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Third General Census of Population and Housing 2005 - IPUMS Subset

Cameroon, 2005
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CMR_2005_PHC_v01_M_v03_A_IPUMS
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Bureau Central des Recensements et des Études de Population, Minnesota Population Center
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Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS) Fragility, Conflict and Violence
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Family unit membership (FAMUNIT)

Data file: CMR2005-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0
Invalid: 0
Type: Continuous
Decimal: 0
Start: 57
End: 58
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Description

Definition
FAMUNIT is a constructed variable indicating to which family within the household a person belongs.

All persons related to the household head receive a 1 (see RELATE). Each secondary family or secondary individual receives a higher code. For purposes of FAMUNIT, secondary families are individuals or groups of persons linked together by the IPUMS constructed pointer variables SPLOC, MOMLOC, and POPLOC (location of spouse, mother, and father).

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Constructed Family Interrelationship Variables -- PERSON IPUMS

Imputation and derivation

Derivation
FAMUNIT is a 2-digit numeric variable.


If there is only one group of related individuals within the household, all of them will be coded "1;" if there is a second, separate such group listed on the form, all of them will be coded "2," and so on.
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