The following description of this survey appeared in the 1991 edition of Dynamic Database: A Catalogue of Survey Data Files, Voorburg: International Statistical Institute.
Basic Information
Name of survey: Enquête National sur la Fécondité du Cameroun
Executive agency: Ministre de l'Economie et du Plan
Date of fieldwork: 1978
Universe: All women, 15-54
Coverage: National, 100%
Size: 8219
Weights: Weighted to allow for unequal sampling within domains and for non-response
Contents: WFS Core Mark 1 + FOTCAF module
Supplementary surveys: Household members (n = 182,065, weighted); Community (n = 67 urban, 200 rural)
Additional Information
An expanded survey of households collected information on fertility and on
deaths in the preceding 12 months. Supplementary data on the structure of the
house and the services available (lighting, water and toilet) were also
recorded. A detailed set of derived variables on household composition have
been added to the file.
The fieldwork for the individual survey was carried out at the same time as the
household survey, on a subsample of women. The individual questionnaire was
available in 14 linguistic versions. Such is the linguistic complexity of the
country that the main survey was preceded by a special inquiry (see reference
3 below).
The individual questionnaire deviates from the WFS core in its handling of
fertility preferences. Additional topics covered in the survey include: a
migration history; monogamous/polygynous status of the current marriage and
rank of the wife; delivery details for the last two live births; exceptionally
detailed questions on respondent's age/date of birth.
The community survey collected slightly different information for rural and
urban clusters. Included in both domains was information on: access to health
and other facilities; indicators of development and sanitation such as
electricity, water supply, and sewage and garbage disposal.
Release Conditions
Data may be used for academic research, provided that credit is given
in any publication resulting from the research to the agency that
conducted the survey and that two copies of any publication are sent to:
Monsieur Thomas Komguep
Direction de la Statistique et de la
Comptabilité National
Ministère du Plan et de l'Aménagement
du Territoire
B.P. 660
Yaounde
République Unie du Cameroun
Public Use Files
Available files include the household data and dictionary, and the individual standard recode data and dictionary, in the original WFS format. In addition, the individual standard recode data and dictionary dictionary are available in ISSA format.
The table below lists the file names and descriptions.
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World Fertility Survey