0 = male
1 = female

Education
-3 = too young to be at school
-2 = not disclosed
-1 = don't know
0 = no school/illiterate
10 = school up to 4 years
20 = over 4 years primary school
30 = primary school completed, some secondary
40 = secondary school, incomplete/preparatory school
55 = matric/Secondary School Cert/O or A-level
59 = other
65 = college not graduate (eg technical)
72 = college: diploma/secretarial qual
75 = higher college (Technikon) diploma/degree
77 = incomplete degree
80 = graduate/above, general
90 = postgrad (e.g. MA); graduate professional
100 = PhD

Occupation
-9 = missing/no answer/wild
-8 = too young to be employed
-2 = not disclosed
-1 = don't know
0 = retired
1 = unemployed: not seeking work
2 = unemployed: seeking work
3 = unemployed: no details
4 = unemployed: never employed
5 = unemployed: was employed
7 = housewife: never employed
8 = housewife: dk if ever employed
9 = housewife: was employed
15 = student
18 = clergy
20 = farm worker
21 = manual: unskilled
24 = manual: semi-skilled
25 = manual: unspecified
27 = employed: unspecified
28 = farmer
29 = manual: skilled
35 = clerical/sales
40 = civil servant
45 = supervisory
51 = petty trader
59 = shop owner
65 = self-employed: unspecified
75 = professional (often self-employed)
82 = manager: 0 employees
83 = manager
84 = manager:1-9 employees
86 = manager: 10+ employees
92 = junior officer/executive
95 = officer/executive
98 = mid/senior officer/executive

I would like to ask you some questions about some activities that people engage in. First, can I know if you are married or not
0 = unmarried (singl/widow/div/sep)
1 = married
2 = cohabiting
3 = single
4 = widowed
5 = divorced
6 = separated
7 = wife of polygamous husband

Income of all in household
0 = no income
5000 = up to 10,000 CFA per month
15000 = 10,001 – 20,000 CFA per month
25000 = 20,001 – 30,000 CFA per month
35000 = 30,001 – 40,000 CFA per month
45000 = 40,001 – 50,000 CFA per month
55000 = 50,001 – 60,000 CFA per month
65000 = 60,001 – 70,000 CFA per month
75000 = 70,001 – 80,000 CFA per month
85000 = 80,001 – 90,000 CFA per month
95000 = 90,001 – 100,000 CFA per month
112500 = 100,001 – 125,000 CFA per month
137500 = 125,001 – 150,000 CFA per month
175000 = 150,001 – 200,000 CFA per month
225000 = 200,001 – 250,000 CFA per month
375000 = 250,001 – 500,000 CFA per month
750000 = 500,001 – 1,000,000 CFA per month
1500000 = 1,000,000 or more CFA per month

Number of times respondent goes out to bar/club (per week)
0 = never
7 = every day

Goods your household own : Electric fan
-3 = don't know/no answer
0 = don't own
1 = own

Do men in your household take cattle away from home for several months each year?
1 = Yes
2 = No
3 = 3
4 = 4
5 = 5
6 = 6
7 = 7
8 = 8
9 = Don't know

Frequency of cutting meals in the last year
-1 = don't know/no answer
0 = never
1 = only 1 or 2 months
2 = some months, but not every month
3 = almost every month

Temperature at the time & place of interview
99 = Donn't know

A wife should always obey her husband
1 = Agree strongly
2 = Agree somewhat
3 = Neither agree or disagree
4 = Disagree somewhat
5 = Disagree strongly
6 = 6
7 = 7
8 = 8
9 = Don'tknow/refused

A man should try to have as many children as he can
1 = Agree strongly
2 = Agree somewhat
3 = Neither agree or disagree
4 = Disagree somewhat
5 = Disagree strongly
6 = 6
7 = 7
8 = 8
9 = Don't know /refused

Tell me how you rate yourself in terms of your control over household decisions:
0 = no control
25 = some control
50 = equal control
75 = most of the control
100 = complete control

Dis/agree: it's justified for a man to hit his wife, if she goes out without telling him
-1 = don't know
0 = no
1 = yes

Have you ever had an argument with your spouse
0 = no
1 = yes

Are you usually allowed to go outside the house without asking someone (on your own, only with children, only with another adult, or not at all)?
0 = can't go out at all
30 = can go with another adult
50 = can go with children
100 = can go alone

If you could go back to the time you did not have any children and could choose exactly the number of children to have in your whole life, how many would that be
-4 = non-numeric answer, e.g. 'According to God's will'

The place of the interview
1 = Inside the home
2 = On the doorstep
3 = 3
4 = 4
5 = 5
6 = 6
7 = 7
8 = 8
9 = Somewhere else

Religion of respondent
0 = No religion/atheist
10 = Christian (unspecified)
11 = Protestant
12 = Presbyterian
13 = Evangelical/Wesleyan/Baptist
14 = Messianica
15 = Christa do reino de Deus
16 = 7th Day Adventist
18 = Orthodox
19 = Roman Catholic
20 = Christian-related
21 = Rosicrucian
22 = Mormon
23 = Jehovah's Witness
30 = Muslim
40 = Jewish
50 = Hindu/Vaisnavist
51 = Sikh
60 = Buddhist
61 = Jain
70 = Parsi/Zoroastrian
75 = Confucian
80 = Animist (unspecified)
81 = Traditional African
82 = Independent African
83 = Candomble
84 = Umbanda
89 = Spiritualist
90 = Other (unspecified)
91 = Soicho-Noye (Brazil)
92 = Teluja (India)
93 = Koli (India)
94 = Nepali (India)

Your ethnic group
20202003.01 = Fulani (Fulfulde, Foulbé, Peulh, Bororo)
20202230 = LUNDU-BALONG (Mbô, Bakaka, Akoose, Bakossi, Oroko)
30201001 = Kanuri (& Kanembu-Zaghawa; Kole, Sirata)

Langage of interview
-9 = other/unknown
20202003.01 = Fulani (Fulfulde)
60206016.02 = French
60208009.02 = English

is respondent a slum/street-dweller?
0 = street-dweller
10 = self-built shack: temporary (kuchcha jhuggi)
20 = self-built shack: permanent (pucca jhuggi)
25 = self-built shack in a backyard
30 = home surrounded by animal waste/puddles/refuse/stable
40 = cortico (tenement) dweller
43 = garage/ modified garage/ rooms in the back
45 = traditional hut
46 = Rondavel/ Zozo hut
50 = other: unspecified
55 = caravan or mobile home
56 = single room
58 = two rooms
59 = simple wooden house
60 = roomed house (RDP house), or room+parlour
61 = matchbox type house or 51/9 (3-4 rooms): separate stand/yard
63 = improved matchbox house on separate stand/yard, or mini-flat
70 = simple cement house
80 = part of a house/ share a house
84 = granny flat on this property/ flatlet
85 = second house/ cottage on this property
90 = a unit in a block of flats
97 = semi-detached or joint house
98 = townhouse or cluster house in complex
99 = suburban type house (2 or more bedrooms, inside bathroom)
100 = OK house/apartment

Your occupation i.e. the job you do in your daily life
-9 = missing/no answer/wild
-8 = too young to be employed
-2 = not disclosed
-1 = don't know
0 = retired
1 = unemployed: not seeking work
2 = unemployed: seeking work
3 = unemployed: no details
4 = unemployed: never employed
5 = unemployed: was employed
7 = housewife: never employed
8 = housewife: dk if ever employed
9 = housewife: was employed
15 = student
18 = clergy
20 = farm worker
21 = manual: unskilled
24 = manual: semi-skilled
25 = manual: unspecified
27 = employed: unspecified
28 = farmer
29 = manual: skilled
30 = traditional doctor
35 = clerical/sales
40 = civil servant
45 = supervisory
51 = petty trader/hawker
59 = shop owner
65 = self-employed: unspecified
75 = professional (often self-employed)
82 = manager: 0 employees
83 = manager
84 = manager:1-9 employees
86 = manager: 10+ employees
92 = junior officer/executive
95 = officer/executive
98 = mid/senior officer/executive

Classe sociale
1 = A1
1.5 = AB
2 = A2
3 = B1
4 = B2
5 = C
5.1 = C1
5.2 = C2
6 = D
7 = E1
8 = E2

Day of the Interview
1 = Monday
2 = Tuesday
3 = Wednesday
4 = Thursday
5 = Friday
6 = Saturday
7 = Sunday

Month of interview
6 = June
7 = July

Paid work by husband (hours per week)
98 = 98 or more

If anyone except respondent present at interview, who?
1 = resp only
2 = spouse
3 = other adult(s)
4 = child(ren)
5 = spouse and other adult
6 = spouse & child(ren)
7 = children/other adult
8 = spouse/child/other

70 = Arab
200 = black African

Home of respondent: urban or rural
1 = city: popn over a million
2 = urban
3 = large town or peri-urban
4 = small town
5 = village
6 = rural

Specific location of interview
310 = Belabo
920 = Limbe
5 1 = Douala
111 = Ngaoundal
5 2 = Edea
112 = Ngaoundere
8 3 = Kribi
413 = Maroua
10 4 = Bafoussam
414 = Kousseri
10 5 = Dschang
615 = Figuil
2 6 = Yaounde
616 = Garoua
2 7 = Mbalmayo
717 = Bamenda
8 8 = Ebolowa
718 = Santa
3 9 = Bertoua
919 = Kumba

0 = don't own
1 = own

0 = don't own
1.5 = own a gas/electric cooker