| Census/survey characteristics |
| Type |
Census |
| Title |
Third General Census of Population and Housing |
| Statistical agency |
Bureau Central des Recensements et des Études de Population |
| Population universe |
All persons present in Cameroon at the time of the census, including visitors from other countries. |
| De jure or de facto |
De jure and de facto |
| Census/survey day |
November 11, 2005 |
| Questionnaire |
Four forms: Standard household questionnaire, communal household questionnaire, nomad questionnaire, and homeless questionnaire |
| Type of fieldwork |
Direct interview |
| Estimated undercount |
No available estimate |
| Microdata sample characteristics |
| Sample design |
Systematic sample of every 10th dwelling with a random start, drawn by IPUMS |
| Sample fraction |
0.1 |
| Sample size (person records) |
1772359 |
| Sample weights |
Self-weighting (expansion factor=10) |
| Units identified in microdata |
| Dwellings |
No |
| Vacant units |
No |
| Households |
Yes |
| Collective dwellings |
Yes |
| Smallest geography |
Arrondissement |
| Unit definitions |
| Households |
A standard household is a person or a group of people related or not, living in the same housing unit, often taking their meals together and working together on the other essential needs. This group generally recognizes the authority of one person who is called the Head of Household. |
| Collective dwellings |
This is a group of people, who for non-family reasons which are mainly related to profession, health, school, denomination, or detention, live together in a specialized establishment or institution like a workers camp, military barracks, dormitories, a hospital with rooms, a convent, an orphanage, a prison. |
| Special populations |
Populations whose way of life is characterized by frequent displacement. These displacements, designated as “migration,” are conducted according to seasons and are driven by a search for water and zones with pastures for the nomads who do breeding. These movements are generally followed by a return to the location from where the individuals left; they live in groups which are not attached to one territorial region and they displace themselves permanently.
All persons who are not attached to a household, or who do not identify themselves as member of a standard or communal household. Homeless individuals are different from individuals who permanently live on the street and continue to maintain close relationships with their household/family. Homeless individuals who normally live in a group consider the street their dwelling. This is where they look for and find their shelter, their work, and their food. |