may contain more geographic unit detail but are not suitable for cross-temporal comparison.

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Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Migration: A-E Variables -- PERSON	IPUMS

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