Demographic and Health Survey 1998 - IPUMS Subset

Cameroon, 1998

Reference ID

CMR_1998_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Bureau Central des Recensements et des Études de Population, Ministère des Investissements Publics et de l’Aménagement du Territoire [Cameroon] and Macro International Inc., Minnesota Population Center

Collection(s)

Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS) Fragility, Conflict and Violence

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Aug 15, 2018

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May 14, 2020

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Who cares for youngest child while woman works (C_WKKIDCARE)

Data file: CMR1998-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 418

End: 419

Width: 2

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

725) Who usually takes care of (NAME OF YOUNGEST CHILD AT HOME) while you are working?

RESPONDENT 01 (GO TO 801A)
HUSBAND/PARTNER 02 (GO TO 801A)
OLDER FEMALE CHILD 03 (GO TO 801A)
OLDER MALE CHILD 04 (GO TO 801A)
OTHER RELATIVES 05 (GO TO 801A)
NEIGHBORS 06 (GO TO 801A)
FRIENDS 07 (GO TO 801A)
SERVANTS/HIRED HELP 08 (GO TO 801A)
CHILD IS IN SCHOOL 09 (GO TO 801A)
INSTITUTIONAL CHILDCARE 10 (GO TO 801A)
HAS NOT WORKED SINCE LAST BIRTH 95 (GO TO 801A)
OTHER (SPECIFY): ___ 96 (GO TO 801A)

Categories

Value	Category
00	Respondent
01	Husband /partner
02	Other child
03	Other relatives
04	Neighbors
05	Friends
06	Servants /hired help
07	Child is in school
08	Institutional care
09	Child's grandparents
10	Other female child
11	Other male child
95	Not worked since birth
96	Other
97	Don't know
98	Missing

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

For women who are currently working and who have a young child living at home, WKKIDCARE (V723) reports who usually cares for the youngest child while the woman is working.

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Work Variables -- TOPICS	IPUMS

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