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Cameroon Household Survey 1996

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General Info
Original or alternative title 
Enquête Camerounaise auprès des Ménages (ECAM)
Provider 
International Household Survey Network (IHSN)
Tabulations only
Geography 
Cameroon (CMR)
Coverage type 
Country
Time period covered 
02/1996 - 03/1996
Series or system 
Priority Survey
Data type
Survey:
  • Cross-sectional
  • Household
  • Individual
  • Nationally representative
  • Urban-rural representative
Summary 

The goals of this survey were to investigate income distribution, poverty, living standards, and household expenditures and consumption. The data were collected through in-home interviews and a household expenditure diary. Children were also measured for height and weight.

The main topics of the questionnaire were demographic characteristics, housing conditions, agriculture, and household hardships. The sample size for this survey was 1,710 households in rural and urban areas.

Keywords 
Agriculture, Antenatal care, Assets, BCG vaccines, Child anthropometry, Child labor, Cooking fuels, Crops, DTP vaccines, Education, Education expenditures, Electricity, Employment, Employment benefits, Family composition, Family size, Fertilizers, Fish, Fishing, Food expenditures, Fruits, Health care access, Health care use, Health facilities, Health insurance, Health status, Height, Hospitals, Household air pollution, Household expenditures, Housing conditions, Housing materials, Immunization, Income, Injuries, Land ownership, Legumes, Lighting, Literacy, Livestock, Living conditions, Loans, Marital status, Mass media, Measles vaccines, Meat, Medicines, Milk, Nuts, Personal health expenditures, Polio vaccines, Postnatal care, Private health facilities, Processed foods, Processed meats, Refrigeration, Sanitation, School enrollment, Self-treatment, Starchy vegetables, Tobacco, Traditional medicine, Transportation, Unprocessed red meat, Vaccination cards, Vegetables, Waste disposal, Water supply, Weight, Whole grains
GHDx Entry last modified on: Mar 7, 2022