This is a 5-digit variable that represents a number of camels owned, except for the following codes:
99990 = Logical edit
99996 = Not interviewed (household questionnaire)
99997 = Don't know
99998 = No response
99999 = NIU (not in universe)
Description
CAMELNUM reports the total number of camels owned by the household.
Users should be careful to distinguish this variable from CAMELHOME (the number of camels on the homestead, which may or may not be owned by the household).
Respondents were asked to report what assets the household owned in order to calculate a wealth index based on assets. This information can be found in the variables SCORE, WEALTHQ, and WEALTHT.
Enumerators were instructed to code "Don't know" or "No response" cases as -88 and -99, respectively. However, in some samples, a select number of enumerators recorded an unexpectedly high number of 88 and 99 values for livestock variables. We believe the majority of these cases were intended to represent "don't know" and "no responses" instead of indicating a number of livestock. IPUMS has recoded these cases to "Logical edit - missing".
The question associated with this variable was included in the household questionnaire.
Comparability
There are no comparability issues.
Comparability with IPUMS-DHS
CAMELNUM in IPUMS-PMA is similar to the variable CAMELNUM in IPUMS-DHS. There may be differences in questionnaire text or the variable's universe; please see the Survey Text and Universe Tab of the IPUMS-DHS variable for more information.
Universe
- Ethiopia 2014 Round 2 Female and Household: Persons in households that own livestock.
- Ethiopia 2015 Round 3 Female and Household: Persons in households that own livestock.
- Ethiopia 2016 Round 4 Female and Household: Persons in households that own livestock.
- Ethiopia 2017 Round 5 Female and Household: Persons in households that own livestock.
- Ethiopia 2018 Round 6 Female and Household: Persons in households that own livestock.
- Ethiopia 2019 PMAET Female and Household: Persons in households that own livestock.
- Ethiopia 2021 Female and Household: Persons in households that own livestock.
- India 2016 (Rajasthan) Round 1 Female and Household: Persons in households that own livestock.
- India 2017 (Rajasthan) Round 3 Female and Household: Persons in households that own livestock.
- India 2017 (Rajasthan) Round 2 Female and Household: Persons in households that own livestock.
- India 2018 (Rajasthan) Round 4 Female and Household: Persons in households that own livestock.
- India 2020 (Rajasthan) Female and Household: Persons in households that own livestock.
- India 2021 (Rajasthan) Female and Household: Persons in households that own livestock.
- India 2022 (Rajasthan) Female and Household: Persons in households that own livestock.
- Niger 2015 (Niamey) Round 1 Female and Household: Persons in households that own livestock.
- Niger 2016 Round 2 Female and Household: Persons in households that own livestock.
- Niger 2016 (Niamey) Round 3 Female and Household: Persons in households that own livestock.
- Niger 2017 Round 4 Female and Household: Persons in households that own livestock.
- Niger 2018 Round 5 Female and Household: Persons in households that own livestock.
- Niger 2020 Phase 1 Female and Household: Persons in households that own livestock.
- Niger 2022 Phase 2 Female and Household: Persons in households that own livestock.
- Niger 2023 Phase 3 Female and Household: Persons in households that own livestock.
Availability
- Ethiopia: 2014-2019, 2021
- India: 2016-2018, 2020-2022
- Niger: 2015-2018, 2020, 2022-2023
