CAMEROON_96, LINE-6, AGGR-7, DECA-7, and DECB-8


The files LINE-6, AGGR-7, DECA-7, and DECB-8 are made of a sub-sample of 1000 observations drawn from a survey (the Enquête Camerounaise auprès des ménages or ECAM) on the expenditures and the incomes of households in 1996 Cameroon. The file CAMEROON_96 is made of approximately 1700 households from the same survey. The ECAM is a nationally representative survey, with sample selection using two-stage stratified random sampling. The first stage consists in the selection of 150 PSUs (“îlot”) within each of the six strata, and the second stage consists in the selection of households within each PSU.
 

  Yaoundé Douala   Cities( 50000 inhabitants)  Rural
(3 strata)		  Total
Households 336 384 360 630 1710
PSU (îlot) 42 48 30 30 150


In Yaoundé and Douala, PSU’s are systematically selected with equal probabilities. The number of PSU’s drawn by stratum is proportional to the number of urban households found in 1987 in that stratum. In a second stage, 8 households are drawn in every PSU (with equal probabilities), using a list of households established during an enumeration of that PSU.


For the other cities, at the first stage, one city is selected for every one of the ten provinces. Enumeration zones are then drawn with probability proportional to the number of households originally listed in 1987. Households are then drawn as above.


In every one of the three rural strata, two PSU’s were selected within the semi-urban area and 8 in the rural area. PSU’s were again drawn with probability proportional to the number of households enumerated in 1987. Within each selected PSU, 21 households were systematically selected from a household list.
 

 

CAMEROON_96
STRATA :Stratum in which a household lives
 
  1. Yaoundé
  2. Douala
  3. Cities
  4. Rural: Forest
  5. Rural: Height-Plateaux
  6. Rural: Savane
PSU :PSU of the household
WEIGHT :Sampling weight
C_WEIGHT* :Corrected sampling weight
SIZE :Household size
NADULT :Number of adults
NCHILD :Number of children
EXPEQ :Total expenditures per adult equivalent by day
F_EXP :Food expenditures per adult equivalent by day
NF_EXP :Non food expenditures per adult equivalent by day
INS_LEV :Education level of the head of the household
 
  1. Primary
  2. Professional Training
  3. Secondary 1st cycle
  4. Secondary 2nd cycle
  5. Superior
  6. Not responding
 

Variables for LINE-6, AGGR-7, DECA-7, and DECB-8

TTEXP :total expenditures of the household (all monetary data are in Francs CFA per day)
EXPEQ :total expenditures of the household, per adult equivalent
EXPCAP :total expenditures of the household, per capita
FDEQ :food expenditures of the household, per adult equivalent
NFDEQ :non- food expenditures of the household, per adult equivalent
WHHLD :sampling weight of the household
SIZE :household size
CALEQ :calories of household, per adult equivalent.
SEXE :sex of household head (man, woman , not reported)
REGION :region (urban, rural)
AGE :age of household head (less than 35 years; 35-50 years; more than 50 years)
EDUC :Education level of household head (primary; vocational training; secondary first cycle; :secondary second cycle; superior; other)
TYPE :household type (one adult; single parent; nuclear; wider nuclear household)
OCCUP :usual occupation of household head (independent with employees; independent without :employees; unqualified employee; manager or qualified employee; traders; others)
SECT :sector of occupation (formal, informal, other)
GSIZE :indicator of household size (1 person; 2 persons; 3-4 persons; 5-7 persons; 8 or more)