Demographic and Health Survey 1998 - IPUMS Subset
Cameroon, 1998
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Type of place of previous residence (W_PREVRESTYP)
Data file: CMR1998-W.dat
Overview
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
234
End:
235
Width:
2
Range:
-
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
104) Just before you moved to (NAME OF CURRENT PLACE OF RESIDENCE), did you live in Yaounde/Douala, in Garoua/Maroua/Bafoussam/Bamenda, in another city, in the countryside, or abroad?
IF ABROAD, SPECIFY THE LOCATION OF RESIDENCE.
YAOUNDE/DOUALA/OTHER CAPITAL 1
GAROUA /MAROUA/BAFOUSSAM/BAMENDA/LARGE CITY ABROAD 2
OTHER CITY/SMALL CITY ABROAD 3
COUNTRYSIDE/COUNTRYSIDE ABROAD 4
UNSPECIFIED ABROAD 5
IF ABROAD, SPECIFY THE LOCATION OF RESIDENCE.
YAOUNDE/DOUALA/OTHER CAPITAL 1
GAROUA /MAROUA/BAFOUSSAM/BAMENDA/LARGE CITY ABROAD 2
OTHER CITY/SMALL CITY ABROAD 3
COUNTRYSIDE/COUNTRYSIDE ABROAD 4
UNSPECIFIED ABROAD 5
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 99 | NIU (not in universe) |
| 98 | Missing |
| 30 | Other or abroad |
| 20 | Town or countryside |
| 12 | Other city |
| 11 | Capital or other large city |
| 10 | City |
| 31 | Abroad |
| 21 | Town |
| 22 | Countryside |
| 32 | Separated camp |
| 33 | Tribal area |
| 34 | Informal settlement |
| 39 | Other, unspecified |
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
PREVRESTYP (V105) reports the type of place--city, town, countryside, or a site abroad--where the person lived just before moving to the current place of residence.
concept
Concept
| var_concept.title | Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| Migration Variables -- TOPICS | IPUMS |