| Census characteristics |
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1976 |
1987 |
2005 |
| Title of census |
General Census of Population and Housing, 1976 |
Second General Census of Population and Housing,1987 |
Third General Census of Population and Housing |
| Census agency |
Direction de la Statistique et de la Compatabilité Nationale |
Ministère du Plan et de l'Amenagement du Territoire |
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. |
All persons present in Cameroon at the time of the census, including visitors from other countries. |
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 |
De jure and de facto |
De jure and de facto |
| Enumeration unit |
Household |
Household |
Household |
| Census day |
April 9-24, 1976 |
April 14-28, 1987 |
November 11, 2005 |
| Field work period |
April 9-24, 1976 |
April 14-28, 1987 |
— |
| Enumeration forms used |
Two forms: Dwelling units and collective households |
No information available. |
Four forms: Standard household questionnaire, communal household questionnaire, nomad questionnaire, and homeless questionnaire |
| Type of field work |
Direct interview |
Direct interview |
Direct interview |
| Respondent |
Head of household, or, in the case of a prolonged absence, the most educated member of the household. |
Head of the household, or, in the case of his/her absence, another responsible adult member of the household. Enumerators wre instructed to question each member of the household during the interview to obtain the information concerning them. |
The head of the household or another responsible adult member of the household. |
| Coverage |
— |
— |
— |
| Undercount |
7% |
11.3% |
No available estimate |
| Microdata sample characteristics |
| |
1976 |
1987 |
2005 |
| Microdata source |
National Institute of Statistics |
National Institute of Statistics |
Central Bureau of Census and Population Studies |
| Sample design |
Systematic sample of every 10th dwelling with a random start, drawn by MPC |
Systematic sample of every 10th dwelling with a random start, drawn by MPC |
Systematic sample of every 10th dwelling with a random start, drawn by MPC |
| Sample unit |
Household |
Household |
|
| Sample fraction |
10% |
10% |
10% |
| Sample universe |
Systematic sample of every 10th dwelling with a random start, drawn by MPC |
Systematic sample of every 10th dwelling with a random start, drawn by MPC |
Systematic sample of every 10th dwelling with a random start, drawn by MPC |
| Sample size (person records) |
736,514 |
897,211 |
1,772,359 |
| Sample weights |
Self-weighting (expansion factor=10) |
Self-weighting (expansion factor=10) |
Self-weighting (expansion factor=10) |
| Unit Definitions (Census) |
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1976 |
1987 |
2005 |
| Dwellings |
— |
— |
— |
| Households |
— |
A private household comprises either one person who provides his own essential needs or a group of related or unrelated persons who join together to provide their essential needs. Such a group therefore recognizes the authority of one person: the head of the household.
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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. |
| Group quarters |
— |
A collective household is a group of persons who live in camps, institutions or boarding schools. |
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. |
| Nomadic households |
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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. |
| Homeless households |
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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. |
