General Census of Population and Housing, 1976 - IPUMS Subset

Cameroon, 1976

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CMR_1976_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

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Direction de la Statistique et de la Compatabilité Nationale, IPUMS

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Source of water (CM1976A_WATSRC)

Data file: CMR1976_PHC-H-H

Overview

Type: Discrete

Start: 194

End: 194

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

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Literal question

<svar a="all" v="CM76A051"><span class="em">34) What is the source of water?</span><br /><div class="i1">[] 1 Running water<br />[] 2 Hydrant<br />[] 3 Well<br />[] 4 Spring<br />[] 5 River or marsh/backwater<br />[] 6 Other</div><br /></svar>

Categories

Value	Category
1	Running water
2	Hydrant
3	Well
4	Spring
5	River, creek
6	Other
8	Unknown
9	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

This variable indicates the source of water.

Universe

Cameroon 1976: Occupied households [discrepancies: type I none; type II 0.3%]

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Concept

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